Battersea Park Road: How To Spot an Abandoned Station 

Congratulations on 100K Jago - very well deserved!

I tried looking for abandoned stations in the comfort of my own home, thought I found one, but after research it turned out to just be the airing cupboard. It did explain why they were storing a lot of towels in an abandoned station I must admit!

The exploring joke was funny, love your content

My Dad was a Surveyor Began his early years as you do in the 1940's in the Army that surprisingly taught him to build things instead of blowing them up He moved into civi st and gained qualifications And children He passed on to me his love of Brickwork Therefore any thing Built during the late queen's (bless her soul Vic Regina) reigns Absolutely beguiles me I have stood in Halifax Bradford and Rochdale in awe of the dedication of labour put in to a ordinary industrial building That leaves modern structures BLAND compare the Victorian railway Viaduct to the M4 flyover nuff said Thank you once again your entertaining prog

“The mysterious brickwork to my viaduct” is a great analogy for Patreon lol

All together........"underneath the arrrrrches, Jago dreams his dreams away".

I once found a HUGE station in the middle of a city of over a million people. All silent, nobody around, no trains, nothing. Well... turned out the railway was on strike that day.

Great video. I was going to post a comment yesterday when I watched it for the first time but could not stop laughing at 'exploring yourself'. You are definitely one of a kind and my favourite RU-vid presenter Jago.

As this abandoned station is located alongside the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, does this mean this was a 'pet' project of yours?

Ha! Until recently I worked at the home, was involved in the project to renovate those very arches (which only happened last year) and had no clue!!

The point about lack of information online stimulated me to go to Amazon and find myself a copy of the classic "London Railways" by Dr Edwin Course (Batsford 1962, not the later book of photos with a similar title). I read it 40 years ago and also remember hand copying the wonderfully detailed map, in the days before photocopiers. Edwin Course also wrote the excellent and comprehensive 3-volume series on the Railways of Southern England in the 1970s. He provides much more information about individual station architecture and locality, lineside features etc than the David and Charles Regional History series without the need to buy multiple booklets covering individual lines.

OMG Jago is at 100k subs AND has got a sponsr, this channel is flying. Congrats mate, I've been here since you were teeny tiny & you repolied to me saying you couldn't believe people wanted to watch your videos. Well, it appears they do!

Battersea Park Road station was actually near Battersea Park? No wonder they called it York Road first.

Another inspiring video, thank you! Passing through Battersea on the bus last week I noticed the '90s sign and, taking a photo of the Dogs Home entrance, captured the arches without realising what they were. I feel like your video is saying "Here's what you missed", I love it! Looking at the photos I took of the power station's chimneys there was smoke coming out, again, I hadn't noticed it on the day. Fab! 😃👏👏👏

When hunting for disused stations, it’s important to remain downwind of your quarry. Only emerge from concealment once you’re sure you’ve spotted a station. Remain calm.

Thank you. It's such a pleasure getting to accompany you on your explorations of the world.

Wow, those arches are lovely, wonder what's in there now. Well, off to explore myself I guess. Hehehe...

Fascinating “urban archaeology” as ever. I wonder if there’s anything inside that kitchen showroom or offices that would give a clue to its original use?

The LSWR,had a freight yard,called Dog's Home in that immediate area,and I wondered why,now I know! Bow-wow,and all that!! Thanks again 😊!!!!

Gratulations for 100k subs. Hope your channel keeps growing and the awesome videos keep coming. Thank you for all your great content.

Congratulations for hitting 100k! Been around since just after you hit 1k! As someone from America, I always find each video interesting as the last. Keep up the good work!

Watching this from the privacy of my home in the wee hours of the morning so good morning from me. As always, enjoying your wit.

I kind of understand the joy of finding an abandoned train station - it happened to me too! Sadly, it was way too obvious, and sadly, it was a well known fact, but hey - I didn't know it was there so it still counts! There's an abandoned S-Bahn (kind of local train) station near Munich Olympic Stadium. It was serving traffic during Olympics in 1972, sporadically used for few more years, and then abandoned and slowly falling apart. Yet, you can still visit it, and you can follow track bed in both directions. 48.17901081943614, 11.539207832064125

5:05 - someone had the brains, when the power station was turned into flats - “it got 4 chimneys in each corner - put gas condenser boilers under this one and exhaust them out of it, this one can have the HVAC exhaust expelled out of it.....” they were repurposing them 😉

Yea, it's a nice piece of London to live; I used to live down that neck of the woods about 50 odd years ago! Thank you for that, it brings back many memories!!

Congrats on 100k, Jago! I don't have enough former railways in order to find abandoned stations of my own on foot, but content myself with finding hints of ones on Google Earth.

This is great. I live near Battersea Park Road and pass this twice a day and always wondered why the arches are so Decorative.

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers!

I was exploring myself when I found an abandoned station on a line that sees far less traffic these days than it used to. No doubt I was surprised to find it in such an unusual location. Wouldn't have recognised it without Jago's sage advice. Congrats on 100k subscribers. Thoroughly entertaining and well deserved!

Great brick detail on the arches, like that , another great film thank you jago !

A great little find Jago - very interesting - cheers 👍👍

Very nicely created episode, thanks. Who would have thought such interesting Victorian brick work could lead to a rewarding lesson in transport history. Well, you’ve done it again Jago! On the subject of personal exploration, I typically explore myself daily whilst showering...it’s often frightening.

Jago, you're a modern day archeologist.

How To Spot an Abandoned Station.. Well its easy, just watch a Jago Hazzard video for all your abandoned station needs.

Walked around the the very same areas today before watching your latest offering. It tickled me that you mentioned the smoke billowing out of the Battersea Power Station chimney as I had noticed it too and thought it odd. Well done on the subs!

Very cool,never knew about this station.- How many others could people find? - Maybe worth doing a mini-series? As always loving your humour and learning something new every video,please continue to entertain and educate us.

-Hey, what do we call this district? "Battersea." -Okay, great! And what do we call this park? "Battersea Park." -I suppose that makes sense. And what about this street? "Battersea Park Street." -Erm, alright. I must say, I feel like we're lacking a bit creativity here. Now, what will we name this railway station? "Battersea Park Street Station." -Are you even trying anymore?

Did you just hit 100,000 subscribers? Congratulations.

Great video jago, very interesting, beautiful brick work in those arches 👍👌😀

Thank you Jago. Very good as always

I normally skip thru ads/promos, but hell yeah, I'm gonna sit thru each and every one on your channel so you rake in every goddam dollar there's to be had - and that'll include the re-watches!!! 101K subs is just fantastic! Keep up the fine work; glad to be subbed :-)

I live in Hertfordshire and I enjoy riding along all the disused lines and station. