If you come to Cambridge you will find a really good baked potato stand on the Market Square and hotdog and crepe stands close by as well so all is not lost on that score.

I wouldn't call it street food persay, but there was a farmer's market in the Brunswick Shopping Centre, Bloomsbury, which had a crepe stand. The man made the most delicious crepes(savory and sweet. Don't know if he's still around.

My son's independent school forbids eating on the street in uniform. It also forbids talking to adults with your hands in your pockets and a whole list of other things that I had no idea were bad manners! I thought if I could choose the right fork and keep my elbows off the table I was in good shape.

The sausage stand in Cambridge is quite posh - the bloke serving has a stripey apron and a boater. If they are the local sausages (Newmarket sausages) they'll be lush.

Agree on the jacket potatoes - they're always good. Crepes are a bit foreign and unecessary though.

A friend in UK was appalled less than ten yrs ago when i wanted to get a "coffee to go" (aka "takeaway") and drink it while walking down the street. It just wasnt done!!!

Flanneruk took the words out of my mouth. Whatever you do, don't have the hotdogs --or hamburgers-- you might find sold by street vendors in Piccadilly area. My first sight of London street food was a vat of "burgers" floating in oil!! Amazingly enough, my Englishman friends scarfed 'em down with no ill effects.
The food in England has come a LONG way since then, but tttman, I doubt you will find much in London other than what's recommended above. (Surfergirl, i love those pasties, and the other goodies at Covent Garden, too!)

I absolutely love strolling with coffee in the early am..

Hey RM67 I forgot about the sausage stand. The evening crowd is well catered for to, with the Van of Life at one end of the Market Square and Uncle Franks kebab van at the other.

How about those Cornish pasties sold all about from faux wagons? Seems every old biddie in Cornwall must be up late baking those little delicacies out!