Boxpark Shoreditch has been saved from closure (for now)

Last summer, Londoners who love snacking on street food while watching big-ticket sports events in massive crowds (and occasionally getting pints chucked over them) received crushing news. Boxpark Shoreditch, London’s OG Boxpark, announced that it would be closing.

This week, however, we have a much more positive update: Boxpark Shoreditch has secured a short-term lease and continues to trade. Furthermore, according to Restaurant Online, the brand says ‘negotiations are positive’ about extending the lease further.

Beyond that, we don’t have many details. We don’t know when Boxpark Shoreditch’s current lease will end, nor when the site is looking to extend until. We’ll update this piece when we know more.

Boxpark’s Shoreditch outpost opened in 2011 at Bishopsgate Goodsyard and was the first-ever Boxpark. It opened under a ‘meanwhile use’ scheme, meaning it was only ever meant to be temporary. It was then served notice by landlords Bishopsgate Goodsyard in July 2024, who eventually plan on turning transforming the site with homes, retail spaces, offices and a park.

Since 2011, Boxpark has expanded to London locations at Croydon and Wembley, and last year it opened in Camden’s Buck Street Market. In 2024 Boxpark also welcomed visitors to its first venue outside London, in Liverpool. 

And the venue chain isn’t stopping there. In 2025 Boxpark is expanding to Birmingham and Bristol, and here in London it’s opening its first Boxhall in the City, near Liverpool Street.

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