Site details:
| Battersea Bridge Garden |
Kensington & Chelsea |
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Battersea Bridge Garden is a small riverside garden at the foot of Battersea Bridge created when the Thames was embanked to designs of Sir Joseph Bazalgette from 1869 The Embankment was completed as far as Battersea Bridge by 1874. Despite an Enabling Bill introduced by the LCC in 1896, due to local objections, the riverside west of the bridge was not embanked at that time. The garden has raised beds, seating, curved path, areas of grass and a number of trees including a mulberry tree. In 2005 a statue of James MacNeill Whistler by Nicholas Dimbleby was erected in the garden, commissioned by the Chelsea Arts Club. |
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| Site location: |
Cheyne Walk/Chelsea Embankment/Battersea Bridge |
| Postcode: |
SW3 |
| Type of site: |
Public Gardens |
| Date(s): |
1874; mid C20th |
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| Listed structures: |
LBII: Battersea Bridge |
| Borough: |
Kensington & Chelsea |
| Site ownership: |
RB Kensington & Chelsea |
| Site management: |
Leisure Services, Parks & Open Spaces |
| Open to public? |
Yes |
| Opening times: |
unrestricted |
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| Public transport: |
Tube: Sloane Square (District, Circle), Fulham Broadway (District) then bus. |
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The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/02/2010
Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.rbkc.gov.uk
