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Walking from Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station: what to see on the way

It is about 2.1 km from Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station on foot, roughly 29 minutes walking. The same route works the other way: from Battersea Power Station back to Vauxhall is the same 29 minutes. There are 12 stops along the way, each with its own story. The route runs along Vauxhall Bridgefoot, Riverside Walk, Nine Elms Ln, Pump House Ln, Circus Rd E.

Streets on this route

  • Vauxhall Bridgefoot
  • Riverside Walk
  • Nine Elms Ln
  • Pump House Ln
  • Circus Rd E

Stops along the way

  1. 1. Vauxhall Bus Station

    Vauxhall Bus Station, London SW8 1SJ

    Look up at this striking, futuristic structure soaring above the traffic.

  2. 2. St George Wharf

    St George Wharf, London SW8 2LE

    Look around at these striking green glass structures stepping down toward the water. Their dramatic curved, gull-wing roofs look like a line of modern ships docked along the bank.

  3. 3. The Tower, One St George Wharf

    1 St George Wharf, London SW8 2FC

    Look up at this sleek glass cylinder rising dramatically above the river bank. This is The Tower at One St George Wharf, standing fifty storeys high and reaching one hundred and eighty-one metres into the London sky.

  4. 4. Embassy Gardens Plaza

    Embassy Gardens, Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5BL

    Take a look around you at Embassy Gardens Plaza. You are standing right in the heart of Nine Elms, in a green linear park designed to weave together historic rail corridors and ultra-modern architecture.

  5. 5. New Covent Garden Market Entrance

    Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NX

    As you stand here along Nine Elms Lane, you are looking at the beating, sleepless heart of London's food world.

  6. 6. US Embassy London

    33 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5JY

    As you walk along Nine Elms Lane, your eyes are immediately drawn to an extraordinary structure that looks almost like a gleaming, futuristic sculpture floating over the South Bank.

  7. 7. Heathwall Pumping Station

    Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5BP

    You are standing beside Nine Elms Lane at the site of the Heathwall Pumping Station.

  8. 8. Nine Elms Pier

    Nine Elms Pier, Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5DA

    Look out at the riverbank, where a quiet fleet of vintage Dutch barges and houseboats bobs gently against the wooden pylons. Standing here, you are witnessing one of London’s most striking contrasts.

  9. 9. Riverlight Quay

    Riverlight Quay, Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5AW

    Look up at these six striking glass and steel pavilions rising along the riverbank. This is Riverlight Quay, designed by the celebrated firm Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, led by the late Sir Richard Rogers.

  10. 10. Battersea Power Station

    Circus Road East, London SW11 8BZ

    Look up at the monumental brick silhouette towering above the River Thames. What you are looking at is the largest brick building in Europe, built from more than six million individual bricks.

  11. 11. Battersea Power Station Underground Station

    Prospect Way, London SW11 8AL

    Look up toward the ceiling as you stand here at Prospect Way, right at the entrance to Battersea Power Station Underground Station. That striking, gold-painted geometric canopy overhead feels like a modern cathedral!

  12. 12. Electric Boulevard

    Electric Boulevard, London SW11 8BJ

    Look around you at this pedestrian avenue, where two of the world's most celebrated modern architects built side by side for the very first time.

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