Amazing what the developers have done to this place. I remember when it was just a derelict skeleton of a structure all run down and an eyesore to the London skyline. Now it’s an incredible place with shops,bars and restaurants as shown here in your video. That lift 109 is just amazing. Nice video Darren.
Great video mate. I was lucky to perform at Battersea in 2012 as part the "Freeze Festival" a music and snowboard show built around the abandoned power station... Having a walk around on my own without an issue was most fun ;-)
All of us Malaysians are proud that our money was invested to develop the historic building of Bettersea Power Station. Thanks to the great former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak for this great idea and vision.
Ah yes, colonialisation in reverse; not doubt you're so pleased with yourselves (although thanks to this idea/ vision the original power station was, in part, saved).
Great video, and particularly appreciated as someone who grew up in Battersea! I don't live there any more, but always see it as a symbol of "home". I left school in the year that it closed, and watched with interest the different plans for its future that came and went over the years. I paid it a visit just after Christmas, and whilst I'm glad that it has a new lease of life, the shopping centre wasn't for me, especially on my salary! I did enjoy going up the chimney in the lift though, it was good to get a new high-rise perspective of the area. My biggest bugbear is that because of all the new blocks of flats that have been built around it, you can only actually see it from certain angles. It used to be visible from pretty much everywhere, we used to get a great view of it from Battersea Park, but sadly, not any more.
As you know there was a fun park at Battersey back in the day. When I was around 8 my father took me there when we went London. When we arrived there we found it had been closed down a number of years before. Its great to see the old power station thriving again. I will never forget it. Would love to visit it one day when am back in England.
We filmed the music video for East 17's "Let it rain" at the power station, when it was derelict. I was one of the dancers. Amazing building. The Hoover building is another place I love, retains many of the original Art Deco features. One of my mates has an apartment there!
I’ve never even been to London so had never heard of Battersea Power Station but I enjoyed learning about this! Loved the observation lift, that’s a very nice touch.
This is the best historical reference to my father's ambitious Theme Park scheme I've ever seen! Thank you! I'm about to publish a detailed article about it, including lots of proposed ride and theming images from my dad's archive...I'll attach a link here when it's done.
Funnily enough, a few weeks ago, I was trying to find videos on TH-cam about Battersea Power Station whilst it was still in use as a power station, but I couldn't find much at all. Great video, Darren. Thank you 😊
Breathtaking views, especially from the top of the chimney! It's good to see it in use again, but I found the interior rather alienating, with its up-market ambience - though the 'community bookshop' is excellent. Outside, the surrounding huge blocks of flats make for a rather claustrophobic atmosphere. Having said that, I will be returning to explore what I missed the first time. Thank's for the tour. Great video!
Prima Darren. Ein tolles interessantes Video. Du machst das toll alt und neu Zustand übereinander legen. Und wenn ich es richtig verstanden habe sogar auch mit Kino. Danke Darren Bin gern wieder dabei ☺️😊
I visited Battersea Power Station in December last year. So impressed with what it now looks like and also did the lift/ view from the chimney. It was a rather murky day and lots of snow around still but was still really great to see the view from the top.
Amazing, worth travelling South to see it, that's two things on my bucket list, tower of london,and Battersea power station,(the who album quadrophenia had this in the background, there were flats at ground level,which featured Chad the mod,he is sat on the scooter,)
Only reason i’d visit London… they Gantry Cranes and the Original window’s are something else tho. And the way they’ve made Art Deco tie in with almost modern Art Deco is Stunning!
that was an amazing tour thanks very much for showing us. I was living in London back in 1966-67 and playing in a rock band and I remembered the power station very well and always wondered about it but your video has answered many questions . thanks again and cheers from NZ
Went shopping here in January this year. It is impressive and quite colossal. Still a nice shopping environment and the surrounding developments are well designed. We arrived by boat which is a great way to approach it. Great eating, if pricy, too.
That huge building was built without a traditional foundation? Darren, I have seen videos on this before but you filled in many gaps and put in so many back stories AND your photo fades are great as always. I wonder if the 'gantry cranes" were left in place to save the cost of removing them, just thinking. The photo fade at 11:49 was amazing..... Thanks to Darren for this fine watch.
