Battersea Bridge

Battersea Bridge is a five-span arch bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England. It is situated on a sharp bend in the river, and links Battersea south of the river with Chelsea to the north.

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Type: Bridge
Description: arch bridge with cast-iron girders and granite piers crossing the River Thames in London
Also known as: “Chelsea Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stamford Bridge and Albert Bridge.

Stamford Bridge

Stadium

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Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in West London. It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea. Stamford Bridge is situated 4,200 feet west of Battersea Bridge.

Albert Bridge

Bridge

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Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 1,400 feet east of Battersea Bridge.

Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 1 mile north of Battersea Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include World’s End and Battersea.

World’s End

Neighborhood

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World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.

Battersea

Suburb

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Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred 3.5 miles southwest of Charing Cross and also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the 200-acre Battersea Park.