Battersea
District of London
in Greater London of England, United Kingdom

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
51.509 and -0.126 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 51° 30' 30" and W -0° 7' 32"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - GBP
Spoken languages:
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Local electricity:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 12:49 PM (Sunday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
7:59 am and 5:28 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Discover Battersea

The district Battersea of London in Greater London (England) with it's 75,651 citizens Battersea is a district in United Kingdom and is a district of the nations capital.

Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kensington, City of Westminster, Wandsworth, Camberwell and Camden Town. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F

Morning Temperature 11°C / 52 °F
Evening Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Night Temperature 10°C / 51 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 67%
Air Pressure 1029 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West
Cloud Conditions Clear sky, covering 4% of sky
General Conditions Sky is clear

Monday, 4th of November 2024

13°C (56 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.

Tuesday, 5th of November 2024

14°C (57 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, calm, clear sky.

Wednesday, 6th of November 2024

16°C (60 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Few clouds, calm.

Hotels and Places to Stay

11 Cadogan Gardens

Address
1,8 mi
Cadogan Gardens 11
SW3 2RJ London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Chelsea Bridge Apartments

Address
2,3 mi
124 Prince of Wales Drive
SW8 4BJ London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


The Georgian House

Address
1,5 mi
35 - 39 St. Georges Drive
SW1V 4DG London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Crowne Plaza LONDON - BATTERSEA

Address
3,9 mi
Bridges Wharf,Battersea
SW11 3BE London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Eccleston Square

Address
1,5 mi
Eccleston Square 37
SW1V 1PB London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


San Domenico House

Address
1,9 mi
29-31 Draycott Place
SW3 2SH London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Cheval Phoenix House

Address
1,7 mi
1 Wilbraham Place
SW1X 9AE London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Draycott

Address
1,8 mi
Cadogan Gardens 26
SW3 2RP London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 02:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel & Spa

Address
2,1 mi
Queenstown Road 354
SW8 4AE London
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


ASTORS BELGRAVIA

Address
1,5 mi
106-112 EDBURY STREET
SW1W 9QD LONDON
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Chelsea Flower Show

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. It is the most famous flower show in the United Kingdom, and perhaps in the world, attracting visitors from all continents. Highlights to the Chelsea Flower Show include the avant-garde show gardens designed by leading names with Floral Marquee at the centrepiece.

Located at 51.4864, -0.157778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
1862 establishments in England, Annual events in London, Gardening in England, Horticultural exhibitions, Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea, Recurring events established in 1862

Chelsea Physic Garden

The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries’ Garden in London, England in 1673. (The word "Physic" here refers to the science of healing. ) This physic garden is the second oldest botanical garden in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, which was founded in 1621. Its rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to alpine plants.

Located at 51.485, -0.162778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
1673 establishments in England, Botanical gardens in England, Gardens in London, Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea, Herb gardens, Charities based in London, Museums in Kensington and Chelsea, Medical museums in the United Kingdom

Metropolitan Borough of Battersea

Battersea was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in the County of London, England. In 1965, the borough was abolished and its area combined with parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth. The borough was administered from Battersea Town Hall on Lavender Hill and the building is now Battersea Arts Centre.

Located at 51.4648, -0.1607 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, History of Wandsworth, Parishes governed by vestries (Metropolis), Parishes united into districts (Metropolis), Former civil parishes in England, 1900 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1965 disestablishments, Districts abolished by the London Government Act 1963

River Westbourne

The River Westbourne is a small river in London, England, which flowed from Whitestone Pond on Hampstead Heath down through Hyde Park to Sloane Square and then into the River Thames at Chelsea. Now in common with several urbanised streams its catchment basin contributes to a network of surface water drainage channels and underneath its route lies a sewer.

Located at 51.485, -0.1538 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of London, Subterranean rivers of London, Geography of Kensington and Chelsea, Tributaries of the River Thames

Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank. There have been two Chelsea Bridges, on the site of what was an ancient ford. The first Chelsea Bridge was proposed in the 1840s as part of a major development of marshlands on the south bank of the Thames into the new Battersea Park. It was a suspension bridge intended to provide convenient access from the densely populated north bank to the new park.

Located at 51.4847, -0.15 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Bridges completed in 1937, Bridges and tunnels in London, Bridges across the River Thames, Grade II listed buildings in London

Royal Hospital Chelsea

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age, located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a true hospital in the original sense of the word - that is, a place where hospitality was provided. The residents in the Royal Hospital are referred to as "in-pensioners".