I think that they were listed like the wharf cranes certainly were. They still had to be taken down and apart and refurb'd before being put back though. That mammoth task was nothing as compared to other stuff needing protecting in situ or faithfully recreating. Don't want to be in danger of stealing our host's thunder though and can't wait for the next visual feast so now I'm just going to fade a ω α y
A marvellous video production by you, here, Darren. I remember seeing this place in dereliction back in the 80s when going in an out of Victoria station, but I never ever thought that it would be turned into a fantastic mega shopping complex like this. It's great to see that some of the old machinery has been so well restored along with the gantries. The ride up to the top of that chimney looked so impressive. Totally impressed, and so thank you for this presentation.
Was last here in 2010 when Red Bull did an X-Fighters extreme moto-cross event, it was still undeveloped at the time, remember thinking then what an impressive backdrop it provided! Glad they've done something with the place...
What bizarre timing this brilliant video is for me - I've been watching your local W.Yorks vids for ages and just last night my son and I arrived back from London... where on Saturday we went up Lift 109 too! I found the experience incredibly endearing. On the way back down, where they have the echoic recorded words 'the cats went berserk' repeating over and over in the lift, a lady standing near us got the giggles, which made us get the giggles and now I can't think of the building without that strange echo 'the cats went berserk, berserk, berserk [continue indefinitely]' going through my brain. Thanks for this informative video and for all your hard work on all your content - always high quality, friendly, interesting and educational.
This will be the 3rd vlog walk through I watched, each one is different, Great part at the start of the history and plans of Battersea Station. Liking the blending pictures between the passed and present on how it use to look. Thank you Darren.
It is so enjoyable watching your channel..No one is doing it so brilliantly. Very professional, pleasant, informative and just plain fun to watch and Listen!..Thank you
Happy Easter Darren. One fact that you mentioned it had no proper foundations. That's bloody amazing for a structure of that size and something I never knew. I used to spend some recreation time in the Wandsworth, Battersea area when the regeneration to today's standard was starting. Now it's progressed to being a valued area and it's listed status ensures it's future and it won't be lost into obscurity. A fellow London YTer (I'm sure you'll know of him) has recently covered this area too. Both of you have done justice to BPS. Did you spot any nests, with residents, up the lift shaft 😮 Cheers DougT
When doing London trips we used to park our coaches at Nine Elms by the fruit and veg market, last time I was there the power station was just a roofless shell you could see straight through! I`m glad it has been sympathetically developed with an eye towards its` history, a great London landmark.
A great video, thanks - I had no idea what they'd done inside there, from the outside when passing by on the train to Victoria it just looks like tacky, glitzy looking apartments slapped on the side.
Very good video. I really loved how you put the old pictures of the station over the remoled one. And the comparison of the view grom the top, old and new.
Yes I know I've said it before, but your transition pics are brilliant, a very interesting post, I used to go past that many many times in the 70s and 80s on the train into and out of Victoria Station.
My parents were born in Chelsea and lived just down the road from the power station. They told me that 'waste' steam from the boilers was piped across the Thames to heat the flats on a private estate called Dolphin Square.
Heard my great-granddad was supposed to help link this power-station to a district heating station, when given a chance to leave Germany in 1936, on a work visa/ know-how swap offered by his boss.
Another History adventure that we love to watch, you always make it so enjoyable too. Like I always say you need your own TV programme. Your video footage is amazing Darren. Brilliant location.
Oh also - Have you ever explored the lost/hidden train station underneath an area in Harrogate? (In between Leeds & York) It used to be called Brunswick Station and with a bit of research you can still get down into it. It closed in the 1800s but was used as an Air Raid shelter during the war and there’s evidence of this down there still to this day.
