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The Chimney Lift

A glass lift 109 metres up the inside of a power station chimney, and out at the top.

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All four chimneys were taken down and rebuilt to the millimetre. Only this one is hollow.

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Battersea Power Station has four chimneys and one of them is hollow to the sky with a lift in it. The capsule rises through the north-west chimney and keeps going past the rim, so you end up standing in the open air at the height the smoke left at, with 360 degrees from a point most viewing platforms are nowhere near: Westminster and the London Eye downstream, Chelsea and Fulham upstream, the Surrey hills on the southern horizon and the power station's own roof directly below. An exhibition on the building comes first. £24 for an adult, or from £16 for a booked slot.

Where
Battersea Power Station, SW11 8BJ
Nearest station
Battersea Power Station · 3 min walk

Open daily, but the closing time moves between 16:30 and 20:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 23 September 2026.

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