Battersea is a residential district of south London within the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is 4.8 km south west of Charing Cross. The district has one of southwest London’s primary parks, Battersea Park.
In 2001, Battersea had a populace of 75,651, but by 2011 the number stood at 73,345, noting a slight reduction. There's a substantial section of public housing estates built in the mid-20th century, nearly all situated north of the main railway lines from Fairfield to Queenstown. There are four considerably large estates; Surrey Lane Estate to the north, Doddington and Rollo Estate, Patmore Estate to the east as well as the Winstanley Estate, which is identified for being the birthplace of the garage collective So Solid Crew.
You will find many notable landmarks in Battersea, one of that is the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Before that, the Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs was based in Battersea after moving from Holloway in 1871. Other landmarks consist of the New Covent Garden Market, a major vegetable and fruit wholesale marketplace, and the now disused Battersea Power Station which was built between 1929 and 1939. There have already been numerous redevelopment projects since the 1980s to make the station into an entertainment and commercial complex, but so far all attempts failed.