The Metropolitan Cattle Market (later Caledonian Market) in Islington

Islington

Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

, north London

London

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 was built by the City of London Corporation and opened in June 1855 by Prince Albert. The market was supplementary to the meat market at Smithfield and was established to remove the difficulty of managing live cattle at that latter site.

The market originally covered 30 acre (0.1214058 km²) of the site and grounds of Copenhagen House (previously a pleasure resort and tea garden

Tea garden

Tea garden may refer to:* Roji, gardens surrounding Japanese tea houses and which form part of the architecture associated with Japanese tea ceremony* Tea plantations, where tea bushes are cultivated...

).