New children's playground and park area has opened at London's Battersea Power Station

 By Sharen Kaur - Published in NST Property March 31, 2022 

Prospect Park Playground at Battersea Power Station. Courtesy Photo (Image by Charlie Round-Turner)

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Prospect Park's brand new public space comprising a children's playground and a park at the £9 billion Battersea Power Station project in London is now open.

The playground and park are located in the third phase of the development next to the Gehry Partners designed Prospect Place, which will begin welcoming residents soon.

The playground was designed by landscape architects, LDA Design, to be deliberately playful and colourful.

It was officially opened yesterday by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Richard Field, according to a statement by Sime Darby Property Bhd.

The playground has become a big hit with the students from St Mary's RC Primary School, according to Alex Baker, director of communities and sustainability at Battersea Power Station Development Company.

Since the Battersea Power Station's shareholders took over the project nearly ten years ago, he said, creating large areas of open space for members of the local community, residents, and visitors to enjoy has been a key component of the masterplan, with nearly half of the 42-acre site transformed into beautiful areas of the public realm.

Meanwhile, Field expressed his joy at the opening of Prospect Park's playground and park area.

"I would like to congratulate all those involved in delivering this exciting outdoor space, which is a great addition to the new riverside neighbourhood that is being created at Battersea Power Station," he said.

The first chapter in the regeneration of Battersea Power Station begins with the opening of Prospect Park, which includes a new public footpath that runs from the Zone 1 Battersea Power Station Underground station to the south of the Power Station and Circus West Village.

Gordon Ramsay's Street Pizza, Francesco Mazzei's Fiume, The Turbine Theatre, Be Military Fit, Black Sheep Coffee, and The Cinema in The Arches are just a few of the restaurants, cafés, fitness, and leisure options already open in this riverside neighbourhood.

From September this year, the public will be able to visit the Grade II* listed Power Station and Electric Boulevard in the riverside neighbourhood. It will serve as a town centre for the immediate and wider local communities, a new business quarter for the capital, and a leisure destination for Londoners and international visitors.

It will be the centrepiece of a new '15-minute' live, work, and play neighbourhood, which will act as a town centre for the immediate and wider local communities, a new business quarter for the capital, and a leisure destination for Londoners and international visitors.

Electric Boulevard will include office space, shops, bars, and restaurants, as well as a park, a playground, and a new 164-room art'otel® hotel, the brand's first in London.

The Power Station will be home to 254 residential apartments, over 100 retail shops, restaurants, and cafés, including a 20,000 sq ft food hall, office, and unique event spaces, as well as a Chimney Lift Experience offering 360° views from the top of the Power Station's North West chimney.