Gardens · London
Hop Exchange
Hop Exchange — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
D M Wilmot — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Hop Exchange is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Hop Exchange is a Grade II listed building at No. 24 Southwark Street, London, in the Bankside area of the London Borough of Southwark. Opened in 1867 and designed by R.H. Moore it served as the centre for hop trading for the brewing industry.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Hops, introduced to England from the Netherlands, are still used in the brewing industry. They are harvested from farms (known as "hop gardens") in Kent, and in the 19th century they were brought by railway to London Bridge Station, or by boat up the River Thames. They were then stored in the many warehouses in the Borough area. The purpose of the Hop Exchange was to provide a single market centre for dealers in hops. A glass roof allowed business on the trading floor of the Great Hall to be conducted under natural light. There were many similar outcry floor exchanges across London, such as the Coal, Metal and Stock exchanges, but wartime bombing, fires, redevelopment and modernisation have…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5049, -0.0912
- District
- Southwark
- Parish
- Southwark, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE1 9AL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Official site
- boroughmarket.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5898926 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hop Exchange (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hop Exchange?
- Hop Exchange is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5049°, -0.0912°.
- Is Hop Exchange wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — Hop Exchange is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.