Markets in Belfast

St George's Market

Image: Front of St George's Market. Link to St George's Market information. St George's Market
St George’s Market is one of Belfast’s oldest attractions. It was built between 1890 and 1896 and is one of the best markets in the UK and Ireland. It holds a market on Friday and Saturday each week. The market sells a variety of products including food, clothes, books and antiques.

Smithfield Market

Image: Front of Smithfield Market. Link to Smithfield Market information. Smithfield Market
The shopping mall consists of 28 retail units which contain a variety of retailers selling a wide range of goods and services such as picture framing, dressmaking, an art gallery and collectable comics.

Annual markets

Spring Continental Market Spring Continental Market
Date: May 2010
Venue: Belfast City Hall

St George's Market at Christmas St George's Christmas Market
Date: December 2010
Venue: St George's Market
Christmas Continental Market Christmas Continental Market
Date: To be confirmed
Venue: Belfast City Hall


History of the markets in Belfast

Image: St George's Market during the early 1900s. Link to history of the markets. History of the markets in Belfast
Belfast’s first market house of 1664 was located at the corner of High Street next to Cornmarket. By the 1900s, Belfast had around a dozen markets which sold everything from potatoes, pork, fowl, fish and vegetables to hay, straw, flax and poultry.

Contact Us

Markets Section
Development Department
Belfast City Council
Cecil Ward Building
4-10 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BP

Telephone: 028 9032 0202
Fax: 028 9027 0501
Email: markets@belfastcity.gov.uk