Landmarks & buildings
Battersea Power Station
decommissioned coal-fired power station in London, now in use as a premium shopping centre
England · 51.4811, -0.1444
Battersea Power Station is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 11 more.
“The same space, now restored and operating as Control Room A, was also used as a filming location for The King's Speech.”
Movies filmed at Battersea Power Station
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Battersea Power Station as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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The Dark Knight
2008
“By mid-October, interior and exterior scenes of Rachel being held hostage surrounded by barrels of gasoline were filmed at Battersea Power Station.” Wikipedia
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Children of Men
2006
“In the 2006 movie Children of Men, it serves as the fictional "Ark of Arts".” Wikipedia
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2001
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Superman III
1983
“The coal mine scene was filmed at Battersea Power Station.” Wikipedia
- RocknRolla 2008
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983
- Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
“The carnival scenes were shot at Potters Field between 10 and 11 December; shooting then moved to the abandoned Battersea Power Station for three days, where the production had set up offices nearby.” Wikipedia
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The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
“For the shot of the lights of London going out when the electricity is diverted to Westminster Abbey, an agreement was made with one of the engineers at Battersea Power Station to turn off the lights illuminating the outside of the station; however the engineer misunderstood and briefly cut all the power along the River Thames.” Wikipedia
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Richard III
1995
“The climactic battle scene was shot at Battersea Power Station.” Wikipedia
- StreetDance 3D 2010
Named here by Battersea Power Station’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Battersea Power Station, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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The Dark Knight 2008
“Scenes from the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight were filmed at Battersea.” Wikipedia
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“The control room of Station A is used as the backdrop for a scene in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Towns & cities
Nine Elms
England·under 1 km
district of south west London, situated in North-East Battersea
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Streets & squares
Chelsea Bridge
England·under 1 km
bridge over the River Thames in west London
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Landmarks & buildings
Queenstown Road railway station
England·under 1 km
railway station in Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Towns & cities
Pimlico
England·under 1 km
area of central London in the City of Westminster
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Landscapes & nature
Battersea Park
England·under 1 km
park in the Borough of Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Landmarks & buildings
Royal Hospital Chelsea
England·1 km north-west
retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Battersea Power Station?
12 productions are recorded as filmed at Battersea Power Station, including The King's Speech (2010), The Dark Knight (2008) and Children of Men (2006). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Battersea Power Station?
The King's Speech (2010), covered by 78 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Battersea Power Station?
Battersea Power Station is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.4811, -0.1444.
What other filming locations are near Battersea Power Station?
Nine Elms (under 1 km), Chelsea Bridge (under 1 km), Queenstown Road railway station (under 1 km), Pimlico (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Aurelien Guichard from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0.