History
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames. The station ceased generating electricity in 1983, but over the past 50 years it has become one of the best known landmarks in London. On 7 June 2012 it was sold to SP Setia and Sime Darby. In January 2013 the first residential apartments went on sale. Construction on Phase 1 is due to commence in 2013, with completion due in 2016/17.
Visit
Myself and The_Raw had been looking at doing this for a few weeks, A daytime visit a week before showed the way
The night came for us to go in, Text came in saying forget about it, the access is locked down.
Myself and The_Raw were not prepared to be outdone and thinking of another possible route, headed for that option.
Once onto the site it was a fun time trying to read the maps kindly given to us, but since we had been up all day on another explore we were a bit brain dead, but after a while we sorted our heads out and got sorted with the access points into both Control Room A & B
A second visit was needed as we wasted a lot of time the first time around, which provided a less stressful scenario and gave me an opportunity to act up a little bit to make The_Raw feel a little uncomfortable (not for the first time)
Things are moving fast, even after a few days the ground floor route to Control Room B had changed.
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames. The station ceased generating electricity in 1983, but over the past 50 years it has become one of the best known landmarks in London. On 7 June 2012 it was sold to SP Setia and Sime Darby. In January 2013 the first residential apartments went on sale. Construction on Phase 1 is due to commence in 2013, with completion due in 2016/17.
Visit
Myself and The_Raw had been looking at doing this for a few weeks, A daytime visit a week before showed the way
The night came for us to go in, Text came in saying forget about it, the access is locked down.
Myself and The_Raw were not prepared to be outdone and thinking of another possible route, headed for that option.
Once onto the site it was a fun time trying to read the maps kindly given to us, but since we had been up all day on another explore we were a bit brain dead, but after a while we sorted our heads out and got sorted with the access points into both Control Room A & B
A second visit was needed as we wasted a lot of time the first time around, which provided a less stressful scenario and gave me an opportunity to act up a little bit to make The_Raw feel a little uncomfortable (not for the first time)
Things are moving fast, even after a few days the ground floor route to Control Room B had changed.
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