What a great job they have done on such an iconic London landmark..I believe it used to supply heating to the fifty's sixties built Churchill's houses estate directly opposite the power station on the north bank...love your videos thank you ❤❤❤
Great video Darren👍when you went up in the lift it was like watching Willie Wonker lol. It was nice to see one of the chimneys actually working and letting the smoke out . Can’t wait to see the next one 👏👏👏
Another great video Darren. I've always had a fascination with this building being quite a regular passer by on the train into Victoria over the years. I've visited the new development a few times since being open. They've certainly made a good job of restoring and transforming the building itself. Its never looked so good. Sadly the classic view from the train has been obscured by those new buildings and apartments on the west side which I don't think are very attractive. The shops are mainly high end certainly out of my price range! I think the only thing I've bought there apart from a little power station ornament in the souvenir shop is a sandwich in the M&S foodstore! No Poundland or Primark here!! The outside of the power station looks stunning especially when lit at night. I've done the lift twice once during the day and once at night. Its certainly quite a moment when you burst out the top of the chimney. Shame you don't get a bit longer up there to admire the view. I wasn't sure about the audio visual display you get when waiting in the room by the lifts. I think it would be better to have some kind of visual history rather than flames and gushing water etc. All in all though its an enjoyable experience. Look forward to your films about Battersea Park.
Fascinating video = it's good to see some of the original features of the building remain on show. The changes to the area since the last time I saw it around 1984 have been amazing. Thanks to you and for all the videos on your channel.
That is so cool how they retained some of the original equipment and flair of the building (gantry cranes, control rooms, etc.), and modernized everything, instead of just knocking it to the ground. I can't even imagine how many bricks it took to originally build that behemoth!!😲👍👍
Love this building the Architecture and because of Pink Floyd so glad it was finally rescued, was there a few years ago before it was complete gutted it wasn't at the time was desperate to see what they were doing with it inside, what a great video really well done with the fading in an out of before and after, great job👍
I would like to go see it for myself as I haven’t been there but it’s looks so incredible when it was first built to power electricity for London and to keep London alive. What a beautiful building.
11:44 old time photo shopped image, you can see the cut outs around the faces. Anyway, thanks for video, liked the glass ceiling with natural light from original design, better than the other B corridor.
wow so good to see they have kept a lot of the character of the original building looks amazing. love the partial fading then and now sections. Another well researched and presented quality video Enjoyed that a lot
Wow ! What an incredibly well designed re purposing of a building. It's great that a lot of the original features have been saved. I will have to visit . I might give that lift a miss though , I really can't do heights , Many thanks for another fabulous video Darren , Best wishes.
Yet another great review, thank you so much! Fantastic photography, work, the care you take in putting together your presentations is clear for all to see, and much appreciated!
Darren another video of great detail and content.keep this going darren.possibly see you doing one around Leeds when I'm that way.oh and by the way York is still waiting for you presence.
Was disappointed at first to discover it was yet another luxury shopping centre, but it does look interesting especially like the chimney lift, great video as ever, Darren❤😊
Really interesting. I’m glad they’ve kept some of the original features, although that rollercoaster would’ve been ace! The control room bar would be a good venue for an AdventureUs member meet up 😉
Another fab video Darren and your video fades are the best! Loved seeing Battersea power station - I once worked as a secretary at a Unilever power station (Wirral). It was gas and coal and had two big Mirrlees Blackstone engines. It opened in the 1950s but eventually sadly closed then got knocked down in late 1990s. Love your videos and they make my Sunday night, can't wait to see Battersea Park. Hope you've had a lovely Easter 🐰🐣💛
Fun videogame history fact: The power plants in the original Command and Conquer Red Alert are based on Battersea Power Station, likely thanks to Pink Floyd.
Excellent video Darren again, it all looks a bit too swanky for us northerners haha 😂 Those faded photos were fantastic, i lone the fact they’ve kept some of it original. Going up that chimney made me think of Charlie and the great glass elevator. I suppose with it having no foundations there’s no underground bits to look at ? I drive past here quite a lot when I’m “daaaan saaaaawf”. It really is a huge building that a camera doesn’t do it justice. All the best mate and don’t eat too much chocolate today haha 👍🏼
There _is_ actually stuff under the ground and under the Thames in fact. The most atmospheric infrastructure is the pipe conduit which took waste hot water over (under!) to the infamous Dolphin Square mansion blocks. You can just about stand up in it but it's dotted with unnerving dripping water.
As an Aussie I've heard a fair amount about Battersea PowerStation over the past 20-30years but had no clue it was a thriving shopping centre and a popular place for people to go to. P.s I bet it's nice living in one of the rooftop flats
Got a spare 9 million you can have a apartment on the top floor a 1 bed studio flat up there is 750 grand rumours around that Sting owns a apartment as well as Gordon Ramsey
Brilliant!! Best video I've seen in a long time. Keep it up. Rebirth of the power station follows just after your robin hatchling critter cam. Coincidence?
