The Blue

The Blue

Market stalls in The Blue
Location	Bermondsey, Southwark, Greater London
Coordinates	51°29′32.48″N 0°03′48.96″W / 51.4923556°N 0.0636000°W / 51.4923556; -0.0636000
Address	Southwark Park Road
Management	Southwark London Borough Council
Owner	Southwark London Borough Council
Environment	Outdoor
Goods sold	General goods
Days normally open	Monday–Saturday
Number of tenants	24

The Blue is a central market place in Bermondsey, southeast London.^[1] The market is open Monday to Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm and has about 10 stall holders, selling food and clothes.^[2][3] The area has been known locally as The Blue for more than two hundred and thirty years and is probably named after the original Blue Anchor public house that gave its name to Blue Anchor Lane.^[4][5][6] The market has capacity for 24 stalls.^[7]

Immediately north of Blue Anchor Lane on an arched viaduct are the multiple railway tracks of the Brighton and South East Main Lines. The Blue Anchor Lane joins St. James's Road where the viaduct arches to the immediate north west contain the remnants of the disused Spa Road railway station which was the original terminus of London's first railway.

In 2005 a Metropolitan Police report described the area as a crime hotspot for "race crime and youth disorder".^[8] In October 2014 The Blue became a Business Improvement District (BID).^[9][10]

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  The Blue Anchor pub built in 1876. The area known as The Blue was probably named after a previous tavern of the same name, probably on this site.
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  This representation of the Bermondsey Lion was created by Kevin Boys for Southwark Council. It was unveiled on 16 July 2011.
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  The Old Bank pub is situated on the corner of the square and Southwark Park Road. The flags represent support for England and Millwall Football Club whose ground The Den is close to The Blue.
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  A Pie and mash shop on Southwark Park Road in The Blue. Pie, mash and eels is a traditional dish in the East End and South East London.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Blue, Bermondsey.

Art

• Bermondsey Blue Market mural, positivearts.co.uk, 25 June 2011, retrieved 15 March 2013: "a large mural project funded by Southwark, Cleaner greener safer department and organised in partnership with Community Space Challenge. We transformed a dull and neglected wall to create a large mural depicting the famous ‘Blue Market’ in the 1960s featuring a traditional scene with barrow boy and original stalls".
• Craven, Stephen (23 July 2011), The Bermondsey Lion, Geograph Project Limited, retrieved 15 March 2013: "The sculpture was designed and made by local blacksmith Kevin Boys, and cost about £60,000."

Commercial

• "Blue Bermondsey", Blue Bermondsey, 10 December 2014, retrieved 26 September 2017
• BBBA staff (March 2013), The Blue Bermondsey Business Association's website, The Blue Bermondsey Business Association (BBBA), retrieved 15 March 2013
• SC staff (March 2013), The Blue, Southwark Council, retrieved 15 March 2013