Battersea is a Town in the county of Greater London.

Battersea in Greater London is located 3.8 km SW from London, 4.2 km SW from Westminster and 4.6 km E from Barnes.

Battersea postcode: SW11 3HW

Retail in Battersea

There are great places to visit near Battersea including some great cities, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments, airports and bluebell woods.

The area close to Battersea boasts some of the best cities including London.

Castles to visit near Battersea include The Tower of London.

Battersea has some unmissable museums nearby like The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.

The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House are great places to visit near Battersea if you like historic buildings.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Battersea like River Thames at London.

Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre are great places to visit near Battersea if you like shopping centres.

Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth are some of Battersea best towns to visit near Battersea.

There are a number of country parks near Battersea including Fryent Country Park, South Norwood Country Park, Morden Hall Park, Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Scadbury Estate Country Park, Stanmore Country Park, and Whitewebbs Country Park.

Don't miss Morden Hall Park's nature reserves if visiting the area around Battersea.

Places near Battersea feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Cutty Sark.

The area around Battersea boasts some of the best airports including London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Battersea include Stanmore Country Park.

Battersea History

There are some historic monuments around Battersea:

• Painter Stainers' Hall
• The London Greyfriars, site of, Newgate Street, Farringdon
• Merchant Taylors' Hall
• Queenhithe dock
• Fishmongers' Hall
• The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastion at Noble Street
• Stationers' Hall
• Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell
• Bell Barrow called Boadicea's Grave, 650m west of Millfield Cottage
• The Jewel Tower
• Coombe Conduit
• Tower of London
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall, bastions and city gate of Aldgate from 17 Bevis Marks to India Street
• London Wall: site of the Roman and medieval gateway of Cripple Gate
• Armourers' and Brasiers' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastions, west and north of Monkwell Square
• Fulham Palace moated site
• The Augustinian Priory of St Mary at Merton, 271m ENE of Abbey Wall Works
• Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common
• London Wall: section in Amen Court
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and conduit and medieval postern, Bloomfield House to site of Moor Gate
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Camomile Street
• Chiswick House
• Roman villa E of Beddington Park
• Kensington Palace
• London Wall: remains of medieval and Roman wall extending 75yds (68m) N from Trinity Place to railway
• Tower Hill West
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and bastion beneath Crosswall, No. 1 America Square and Fenchurch Street railway station
• The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey
• The Globe Theatre
• Morden Park Mound
• Inner Temple Hall Buttery
• Dovecote, Beddington Park
• Tallow Chandlers' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall at St Alphage Garden, incorporating remains of St Alphage's Church
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and medieval bastion in Postman's Park and King Edward Street
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and Roman, medieval and post-medieval gateway at Aldersgate
• Apothecaries' Hall
• Huggin Hill Roman bath house, 120m WNW of St James's Church
• Structures of archaeological interest below Billingsgate Market
• Pottery kiln in Walmer Road
• Innholders' Hall
• Smiths' Wharf
• London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury
• The Curtain Playhouse
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion (4a) at Crutched Friars
• London Wall: section bounding All Hallows Churchyard
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street
• Remains of St Pancras Church, Pancras Lane
• London Wall: section from underground railway to Tower Hill GUARDIANSHIP
• St John the Baptist's Church gateway, Howley Road
• Remains of Roman and medieval wall and gateway W of boundary of Stationers' Hall to Ludgate Hill
• London Wall: remains of Roman and medieval wall from W end of All Hallows Church to 38 Camomile Street
• Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street
• London Wall: the west gate of Cripplegate fort and a section of Roman wall in London Wall underground car park, adjacent to Noble Street
• Skinners' Hall
• London Wall: site of Newgate and 121-124 Newgate Street, remains of Roman and medieval wall, gateway and bastion
• Barnard's Inn Hall (Mercers' School)
• Dyers' Hall
• Roman amphitheatre, Guildhall Yard
• Abbey buildings, Bermondsey
• Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital
• Vintners' Hall
• Monument
• Roman riverboat, 136m west of Greenwood Theatre
• The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, Southwark
• Goldsmiths' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman wall within the London Wall underground car park, 25m north of Austral House and 55m north west of Coleman Street
• Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church
• Roman hypocaust and building on site of Coal Exchange
• Roman wall in basement of 90 Gracechurch Street
• London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
• The Theatre Playhouse
• Watermen's Hall
• Roman governor's palace (site of)
• A subterranean commercial ice-well (City of Westminster), Park Crescent West, W1
• Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront