Stonebridge Market Closed After 4 Months

Stonebridge market has closed after operating for only just four months.

Brent council was like:

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Then four months later, they were like:

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The sudden notice from Brent council is related to development work needed to be carried out on the land which the market was operating on.

An urgent inspection on the water supply infrastructure must be carried out before development begins on the residential blocks, student housing, a community leisure centre and the Stonebridge Park Hotel, all to be built on the former Unisys site. An artist’s impression of how the redevelopment will look is pictured below.

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Reactions to the news on Wendyfairs Facebook page included (The post follows):

[themify_quote]That’s awful…after all this time of not having Wembley market….so now only after few months again….no market!!!! Spoil sports !!![/themify_quote] [themify_quote]

its a shame they want this market closed down permanently.Many of us don’t support this idea.Brent council should think about it again.

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Wembley market goers and traders waited 5 months for Brent to grant the market operator a new location to trade. Even Ketan Sheth the Tokyngton ward Brent councilor celebrated the return of the market on Twitter:

However, the new location which was abandoned by Unisys over 17 years ago provided no parking spaces for customers. In comparison to Wembley Stadium, which provided an abundance of parking space, this has proved difficult especially for disabled customers.

A plan for a new artisan Wembley market was recently abandoned after it was agreed to be managed by new operators, Market Place Europe Ltd.

Four months ago, I asked the question “In 2016 when the Unisys scheme is redeveloped, will Wendyfairs have to find a new home once again? Well the answer has come a lot sooner, Hanger Lane anyone?

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David Goodwin has been blogging since 2010 and is the author of Blog on the Block where he covers civic & social topics. Goodwin hosts the podcast, Pod on the Block. He is the founder and company director of user experience consultancy Uxfam Ltd.

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4 comments
  • The enforcement notice was nothing to do with a water inspection. The occasional sales licence had expired and planning permission for the continuing use had not been granted. WendyFair are awaiting the outcome of the current appeal. Brent could have issued another licence but chose to stop the market. All support via email to Brent Council and Wendyfairmarkets.com is appreciated.

    • The agreement was always for the Unisys site to be a temporary home for the market because as stated above they need the land to start building homes. The water inspection is just preliminary work, lots more to follow, the market can’t operate there while all that is going on.

  • If this site was not permanent why weren’t you looking for a new site why the temporary one was in use, if this had been happening then maybe they could have moved to a new site straight away. Wembley market is part of us and has been for many years, we don’t want to loose it.

  • This is absolutely ridiculous ….the amount of people that used to go to Wembley market….And now suddenly there isnt one anymore…no płace for it……how come….isnt anyone interested????

Further reading

Stonebridge Market

Wembley market has moved from the shadows of the iconic Wembley Stadium to the derelict backdrop of the Unysis building.