Street sign that reads 'Watercress Place' with a smaller note above it and the location 'London Borough of Hackney N1' in red below.

Watercress

Watercress Place in De Beauvoir Place is the only example of this salad vegetable on London’s street signs.

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Watercress

An aquatic member of the cabbage family, watercress is one of the oldest known leaf vegetables consumed by humans. Noteworthy for its piquant flavour, it is most commonly consumed raw in salads.

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