Battersea
Battersea is a large district in South London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England.
Battersea is a large district in South London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross and also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the 200-acre (0.81 km2) Battersea Park.
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Getting to Battersea
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 20 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 36 km · London Luton (LTN), 47 km
- Luton, Luton → Battersea49 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Battersea4 km · quickest by road, 24 min · £0.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Battersea164 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £18–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Battersea
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Battersea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Get inSouthern from the South East including Gatwick Airport (), Bognor Regis, Epsom and Portsmouth with ferries from and ().
- Get inAlso from Harwich (via A120, ferries from Hook of Holland, Netherlands).
- Get inFastest route from Fishguard (ferries from Rosslare, Ireland).
From Wikivoyage: London, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Battersea
Battersea is 5 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.