Leadenhall Market Is Wrapped In Giant Purple Tentacles Again

By Will Noble

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Last Updated 01 October 2024

Will Noble Leadenhall Market Is Wrapped In Giant Purple Tentacles Again

Leadenhall Market giant tentacles: Purple octopus like tentacles wriggle around the historic market — Leadenhall Market is one of the few buildings in London with its own Halloween costume.

If you walk by Leadenhall Market this October, you'll hardly be able to help but notice the six-metre-long purple tentacles wriggling out of the windows.

Not many London buildings have their own Halloween costume, but the City of London's Victorian market (aka Diagon Alley if you're into a certain wizard saga) certainly does. Leadenhall Market first donned its monstrous calamari suit in October 2021, and must've received compliments, because it's worn the same outfit every year since.

You can go and get snaps of the tentacles between Monday 30 September, and Halloween itself.

Leadenhall Market giant tentacles: giant purple tentacles snaking out of the windows of leadenhall market — How this monster is on two sides of the building we do not know.

A series of guided 'Burials, Bombs and Fantastic Beasts' tours also set off from Leadenhall Market during spooky season (2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31 October) exploring the more sinister side of the area including witchcraft and murder. Tickets cost £8.30.

Tentacles and tours at Leadenhall Market, October 2024