Metropolitan Cattle Market
The Metropolitan Cattle Market, just off the Caledonian Road in the parish of Islington was built by the City of London Corporation and was 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 newly opened market in a contemporary etching
Inside the Metropolitan Meat Market
Present day park and Clock Tower
Panorama view from Clock Tower
Caledonian Road passes for about a mile and a half north–south through the London Borough of Islington. It connects North London, from Camden Road near its junction with Holloway Road, and central London's Pentonville Road in the south. It is known colloquially as the "Cally" and forms the entirety of the A5203.
The Caledonian Road at the junction with Northdown Road
The Metropolitan Cattle Market as seen in 1855
Caledonian Road Methodist Church