Battersea is a residential district of south London inside the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is 2.9 miles south west of Charing Cross. The district has one of southwest London’s most important parks, Battersea Park.
In 2001, Battersea had a citizenry of 75,651, but by 2011 the number stood at 73,345, noting a modest reduction. There is a substantial section of public housing estates built in the mid-20th century, virtually all situated north of the main railway lines from Fairfield to Queenstown. There are four significantly big estates; Surrey Lane Estate to the north, Doddington and Rollo Estate, Patmore Estate towards the east as well as the Winstanley Estate, that is recognised to be the birthplace of the garage collective So Solid Crew.
There are 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 primarily based in Battersea just after moving from Holloway in 1871. Other landmarks consist of the New Covent Garden Market, a major vegetable and fruit wholesale marketplace, along with the now disused Battersea Power Station which was built between 1929 and 1939. There have been a lot of redevelopment projects since the 1980s to change the station into an entertainment and commercial complex, but at this point all attempts failed.