The Metropolitan
The Metropolitan is a police station in Wandsworth, Greater London, England. The Metropolitan is situated nearby to The Bridge Battersea Community Church, as well as near the university Royal College of Art, Battersea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stamford Bridge and Albert Bridge.
Stamford Bridge
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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 1 mile west of The Metropolitan.
Albert Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pretaxrain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2,000 feet north of The Metropolitan.
Battersea Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Battersea Bridge is a five-span arch bridge with cast-iron girders and granite piers 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. Battersea Bridge is situated 1,600 feet northwest of The Metropolitan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battersea and World’s End.
Battersea
Suburb
Photo: Tosh Marshall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
World’s End
Neighborhood
Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Chelsea
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
The Metropolitan
- Type: Police station
- Category: building
- Location: Wandsworth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.47716° or 51° 28′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.16931° or 0° 10′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3XFRGJ+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 93728244OpenStreetMap feature
building=police
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