As part of London Open Gardens 2025 one of the roof gardens at Battersea was opened for non-residents. I entered the lottery and was lucky to “win” the opportunity to book a slot. We chose early on Thursday 30th October.
Once at Battersea we went to the entrance to Beechmore House on the upper level of Electric Boulevard. After checking in we went into a lift that took us up one floor to the building’s reception area. There we were directed to another lift that took us up to the garden at the top of the building.
We were greeted by a very cold looking man in a suit (no coat) as we left the lift. This was the lift that we had to use to return.
There was a strong cold wind blowing as we walked around the garden. Perhaps it would have been more interesting in Spring or Summer when there were more flowers blooming.
We could see the Thames in one direction and the developments around in the other. We could also one of the entrances to the turbine halls.
There were only three other people in the garden while we were there…
The man by the lifts had to enter a code for us to be able to return to the reception of the building. Then a final short lift ride back to Electric Avenue.
Paris Baguette in Battersea Power Station
On our ticket there was an offer for a free coffee at Paris Baguette with any pastry. This cafe is in Turbine Hall A on the upper level. Ironically, this was the cafe that we had eaten at before and was on our “to visit” list at Battersea.
To our free coffees and pastries we added a couple of excellent baguettes.
Electric Avenue
The Tower of London
From Battersea we rode the Underground to Tower Hill as we wanted to see the display of poppies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Only a small part of the 80,000 poppies were visible from outside of the tower and we left rather disappointed…
On the opposite platform at Embankment Station …
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