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Battersea A Power Station was built in the 1930s and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, in the 1950s. They were built to a near-identical design, providing the four-chimney structure. The power station was decommissioned between 1975 and 1983 and remained empty until 2014. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1980. In 2007 ...
Central London borders some of the borough's boundary with the Thames the closest park to which is Battersea Park. At 92 hectares (230 acres), Tooting Commons in the south of the borough, between Balham and Streatham are Wandsworth's largest public open space (not shared with any other borough). It is followed by 83-hectare (210-acre) Battersea ...
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.
STORY: London's iconic Battersea Power Station marked the opening of an ice rink following its $10.2 billion redevelopment and grand re-openingThe ice rink named ‘Glide’ is composed of three ...
Battersea Power Station. Battersea Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea.Built in two stages as a single building in the 1930s and 1950s, the power station closed in 1983.
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.
Regeneration of the area around Battersea Power Station started in 2013, with the power station structure secured by 2016. [10] [11] The Power Station building opened in October 2022. It contains shopping and leisure facilities, office space and housing. [12]
Tooting Bec Golf Club was founded in 1888. The club disappeared in the late 1920s. [5] The Finnish band Hanoi Rocks wrote the song "Tooting Bec Wreck" about their experiences living there in the early 1980s.