Battersea Power Station Tube Stop – just outside the exit
Guided by Charlie
Adult: £20 · Students & Seniors: £15 · Children: £5
Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
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15 February 2025 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter | |
14 June 2025 | Tour du Jour | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Summer | Reserve Online |
18 October 2025 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Summer | Reserve Online |
Battersea Power Station – once called the temple of power – is now open.
Stand in the middle of one of the world’s largest brick buildings and feel the energy it once delivered to power a fifth of London. Marvel at the transformation within and the new riverside without. Then take this walk downstream along the Thames enjoying the ebb and flow of its history – going back more than three thousand years to the river’s very first crossing point, and forward to the overnight arrival of Vauxhall’s high-rise city, with a space-age American embassy tucked in behind it.
Follow the tide out further to the point where the Horseferry once crossed, and beyond that to another seat of riverside power – the Palace of Westminster. Two powers – electrical and political – needed the same thing to succeed. The river. Join this celebration of what such a small stretch of the Thames has brought to London
The meeting point for this walk is just outside the exit of Battersea Power Station Tube Station
Frances Carter –
A fascinating walk this morning led by Charlie and Emanuel , full of information about history as far back as the Bronze Age as well as the Power Station and other recent and current developments . Highly recommended
Daryl Lax –
A super double act by Charlie and Emmanuel! Two guides and an extra half-hour – this was value for money! Many thanks to you both for carefully constructing such an interesting and informative walk. Your enthusiasm made it a real pleasure to listen to you and to learn from you.
Patricia Pledger –
You can always guarantee a full programme as well as insightful and fascinating historic details and the latest information from Charlie Forman and this walk – together with a colleague Emmanuel – was no exception. From Battersea Power Station to Westminster the
whole 2 1/2 hours was full of fact and stories from the past and seeing the inside of BPS was
amazing. A must-do……. Thanks to both for a super morning on 26/11.
Simon Fairclough –
A fantastic and super-informative walk down the Thames from Battersea Power Station. Thank you Charlie and Emmanuel! I’m only sorry that I had to leave early as my dog was misbehaving!
June Stewart –
An amazing walk from Battersea Power Station to Westminster, Houses of Parliament. Charlie and Emmanual took us on a super walk starting from the interior of the power station along the Thames path towards Westminster pointing out so much history and information for 2 hours. Highly recommended.