It’s so good that they’ve kept so much of its history and paying homage to that in its new life 👍🏻
Amazing what the developers have done to this place. I remember when it was just a derelict skeleton of a structure all run down and an eyesore to the London skyline. Now it’s an incredible place with shops,bars and restaurants as shown here in your video. That lift 109 is just amazing. Nice video Darren.
Great video mate. I was lucky to perform at Battersea in 2012 as part the "Freeze Festival" a music and snowboard show built around the abandoned power station... Having a walk around on my own without an issue was most fun ;-)
Backstage is best
Shame you weren't vlogging back then lol. So many places I have been in when younger, would have been great footage now.
All of us Malaysians are proud that our money was invested to develop the historic building of Bettersea Power Station. Thanks to the great former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak for this great idea and vision.
Ah yes, colonialisation in reverse; not doubt you're so pleased with yourselves (although thanks to this idea/ vision the original power station was, in part, saved).
proud to be malaysian ❤️❤️
Great video, and particularly appreciated as someone who grew up in Battersea! I don't live there any more, but always see it as a symbol of "home". I left school in the year that it closed, and watched with interest the different plans for its future that came and went over the years.
I paid it a visit just after Christmas, and whilst I'm glad that it has a new lease of life, the shopping centre wasn't for me, especially on my salary! I did enjoy going up the chimney in the lift though, it was good to get a new high-rise perspective of the area.
My biggest bugbear is that because of all the new blocks of flats that have been built around it, you can only actually see it from certain angles. It used to be visible from pretty much everywhere, we used to get a great view of it from Battersea Park, but sadly, not any more.
As you know there was a fun park at Battersey back in the day. When I was around 8 my father took me there when we went London. When we arrived there we found it had been closed down a number of years before. Its great to see the old power station thriving again. I will never forget it. Would love to visit it one day when am back in England.
What a fabulous piece of architecture combining the original and the new purpose.
Good and interesting video just shows you what can be done with old buildings
We filmed the music video for East 17's "Let it rain" at the power station, when it was derelict. I was one of the dancers.
Amazing building.
The Hoover building is another place I love, retains many of the original Art Deco features. One of my mates has an apartment there!
I’ve never even been to London so had never heard of Battersea Power Station but I enjoyed learning about this! Loved the observation lift, that’s a very nice touch.
Nice to see the old power station put to use like some of Swindon works building survivor as a shopping centre good video Darren
i love pink floyd
This is the best historical reference to my father's ambitious Theme Park scheme I've ever seen! Thank you! I'm about to publish a detailed article about it, including lots of proposed ride and theming images from my dad's archive...I'll attach a link here when it's done.
Funnily enough, a few weeks ago, I was trying to find videos on TH-cam about Battersea Power Station whilst it was still in use as a power station, but I couldn't find much at all. Great video, Darren. Thank you 😊
Amazing so glad they kept a nod to history thank you for sharing
That was an absolute treat! Thanks Darren 😊
Breathtaking views, especially from the top of the chimney! It's good to see it in use again, but I found the interior rather alienating, with its up-market ambience - though the 'community bookshop' is excellent. Outside, the surrounding huge blocks of flats make for a rather claustrophobic atmosphere. Having said that, I will be returning to explore what I missed the first time. Thank's for the tour. Great video!
Prima Darren. Ein tolles interessantes Video. Du machst das toll alt und neu Zustand übereinander legen.
Und wenn ich es richtig verstanden habe sogar auch mit Kino.
Danke Darren
Bin gern wieder dabei ☺️😊
The after and before shots are mind-blowing. Wowsers
I visited Battersea Power Station in December last year. So impressed with what it now looks like and also did the lift/ view from the chimney. It was a rather murky day and lots of snow around still but was still really great to see the view from the top.
Amazing, worth travelling South to see it, that's two things on my bucket list, tower of london,and Battersea power station,(the who album quadrophenia had this in the background, there were flats at ground level,which featured Chad the mod,he is sat on the scooter,)
Great video, love the then and now fades, good work.