Located at 51.4864, -0.157778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
1692 establishments in England, Christopher Wren London buildings, Hospitals in London, Museums in Kensington and Chelsea, Military museums in London, Military history of London, Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings, Military veterans' affairs in the United Kingdom, Nursing homes in the United Kingdom, Veterans' homes, Grade I listed hospital buildings, Grade I listed buildings in London, Buildings and structures in Kensington and Chelsea, Health in Kensington and Chelsea, John Soane buildings, Buildings and structures completed in 1692

Battersea Park

Battersea Park is a 200 acre (83-hectare) green space at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea, and was opened in 1858. The park occupies a mix of marshland reclaimed from the Thames, and land formerly used for market gardens that served the London population.

Located at 51.4793, -0.1573 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
1858 establishments in England, Festival of Britain, Parks and open spaces in Wandsworth, Parks and open spaces on the River Thames

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is the UK's oldest and most famous home for dogs and cats and is situated in the Battersea area of London, England. It is financed by voluntary donations with an income of almost £12.2 million in 2010. Since September 2012, the home has been subject to ITV documentary series For the Love of Dogs hosted by Paul O'Grady.

Located at 51.4785, -0.1448 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Animal charities based in the United Kingdom, Buildings and structures in Wandsworth, Charities based in London, Animal welfare organisations in the United Kingdom, Abandoned animals

Chelsea Embankment

Chelsea Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. The western end of Chelsea Embankment, including a stretch of Cheyne Walk, is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; the eastern end, including Grosvenor Road and Millbank, is in the City of Westminster. Beneath the road lies the main low-level interceptor sewer taking waste water from west London eastwards towards Beckton.

Located at 51.484, -0.162 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Streets in Kensington and Chelsea, Buildings and structures on the River Thames, Waterfronts

1928 Thames flood

The 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London on 7 January 1928, as well as places further downriver. Fourteen people were drowned in London and thousands were made homeless when flood waters poured over the top of the Thames Embankment and part of the Chelsea Embankment collapsed.

Located at 51.484, -0.162 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Disasters in London, Natural disasters in England, 1928 natural disasters, 1928 floods, 1928 in England, Floods in the United Kingdom, 1928 in London, History of the River Thames, European windstorms, Storm tides of the North Sea

Lavender Hill

Lavender Hill is a hill near Clapham Junction in South London, England. The street name Lavender Hill is a continuation of St John's Hill and forms the section of the A3036 as it rises eastwards out of the Falconbrook valley at Clapham Junction, and retains that name for approximately 1.5 km to the corner of Queenstown Road in Battersea, beyond which it is called Wandsworth Road towards Vauxhall.

Located at 51.4651, -0.15802 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Hills of London, Streets in Wandsworth, Shopping streets in London

Tite Street

Tite Street is a street in Chelsea, London, England, within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, just north of the River Thames. It was laid out from 1877 by the Metropolitan Board of Works, giving access to the Chelsea Embankment. In the late 19th century the street was a favoured and fashionable location for people of an artistic and literary disposition. Tite Street is named after the architect William Tite.

Located at 51.4854, -0.16029 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Streets in Kensington and Chelsea, Buildings with blue plaques, Oscar Wilde, 1877 establishments in England

Brown Dog affair

The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University of London medical lectures by Swedish women anti-vivisection activists, pitched battles between medical students and the police, police protection for the statue of a dog, a libel trial at the Royal Courts of Justice, and the establishment of a Royal Commission to investigate the use of animals in experiments.

Located at 51.4807, -0.162269 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
1900s in England, 1903 in case law, 1903 in England, 1903 in London, 1907 in London, 1907 riots, Animal cruelty incidents, Animal rights, Anti-vivisection movement, Animal testing in the United Kingdom, Animal welfare and rights in the United Kingdom, Buildings and structures in Wandsworth, Dog monuments, English defamation case law, Individual dogs, Political history of England, Riots in London

Battersea Park Road railway station

Battersea Park Road railway station was a station in Battersea, South London opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1867. It closed in 1916 along with a number of inner-London stations on Main Line. Battersea Park railway station, a very nearby station on a different line out of London Victoria, remains open. Today there is no evidence of the station. The bricked up entrance can be seen under the existing rail bridge close by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Located at 51.4783, -0.145278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations opened in 1867, Railway stations closed in 1916, Disused railway stations in Wandsworth

Battersea Park rail crash (1937)

The Battersea Park rail crash occurred on 2 April 1937, just south of Battersea Park railway station on the Southern Railway, in London. Two electrically driven passenger trains collided on the Up Local line; the second train, from Coulsdon to Victoria, had been allowed into the section while it was still occupied by the first train, from London Bridge to Victoria. The signalman at Battersea Park, G. F.

