{ "schema": "landometer.citywiki.article/v1", "id": "78d0cc92-a03b-471e-8dd8-84039ee31f2a", "slug": "hua-ta-ke-market", "url": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/hua-ta-ke-market?lang=en", "json": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/hua-ta-ke-market.json", "language": "en", "updatedAt": "2026-08-25T16:23:29.380055+07:00", "indexedBySearch": true, "pendingBeforeIndexing": [ "Passed the two-step human review (geography and evidence, then page quality)." ], "place": { "nameEn": "Hua Ta Ke Market", "nameTh": "ตลาดหัวตะเข้", "province": "Bangkok", "country": "Thailand", "geoNote": "A timber market beside Khlong Prawet Burirom in Lat Krabang subdistrict and district.", "pronunciation": null }, "quickAnswer": "Hua Ta Ke Market (ตลาดหัวตะเข้) is a canal-side timber market where shops, cafés, galleries, workshops, trades and homes occupy the same setting. Art links the community with the College of Fine Arts (วิทยาลัยช่างศิลป) and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (สถาบันเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าเจ้าคุณทหารลาดกระบัง). Current opening, connected walking conditions and permission to enter individual buildings vary, so plan around one place whose steward says it is open.", "truthStatement": "Hua Ta Ke Market survives because residents, makers, teachers and businesses keep finding work for its old timber buildings.", "boundary": { "headline": "What Hua Ta Ke Market means here", "definitionNote": "Hua Ta Ke Market means the main timber market and its relationship with the canal. It is not the whole Hua Ta Ke community, the whole Lat Krabang district or Mahanakorn Floating Market (ตลาดน้ำมหานคร). The reference boundary also reaches places such as Phra Nakhon Park (สวนพระนคร), but those do not replace the timber market as the destination." }, "fit": { "summary": "Good for people interested in repair, adaptive reuse, craft, art education and the everyday work behind an old market.", "roles": [ "Architecture watchers", "Art students", "Craft learners", "Careful photographers" ] }, "misfit": { "summary": "Less ideal for anyone who needs guaranteed access or a checked step-free connection through the market.", "roles": [ "Wheelchair users", "Fixed-itinerary travellers", "Late planners" ] }, "practical": { "estimatedBudget": "Varies", "recommendedDuration": "Choose one checked destination; add time only when access and return are clear." }, "bestTime": [], "route": { "intro": "Treat these as choices, not a fixed circuit. A dated public-transport account describes Airport Rail Link to Lat Krabang followed by a local songthaew to Lat Krabang Soi 17, while Hua Takhe Railway Station also appears near the market on current maps; check the route and return on the day.", "stops": [ { "name": "Hua Ta Ke Old Market (ตลาดเก่าหัวตะเข้)", "role": "Begin at the public edge", "headline": "Timber houses hold shops, homes and art spaces" }, { "name": "Hua Ta Ke Bridgehead (หัวสะพานหัวตะเข้)", "role": "Inspect before crossing", "headline": "A repair record shows that survival takes work" }, { "name": "A-Frame Waterwheel House (โรงระหัดเอเฟรม)", "role": "Visit only when invited", "headline": "Factory parts became a two-storey art space" }, { "name": "Baan Sam Khru (บ้านสามครู)", "role": "Look for the education link", "headline": "A named part of Hua Ta Ke’s learning network" }, { "name": "Pung Tao Kong Shrine (ศาลเจ้าปึงเท้ากง)", "role": "Pause at a community landmark", "headline": "The community name is tied to a crocodile skull" } ] }, "faqs": [ { "a": "No current market-wide schedule has been established. The community hosted a floral art event from July 4 to August 2, 2026, but that event has ended; check the community’s current post before travelling.", "q": "Which days is Hua Ta Ke Market open?" }, { "a": "No. The market is the timber canal-side core, while the wider community includes homes, shrines, schools, trades and other places beyond the visitor-facing market.", "q": "Is Hua Ta Ke Market the same as the whole Hua Ta Ke community?" }, { "a": "Both are named in institutional accounts, but current walk-in access is not stated. Treat the exterior as the default and ask the steward before entering.", "q": "Can I enter A-Frame or Baan Sam Khru?" }, { "a": "A Ministry of Culture list names lotus-stem sweet at Ko Jan and leaf-shaped sweet at Phong Jiwanich. It does not provide a current