Battersea Park

Battersea Park is a two hundred-acre green space at Battersea inside the London Borough of Wandsworth in London. It is located on the south financial institution of the River Thames contrary Chelsea and turned into opened in 1858. The park occupies marshland reclaimed from the Thames and land formerly used for market gardens. The park is Grade II indexed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Prior to 1846 the place now blanketed via the park become referred to as Battersea fields, a famous spot for duelling. On 21 March 1829, the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea met on Battersea fields to settle a depend of honour.

When it came time to fire, the Duke aimed his duelling pistol huge and Winchilsea fired his into the air. Winchilsea later wrote the Duke a groveling apology. Separated from the river by way of a narrow raised causeway, the fields consisted of low, fertile marshes intersected by using streams and ditches with the leader vegetation being carrots, melons, lavender and the famous ‘Battersea Bunches’ of asparagus. Running along the riverside from the fields had been business worries and wharves, which include a pottery, copper works, lime kiln, chemical works, and, increasingly, railways. The website online of Battersea Power Station was partially occupied via the famously bawdy Red House Tavern, patronised by Charles Dickens. Access become through the rickety timber Battersea Bridge or by ferry from the Chelsea financial institution.