Located at 51.4733, -0.148889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway accidents in London, Southern Railway (Great Britain), 1937 in England, Railway accidents in 1937, 1937 in London, History of Wandsworth

Spectrum Radio

Spectrum Radio is a multi-ethnic radio station based in London, which covers over 20 different ethnic communities.

Located at 51.4744, -0.146389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Radio stations in London, Multilingual broadcasters

The Ascension, Lavender Hill

The Ascension of The Lord, Lavender Hill is an Anglican church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, situated on Lavender Hill, in Battersea, South West London. It is thought to be the first church in England dedicated to The Ascension of The Lord. Built to the designs of the architect James Brooks, its foundation stone was laid in 1874, and it was consecrated in 1883. The church is one of three in the parish of Lavender Hill, The Ascension and Battersea, St. Philip with St. Bartholomew.

Located at 51.4655, -0.1574 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Church of England churches in London, Anglo-Catholicism, Churches in Wandsworth, Grade II* listed buildings in London, Grade II* listed churches in London, Gothic Revival architecture in London

Shaftesbury Park Estate

The Shaftesbury Park Estate, commonly known as The Shaftesbury Estate, is a residential estate in Battersea in South London, England. It lies north of Lavender Hill and Clapham Common and east of Clapham Junction railway station. The estate occupies a flat area of land at the edge of the River Thames flood plain just north of the slope rising to Clapham Common. Historically the area was occupied by Battersea Fields, the poorly drained common land covering the area as far as the river.

Located at 51.469, -0.155 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Housing estates in London, Buildings and structures in Wandsworth

Pouparts Junction

Pouparts Junction is a railway junction near Clapham Junction south of the River Thames in inner London, England.

Located at 51.4704, -0.1568 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Railway lines in London, Rail infrastructure in London, Rail junctions in England

Stewarts Lane

Stewarts Lane is a large railway servicing facility in Battersea in London, England, founded by the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) in 1862, to serve London Victoria railway station. It was sited in the midst of a maze of railway lines between 'Factory Junction' and 'Stewarts Lane Junction', adjacent to the site of the former Longhedge Railway Works. Prior to 1962 it was one of the largest motive power depots in the UK.

Located at 51.4725, -0.143889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway depots in London, Transport in Wandsworth

Prince of Wales Drive, London

Prince of Wales Drive is located in Battersea, in the London borough of Wandsworth. The drive is situated on the southern perimeter of Battersea Park.

Located at 51.4758, -0.1555 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Streets in Wandsworth, Articles created via the Article Wizard

The Albert Palace

The Albert Palace was located in Battersea, in the borough of Wandsworth, London. It faced, and formed a backdrop to the lake in Battersea Park, and was a re-erection of an iron and glass building, like The Crystal Palace of 1851, which had partly housed the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865. In 1882, a company was created to dismantle the temporary structure in Ireland, to ship it to London and to re-site it on Prince of Wales Road (now known as Prince of Wales Drive, London).

Located at 51.476, -0.15309 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Former buildings and structures of Wandsworth

York Mansions

York Mansions is one of the seven Victorian blocks of flats located on Prince of Wales Drive, London, between Albert Bridge Road and Queenstown Road, in Battersea, in the London borough of Wandsworth. The building is four storeys tall and is of a Victorian High Gothic Revival style. It is portered.

Located at 51.476, -0.15317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in Wandsworth, Articles created via the Article Wizard

The Sanctuary (recording studio)

The Sanctuary is a recording studio in Battersea, London founded by David McEwan and Eric Appapoulay in 2006. It is best-known best as the facility at which Plan B created his 2010 award winning album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The Sanctuary is the home of the SMV writing and production team.

Located at 51.4742, -0.153889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Recording studios in England

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, also known as Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, is a three Michelin star restaurant owned and operated by Gordon Ramsay, located at Royal Hospital Road, London. It opened in 1998 and was Ramsay's first solo restaurant. In 2001 it made Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have won three Michelin stars. It ranked 17th in the Elite Traveler World's Top Restaurants Guide 2012.

Located at 51.4855, -0.162 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Restaurants in London, Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the United Kingdom, 1998 establishments in England, Restaurants established in 1998

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