Editor Pick
Battersea Park
- April 28, 2002
- Rated 4 of 5 by
mcbabe from London
This is a beautiful park: it's actually quite small, but with the Thames on one side and the stunning apartments blocks of Prince of Wales Drive on the other, it is one of the prettiest places in the city. You can see Battersea Power Station and the Tate Modern, and the pink gas towers that supply south London from the park. The area around the peace pagoda is currently being renovated, so sadly one of the best things to do (evening walks along the Thames with views of some of the prettier bridges) is currently inaccessible. Still, ornamental gardens provide shade from the pollution and sun of a London summer. The area around the park is probably best left unexplored, unless you really want to get to know another side of London. Queenstown road is especially derelict (Prince of Wales drive is a small oasis of semi-decayed spleandor, but still houses the occasional celebrity).
From journal London Living