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Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce , Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers.
It lies on the River Thames, with Battersea to the west, South Lambeth to the south and Vauxhall to the east. Across the Thames is Pimlico. The area was formerly mainly industrial but has become more residential and commercial in character. It is dominated by New Covent Garden Market and Battersea Power Station.
The station, partially funded by the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, [6] serves the redevelopment site and Battersea itself. The station is located on Battersea Park Road, close to Battersea Park railway station and within walking distance from Queenstown Road railway station , forming an out-of-station interchange with both.
Battersea Power Station is featured on the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals. A number of race courses in the Nintendo DS version of the 2009 racing video game Dirt 2 are set in the general area of Battersea. Its famous abandoned power station is also the site of a few race tracks in a few console and PC games from the Dirt series.
The Battersea station was proposed to be located to the south of the Battersea Power Station development site, adjacent to Battersea Park Road. [ 33 ] Following criticism during the consultation by local residents that route options were not considered, the consultation was extended until August 2011 so that the public could comment on the ...
Battersea Power Station Pier is an Uber Boat by Thames Clippers commuter service pier, located on the River Thames at Battersea Power Station. The pier provides interchange with Battersea Power Station tube station .
It opened on 20 September 2021 [6] as part of the Northern line extension to Battersea. The station serves the rapidly growing area, [7] New Covent Garden Market and the Embassy of the United States. Nine Elms station roundel. It is close to the site of the former Nine Elms railway station, once the terminus of the London and South Western Railway.
Kennington is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road in Kennington within the London Borough of Southwark.The station is served by the Northern line and is at the junction of the Charing Cross and Bank branches to the north and the Morden and Battersea Power Station branches to the south.