Wembley market has moved from the shadows of the iconic Wembley Stadium to the derelict backdrop of the Unysis building.
The move is part of a wider initiative to regenerate the Stonebridge area, which includes redeveloping the Unisys building and Bridge Park Complex into housing, a hotel and a new leisure centre.
Wendyfairs and their customers waited for months for a decision on when and where they can start trading and consuming again. Brent have identified an opportunity to inject some community-spirit into the dilapidated space abandoned by Unisys over 17 years ago.
It wasn’t so long ago that local papers were disproportionately publishing negative crime-related stories about the Stonebridge area. So, I’m sure most people would agree that moving Wendyfairs operation from Wembley to Stonebridge is finally a positive story for this part of north west London.
Local campaigners say that when the development is finally complete, it should not give its address as Wembley, like Tesco Extra and IKEA have done. To truly benefit and support the area, new schemes should use the more accurate location name of Stonebridge rather than ride on the coattails of Wembley. This also applies to Wendyfairs who should now refer to this operation as Stonebridge market.
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As previously mentioned the new Wembley market is now under new management with plans to open the market opposite Brent Civic Centre in the spring.
In 2016 when the Unisys scheme is redeveloped, will Wendyfairs have to find a new home once again? The answer’s probably yes, maybe next time it will be Hanger Lane.
we visited so called wembley market today and we was very sad to see it has been badly rellocated surley wendy fair could have found a place with a parking area
Hey Alan, glad you could make it down Sunday. Sorry there is no on site parking, but if we did there would be not as many traders. There is lots of street parking by the Ace Cafe and the tube is across the road.
When they redevelop the site in 2016, may be the LDO will have shut down by then and we can go back to Wembley, maybe Wembley City will see the benefit of serving the local community and giving them what they desire:> Wembley Sunday Market back where it fits in.
So let me get this straight, the only reason for displacing the market was because of cars. I was born and raised in Brent and would have had extremely hard times if it were not for markets like this. Finally to all those joined at the hip to their vehicles, I should point out that Wembley has not only a fantastic public transport network but also a lot of it. Take the ‘ car ‘ out of the equation and our beloved market would not have been closed.
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Is the market open today ??
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anybody knows where is now stonebrige market?
How do I get to the market