Brilliant upload as per ever
Only reason i’d visit London… they Gantry Cranes and the Original window’s are something else tho. And the way they’ve made Art Deco tie in with almost modern Art Deco is Stunning!
Amazing,
that was an amazing tour thanks very much for showing us. I was living in London back in 1966-67 and playing in a rock band and I remembered the power station very well and always wondered about it but your video has answered many questions . thanks again and cheers from NZ
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video. We visited here around 4 weeks ago and I have to say it’s excellent what they have done. A landmark that will now stand forever.
Totally agree!
Went shopping here in January this year. It is impressive and quite colossal. Still a nice shopping environment and the surrounding developments are well designed. We arrived by boat which is a great way to approach it. Great eating, if pricy, too.
That huge building was built without a traditional foundation? Darren, I have seen videos on this before but you filled in many gaps and put in so many back stories AND your photo fades are great as always. I wonder if the 'gantry cranes" were left in place to save the cost of removing them, just thinking. The photo fade at 11:49 was amazing..... Thanks to Darren for this fine watch.
I think that they were listed like the wharf cranes certainly were. They still had to be taken down and apart and refurb'd before being put back though. That mammoth task was nothing as compared to other stuff needing protecting in situ or faithfully recreating.
Don't want to be in danger of stealing our host's thunder though and can't wait for the next visual feast so now I'm just going to fade a ω α y
really like your videos the way you tell them and the way you put music to them my favourite is buttons fily
and the story you tell about it
A marvellous video production by you, here, Darren. I remember seeing this place in dereliction back in the 80s when going in an out of Victoria station, but I never ever thought that it would be turned into a fantastic mega shopping complex like this. It's great to see that some of the old machinery has been so well restored along with the gantries. The ride up to the top of that chimney looked so impressive. Totally impressed, and so thank you for this presentation.
what a fantastic vid and the view from the top of the chimney where you can see the vast network of railway lines is breath taking
Fantastic ..wow what developer's can accomplish these days..thank you for taking me on your journey really enjoyed this
Glad you enjoyed it
Was last here in 2010 when Red Bull did an X-Fighters extreme moto-cross event, it was still undeveloped at the time, remember thinking then what an impressive backdrop it provided! Glad they've done something with the place...
What bizarre timing this brilliant video is for me - I've been watching your local W.Yorks vids for ages and just last night my son and I arrived back from London... where on Saturday we went up Lift 109 too! I found the experience incredibly endearing. On the way back down, where they have the echoic recorded words 'the cats went berserk' repeating over and over in the lift, a lady standing near us got the giggles, which made us get the giggles and now I can't think of the building without that strange echo 'the cats went berserk, berserk, berserk [continue indefinitely]' going through my brain. Thanks for this informative video and for all your hard work on all your content - always high quality, friendly, interesting and educational.
Thanks Rebecca
This will be the 3rd vlog walk through I watched, each one is different, Great part at the start of the history and plans of Battersea Station. Liking the blending pictures between the passed and present on how it use to look. Thank you Darren.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
Wow!! Looks amazing.
It is so enjoyable watching your channel..No one is doing it so brilliantly. Very professional, pleasant, informative and just plain fun to watch and Listen!..Thank you
Wow, thank you!
Happy Easter Darren. One fact that you mentioned it had no proper foundations. That's bloody amazing for a structure of that size and something I never knew. I used to spend some recreation time in the Wandsworth, Battersea area when the regeneration to today's standard was starting. Now it's progressed to being a valued area and it's listed status ensures it's future and it won't be lost into obscurity. A fellow London YTer (I'm sure you'll know of him) has recently covered this area too. Both of you have done justice to BPS. Did you spot any nests, with residents, up the lift shaft 😮 Cheers DougT
When doing London trips we used to park our coaches at Nine Elms by the fruit and veg market, last time I was there the power station was just a roofless shell you could see straight through! I`m glad it has been sympathetically developed with an eye towards its` history, a great London landmark.
Looks amazing, must have a go at that lift.
Great video,this is an amazing building,and so vast,love the lift ride to the top of the chimney,it's been transformed to such a high standard 👍👌😀
This is phenomenal Darren . Absolutely brilliant. Never Knew anything about this place. Another masterpiece by you. Thank you.
