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| Whoelsale Markets: Overview |
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The Birmingham Wholesale Markets are located on a 21-acre site in
Digbeth.
The main entrance is on Pershore Street. The site contains a horticultural market, meat market and fish & poultry market. Produce is sourced from 31 different countries with an average of 1400 deliveries per week; the peak delivery time is 1am Thursday morning. |
| Horticultural Market |
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The horticulture market is the largest of the three wholesale markets. It is a vast Y-shaped single-storey building with an internal roadway, about 15 metres wide. This roadway is lined by stalls with an average depth of 28 metres; each has its own loading area and a frontage of either 5.5 or 7.2 metres; a central section has been specially adapted for smaller business units. |
| Meat Market |
| The meat market consists of 34 ground-floor units in two rows divided by a chilled buyer's walk and trucking corridor; an upper storey contains office and storage facilities. |
| Fish & Poultry Market |
| The fish & poultry market consists of 36 ground-floor units in two rows divided by an air-conditioned buyer's walk and trucking corridor; an upper storey contains offices and storage facilities. |
| Ancillary Accommodation |
| The market also contains 30 self-contained warehouses in two large single-storey buildings. Individual units range from 1,200 to 2,500 square metres. |
| Future of Wholesale Market |
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The current site of the wholesale market has been earmarked for
redevelopment as a retail and entertainment zone in 2013. There were plans to move the wholesale markets to the former site of IMI in Witton. However, negotiations for the planned £80 million move have stalled and the council has withdrawn funding (News Headlines 01/08/11). The markets might close if an alternative location is not found before the current site is redeveloped. |
| Private Vehicle Access |
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Private vehicle access requires a pass from the control centre at the
main entrance on Pershore Street (0121 3030 0250). The nearest public parking is at the council multi-storeys on Moat Lane and Pershore Street. |
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