maker, shop schedule or serving day.", "q": "Are lotus-stem sweet and leaf-shaped sweet still sold?" }, { "a": "Widths, steps, timber surfaces, turning points and the return have not been checked end to end. Do not rely on the market as a continuous step-free connection.", "q": "Is the market route step-free?" }, { "a": "It appears in the tourism data for the wider reference area, but no current operator source establishing visitor opening was found. Do not treat it as part of a Hua Ta Ke Market visit without a fresh status check.", "q": "What happened to Mahanakorn Floating Market?" } ], "caveats": [ "Check current market, studio, workshop and shrine access before travelling.", "Timber surfaces, waterside edges, steps and the return route have not been checked end to end.", "The heritage sweets and Mahanakorn Floating Market require current operator checks." ], "sources": [ { "publisher": "Bangkok Learning City", "title": "Huatakeh Learning District", "url": "https://learning.bangkok.go.th/huatakeh-learning-district/", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Timber houses adapted as shops, cafés, galleries and workshops; links among the community, businesses, the College of Fine Arts and KMITL; A-Frame’s role." }, { "publisher": "Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre", "title": "Hua Ta Ke community profile", "url": "https://wikicommunity.sac.or.th/community/2648", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Location in Lat Krabang; canal-junction history; timber market, shrine, trades, craft and contemporary art; crocodile-skull name account; building loss and generational challenges." }, { "publisher": "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration", "title": "Lat Krabang project monitoring report, 2021", "url": "https://monitor.bangkok.go.th/mobile/index102.php?selDEP=23000000", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Dated repair record at the Hua Ta Ke bridgehead over Khlong Prawet Burirom." }, { "publisher": "Krungthep Turakij", "title": "A-Frame Waterwheel House at Hua Ta Ke Old Market", "url": "https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/lifestyle/895929", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Jamnong Yangrakrojkul’s account of reusing factory timber, doors, windows and furniture; the student-art and income purpose; dated parking and public-transport directions." }, { "publisher": "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration", "title": "Community and environmental programme report", "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/public/user_files_editor/299/2%20Download/a3.pdf", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Baan Sam Khru, Pung Tao Kong Shrine, Ha Heng Tua Vegetarian Hall, A-Frame, machine work, cafés, craft, recycling, canal clean-up, model boats and Chula-kite activities in a 2023 programme." }, { "publisher": "Ministry of Culture", "title": "Participating 100-year food businesses", "url": "https://www.culture.go.th/culture_th/images/akasit/08022561.pdf", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Lotus-stem sweet at Ko Jan and leaf-shaped sweet at Phong Jiwanich; the dated list does not prove current availability." }, { "publisher": "Hua Ta Ke Community", "title": "RAKDOK Floral Weeks 2026 announcement", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/LoveHuatakhe/posts/1568063608685950/", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Community activity and the July 4–August 2, 2026 event dates; the event had ended by the access date." }, { "publisher": "Mapcarta / OpenStreetMap contributors", "title": "Hua Takhe Old Market map point", "url": "https://mapcarta.com/N12516843543", "accessed": "2026-08-24", "supports": "Market point used to check the core against the approximate reference boundary." }, { "publisher": "CityMETER", "title": "Tourism, Restaurant and Hotel datasets", "url": null, "accessed": null, "supports": "Hua Ta Ke Art Market, Mahanakorn Floating Market and Phra Nakhon Park tourism records; five named restaurant entries and their available price details; two hotel names and room-price records." } ], "image": { "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg", "alt": "คลองหลังตลาด", "author": "::::=UT=::::", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0", "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94_-_panoramio_(1).jpg" } }