Battersea is a Town in the county of Greater London.

Battersea postcode: SW11 3HW

Retail in Battersea

There are great places to visit near Battersea including some great cities, castles, museums, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, historic monuments and airports.

The area around Battersea's best cities can be found at London.

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

The area around Battersea boasts some of the best museums including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.

Don't miss River Thames at London's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Battersea.

Don't miss Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Battersea.

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

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

Battersea's best nearby airports can be found at London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.

Battersea History

There are some historic monuments around Battersea:

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