Battersea is a residential district of south London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It's 4.8 km south west of Charing Cross. The district has one of southwest London’s key 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 big area of public housing estates constructed during the mid-20th century, almost all situated north of the main railway lines from Fairfield to Queenstown. There are four significantly large estates; Surrey Lane Estate towards the north, Doddington and Rollo Estate, Patmore Estate towards the east and also the Winstanley Estate, which is known for being the birthplace of the garage collective So Solid Crew.
You will find several 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 primarily based in Battersea soon after moving from Holloway in 1871. Other landmarks consist of the New Covent Garden Market, a significant vegetable and fruit wholesale market, and the now disused Battersea Power Station which was constructed between 1929 and 1939. There have already been many redevelopment projects since the 1980s to transform the station into an entertainment and commercial centre, but at this point all attempts have failed.