A great video, thanks - I had no idea what they'd done inside there, from the outside when passing by on the train to Victoria it just looks like tacky, glitzy looking apartments slapped on the side.
Very good Darren most interesting, I can remember it functioning in the early 50's.
Thanks for posting.
Very welcome
Very good video. I really loved how you put the old pictures of the station over the remoled one. And the comparison of the view grom the top, old and new.
Thank you very much!
As always, a great video with some amazing fade work, brilliant. I didn’t realise how beautiful the place was. That’s Darren
Fascinating explore. Darren, you are the master of before/after dissolves! 👏
Great vlog. Been past many times on the train. It's now on my "must do" list for London. Thank you.
Enjoyable video, thank you.
7:00 wow, just wow. Great work
Gracias
Great Adventure! Might add it to my Bucket List!
Yes I know I've said it before, but your transition pics are brilliant, a very interesting post, I used to go past that many many times in the 70s and 80s on the train into and out of Victoria Station.
loves a bit of art deco
I see this facility upon landing at Heathrow from the United States. A great landmark! Thanks for the video, Darren. See you on the next! 😊
My parents were born in Chelsea and lived just down the road from the power station. They told me that 'waste' steam from the boilers was piped across the Thames to heat the flats on a private estate called Dolphin Square.
Most probably. They didn't waste much.
Loved the flashbacks to yesteryear. Fabulous. Thank you.
Happy Easter Darren, it’s fantastic what’s been developed from the old power station. Thanks for showing Darren. Very interesting building👍🏻😀
The control room also used on the album cover Quark, Strangeness and Charm. Hawkwind..
Great video, it's on my to do list...
Heard my great-granddad was supposed to help link this power-station to a district heating station, when given a chance to leave Germany in 1936, on a work visa/ know-how swap offered by his boss.
Thanks for a fabulous video loved the history behind this, and the scale of the size of it is immense !!
Looks fabulous shopping centre complex now.
Another History adventure that we love to watch, you always make it so enjoyable too. Like I always say you need your own TV programme. Your video footage is amazing Darren. Brilliant location.
Thanks again!
Oh also - Have you ever explored the lost/hidden train station underneath an area in Harrogate? (In between Leeds & York) It used to be called Brunswick Station and with a bit of research you can still get down into it. It closed in the 1800s but was used as an Air Raid shelter during the war and there’s evidence of this down there still to this day.
What a great job they have done on such an iconic London landmark..I believe it used to supply heating to the fifty's sixties built Churchill's houses estate directly opposite the power station on the north bank...love your videos thank you ❤❤❤
Great video Darren👍when you went up in the lift it was like watching Willie Wonker lol. It was nice to see one of the chimneys actually working and letting the smoke out . Can’t wait to see the next one 👏👏👏
Fantastic video - well done you.
Another great video Darren. I've always had a fascination with this building being quite a regular passer by on the train into Victoria over the years. I've visited the new development a few times since being open. They've certainly made a good job of restoring and transforming the building itself. Its never looked so good. Sadly the classic view from the train has been obscured by those new buildings and apartments on the west side which I don't think are very attractive. The shops are mainly high end certainly out of my price range! I think the only thing I've bought there apart from a little power station ornament in the souvenir shop is a sandwich in the M&S foodstore! No Poundland or Primark here!! The outside of the power station looks stunning especially when lit at night. I've done the lift twice once during the day and once at night. Its certainly quite a moment when you burst out the top of the chimney. Shame you don't get a bit longer up there to admire the view. I wasn't sure about the audio visual display you get when waiting in the room by the lifts. I think it would be better to have some kind of visual history rather than flames and gushing water etc. All in all though its an enjoyable experience. Look forward to your films about Battersea Park.
Thank you so much for this. It's top of my list for the next place to visit now. Just hope that there isn't a power cut when I'm in the lift!
Fascinating video = it's good to see some of the original features of the building remain on show. The changes to the area since the last time I saw it around 1984 have been amazing. Thanks to you and for all the videos on your channel.
Many thanks!
That is so cool how they retained some of the original equipment and flair of the building (gantry cranes, control rooms, etc.), and modernized everything, instead of just knocking it to the ground. I can't even imagine how many bricks it took to originally build that behemoth!!😲👍👍
Fantastic filming. I really enjoyed this, thank you.
