Chetwoods Architects has been picked to produce outline designs for a new wholesale food market for London on the site of a disused power station in Dagenham.

The firm’s appointment was revealed today as the City of London Corporation announced it will relocate Smithfield, London’s oldest market, from its historic home near Farringdon after 1,000 years.

Smithfield market, which has existed on the site since the 10^th century, will be moved, along with Billingsgate and New Spitalfields markets, to Barking Reach power station, an abandoned industrial site at Dagenham Dock earmarked for redevelopment.

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