The new Prospect Park children’s playground and park area at Battersea Power Station was officially opened yesterday by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Richard Field. To celebrate this milestone for the project, a special event was hosted at the new riverside neighbourhood, which will also see the Grade II* listed Power Station and Electric Boulevard, a new high street for Battersea, open to the public from September this year.

The event was attended by local school children from St Mary’s RC Primary School, Battersea, who were keen to put the new colourful playground to the test, and local stakeholders.

The Prospect Park playground and park area is located in the third phase of the Battersea Power Station development next to the Gehry Partners designed Prospect Place, which will begin welcoming residents shortly. The playground, which is open to the public daily from 8am – 8pm was designed by landscape architects, LDA Design, to be deliberately playful and colourful next to the iconic Power Station, Gehry’s beautifully designed Prospect Place and Battersea Roof Gardens from Foster + Partners. LDA Design also designed the playground to feature areas suitable for all ages so children can discover fun new elements as they get older.

With the opening of Prospect Park also comes a new public footpath running from the Zone 1 Battersea Power Station Underground station through to the south of the Power Station and Circus West Village, the first chapter in the regeneration of Battersea Power Station. This shorter and more direct route makes it even easier to access the great mix of restaurants, cafés, fitness and leisure offerings already open at this riverside neighbourhood, including Gordon Ramsay’s Street Pizza, Francesco Mazzei’s Fiume, The Turbine Theatre, Be Military Fit, Black Sheep Coffee and The Cinema in The Arches.

Councillor Richard Field, Mayor of Wandsworth, said:
“I was delighted to open the new Prospect Park children’s playground and park area at Battersea Power Station today. 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. I’m sure many families and children from the local community will enjoy hours of fun here.”