What is it?
A Grade II-listed Art Deco masterpiece and Europe’s largest brick building, Battersea Power Station has been transformed into a feast of dining, drinking and shopping after a £1.28 billion renovation.
Why go?
Battersea Power Station is a London icon. It’s appeared in films including Alfred Hitchcock’s Sabotage and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, episodes of Doctor Who and, perhaps most famously, on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals. After succumbing top a period of dereliction after it stopped producing electricity for the capital in 1983, the 40-acre site is now a mecca for shopping, eating, drinking and all sorts of entertainment, while still letting you enjoy the splendour of the original art deco and brutalist architectecture.
The art deco Turbine Hall A and the brutalist Turbine Hall B have been transformed into a tremendous emporium filled with all your retail needs, including Levi’s, Uniqlo, Calvin Klein and the Kooples, Aesop, L’Occitane and The Body Shop. You can also grab a scenic drink inside the very cool Control Room B that’s been converted into a super-swish bar. There’s also a decent amount of good eateries and drinkeries, including Tonkotsu, Roti King and The Wright Brothers. Plus, there’s a massice Arcade Food Hall from the people behind Hoppers, Boa and Gymkhana.
Don’t miss
From Turbine Hall A, visitors can whizz skywards in Lift 109 to get magnificent views of London from the top of one of the power station’s four iconic white chimneys. The Battersea Power Station view platform’s panoramic vista gives the chance to see London from an all-new angle.
When to visit
The opening times of individual shops vary, but general shopping hours are between 10am and 8pm on Monday to Saturday and 12noon to 6pm on Sunday.
Time Out tip
Swing by the Battersea Bookshop, or shop from over 40 small indie businesses at Curated Makers, to purchase buys from smaller designer-makers.