Fantastic to see.
fantastic work
Excellent.
Love this building the Architecture and because of Pink Floyd so glad it was finally rescued, was there a few years ago before it was complete gutted it wasn't at the time was desperate to see what they were doing with it inside, what a great video really well done with the fading in an out of before and after, great job👍
Loved it, thank you. Great history and views. Splendid work from you yet again. Happy Easter too!!!
I would like to go see it for myself as I haven’t been there but it’s looks so incredible when it was first built to power electricity for London and to keep London alive. What a beautiful building.
Superb video. Especially love the merging of the old photos with the current viewpoints. Very nicely done.
Many thanks!
The mall & lux apartment for phase 1. They're going for phase 2 development. 🇲🇾🇬🇧
Great video, thanks for posting! Good work on matching up the old photos with your footage
Many thanks! I do the photo fades a lot.
Wow, yet another amazing video, thank you! happy easter !
The 'morphing' is incredible!!!
Rating: 50/50🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐
11:44 old time photo shopped image, you can see the cut outs around the faces. Anyway, thanks for video, liked the glass ceiling with natural light from original design, better than the other B corridor.
wow so good to see they have kept a lot of the character of the original building looks amazing. love the partial fading then and now sections.
Another well researched and presented quality video
Enjoyed that a lot
Wow ! What an incredibly well designed re purposing of a building. It's great that a lot of the original features have been saved. I will have to visit . I might give that lift a miss though , I really can't do heights , Many thanks for another fabulous video Darren , Best wishes.
Yet another great review, thank you so much!
Fantastic photography, work, the care you take in putting together your presentations is clear for all to see, and much appreciated!
My pleasure!
Darren another video of great detail and content.keep this going darren.possibly see you doing one around Leeds when I'm that way.oh and by the way York is still waiting for you presence.
a very pleasing place❤we kept on coming here❤
Was disappointed at first to discover it was yet another luxury shopping centre, but it does look interesting especially like the chimney lift, great video as ever, Darren❤😊
Hello happy Easter Darren fantastic vidio thank you very interested best wishes take care stay safe xx
Really interesting. I’m glad they’ve kept some of the original features, although that rollercoaster would’ve been ace! The control room bar would be a good venue for an AdventureUs member meet up 😉
Another fab video Darren and your video fades are the best! Loved seeing Battersea power station - I once worked as a secretary at a Unilever power station (Wirral). It was gas and coal and had two big Mirrlees Blackstone engines. It opened in the 1950s but eventually sadly closed then got knocked down in late 1990s. Love your videos and they make my Sunday night, can't wait to see Battersea Park. Hope you've had a lovely Easter 🐰🐣💛
Glad you enjoyed it
Fun videogame history fact: The power plants in the original Command and Conquer Red Alert are based on Battersea Power Station, likely thanks to Pink Floyd.
Excellent video Darren again, it all looks a bit too swanky for us northerners haha 😂
Those faded photos were fantastic, i lone the fact they’ve kept some of it original.
Going up that chimney made me think of Charlie and the great glass elevator. I suppose with it having no foundations there’s no underground bits to look at ?
I drive past here quite a lot when I’m “daaaan saaaaawf”. It really is a huge building that a camera doesn’t do it justice. All the best mate and don’t eat too much chocolate today haha 👍🏼
There _is_ actually stuff under the ground and under the Thames in fact.
The most atmospheric infrastructure is the pipe conduit which took waste hot water over (under!) to the infamous Dolphin Square mansion blocks. You can just about stand up in it but it's dotted with unnerving dripping water.
As an Aussie I've heard a fair amount about Battersea PowerStation over the past 20-30years but had no clue it was a thriving shopping centre and a popular place for people to go to. P.s I bet it's nice living in one of the rooftop flats
Great if you can afford one lol
Got a spare 9 million you can have a apartment on the top floor a 1 bed studio flat up there is 750 grand rumours around that Sting owns a apartment as well as Gordon Ramsey
Brilliant!!
Best video I've seen in a long time. Keep it up. Rebirth of the power station follows just after your robin hatchling critter cam. Coincidence?
Impressive and tastful as to what they did to the old girl. And a pleasant video to watch. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome video, Darren. Thanks for sharing this - new dream is to have an apartment in the complex!