Haymarket, London

Haymarket is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, London.

This practice continued to the reign of William III; by that time, carts carrying hay and straw were allowed in the street to trade, toll-free.

Old and New London informs us, in 1878: Situated in the centre of the pleasure-going Westend population, the Haymarket is a great place for hotels, supper-houses, and foreign cafés; and it need hardly be added here, that so many of its taverns became the resort of the loosest characters, after the closing of the theatres, who turned night into day, and who were so constantly appearing before the sitting magistrates in consequence of drunken riots and street rows, that the Legislature interfered, and an Act of Parliament was passed, compelling the closing of such houses of refreshment at twelve o'clock.

[1]It is part of London's theatre district, the West End, and has been a theatrical location at least since the 17th century.

[citation needed] On 29 June 2007, the Metropolitan Police Service "made safe" a car bomb that had been parked in Haymarket as part of the 2007 London attempted attacks.