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West Ealing Farmers' Market

This event has been taking place every Saturday for well over 10 years in Leeland Road. But Saturday 20 June will be the last market here for a while.Why? Ealing Council wants to make changes to Leeland Road. The biggest change seems to be building a cycling contra-flow system along the road. The market is to move to The Avenue, West Ealing starting Saturday 27 June. Exactly where in the Avenue is not clear. Neither is it clear where the farm produce supply vehicles will park up.To make matters even more complex, Thames Water is planning to dig up parts of The Avenue as from 6 July. On Saturday 11 July the junction between The Avenue and Drayton Green Road will be closed.No doubt cyclists will be pleased about this.

Eric Alan Leach ● 1d8 Comments

Here's the traffic order for the changes on Leeland Road, it's being made one way only for motor vehicles, retaining two way for non motorised vehicles, but when the market is there that's moot as it's a no vehicle zone during that time.https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/5145766

Paul James ●

>As for your statement 'pretty much everyone cycles' - just what planet are you living on?I don't know many people without a bike, loads and loads of kids have bikes, have you seen how many people are using lime/voi/forest bikes?Did you ever ride a bike Eric? You must have friends and loved ones that do?

Paul James ●

Mr James,Sorry I failed to find the map. However The Avenue pavement is where the antiques market failed.As for your statement 'pretty much everyone cycles' - just what planet are you living on?

Eric Alan Leach ● 36s

Good to see that the village idiot has crawled out from under his stone and is polluting the forums again. The idiot may well be advised to look at the traffic mix data from Imperial which show a steady decline in this minority interest form of transport save in a very limited number of areas, but then again he doesn't respond well to being challenged with facts

N V Brooks ● 15h

The farmers market will survive. They may not enjoy the reckless cyclists careering along Leeland when it eventually returns there.Paul is incorrect to state that pretty much everyone cycles. It’s still a tiny minority of the population and always will be.

Simon Hayes ● 17h

Aw diddums a beastly anti cyclist comment. A heinous hate crime.And what of the greengrocers who trades there

Peter Yale ● 20h

Sounds great! Go to the market, have a pint. Happy days.

Dominik Klimowski ● 23h

>Exactly where in the Avenue is not clear.More mis/disinformation from Eric Leach and another hateful dig at cycling and people who cycle (Which is pretty much everybody right?)."During the works, the market will move to a temporary location on the wide pavement at The Avenue, W13 8PH (please see the map below for the exact market location). "On the map in the email the wide pavement is highlighted, it's just outside the Drayton pub where the antiques market used to be.

Paul James ● 1d