Hola chicos, living in London it always seems like there is one area or another within the city that is up and coming. One such area is Battersea, which has traditionally been the less favourableย neighbour to the likes of Fulham, Chelsea and Clapham. However, it looks like this is changing following the radical redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. With its beautiful park, improving accessibility and closeย proximityย to Central London, Battersea has more going for it than ever. ย In this post I have selected 5ย things on offer within the area for families.
1. Battersea Park
Battersea is home to this well knownย beautiful park locatedย next to the Thames. It offers beautifullyย kept lawns and flower beds, a boating lake, children’s playgrounds, fountains, tennis courts, bike hire, a lakeside cafe and the lovely Peace Pagoda.

The park is often full of families and actually hosts two of the other attractions in my list, Go Ape and theย Children’s Zoo. To get an idea of just how big Batterseaย Park is, itย has playedย host to the Formula Eย Grand Prix.
2. Go Ape Battersea
Fancy a Tree Top Adventure? Then, check out Go Ape Battersea whichย incorporates some of Batterseaย Parkโs tallest trees. Theย experience includes knee-knocking crossings that are double the height of most Go Ape adventures, and many are twice as long, making them extra wobbly and challenging. Check out the video below to see what it’s all about:
3. Battersea Park Children’s Zoo
The Children’s Zoo in Battersea Park is small, but delightful and isย run by a family who also run wildlife parks in Derbyshire and an otter and owl sanctuary in the New Forest. Alongside rabbits, goats, sheep and chickens are animals you might not expect to find in a small zoo or city farm, such as meerkats, lemurs, Asian short-clawed otters, a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, monkeys, emus, tortoises and talking mynah birds. The zoo also has indoor and outdoor play areas, picnic tables, a coffee shop and nappy-changing facilities.
4. Pottery Cafe
Located on the South end of Northcote Road, the Pottery Cafe is somewhere to take the children to visit theย pottery decorating studio where theyย canย have fun decorating theirย own beautiful pottery.
Theyย have a vast range of hand-cut decorating sponges featuring everything from dinosaurs to flowers, ladybirds to stars and fairies, so there’s no need to be an artist!
5. Battersea Arts Centre
Battersea Arts Centreย on Lavender Hill welcomes families of all ages. You can take little ones to ‘The Bee’s Knees’ – theirย magical indoor play space for under 5s, relax in our family friendly cafe orย attend Family Saturdays which takes place on the last Saturday of each month, for fun, food and free activities for children aged 0-11.
Have you visited Battersea before? Are there any things I havenโt covered? Please leave your comment as I would love to read your thoughts.
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Whenever I come into London I”m always intrigued to see how Battersea Power Station has been coming along. I love Go Ape and the zoo looks cute. I had no idea it was there!