Birmingham Wholesale Markets

[2] Located at The Hub in Witton and easily accessible to the M6 Motorway, they include markets selling meat, fish, poultry, fruit, vegetables and flowers and are run by Birmingham Wholesale Market Company a joint venture between the tenants represented by the Birmingham Wholesale Fresh Produce Association and Birmingham City Council as landlords.

[4] It was this market that provided the first impetus to the growth of Birmingham as a commercial town from the twelfth century onwards.

[4] The organisation of the market was one of the main concerns of the Birmingham Street Commissioners following their establishment in 1769, with the body taking on responsibility for the collection of tolls in 1806 and buying the marketing rights outright from the Lord of the Manor in 1824, before handing responsibility to the Birmingham Corporation in 1854.

[4] In the early nineteenth century the clearance of buildings from the Bull Ring allowed the concentration of the markets on the site.

The markets are open from 3.30am every day apart from Sunday and receive 13,000 customer visits per week.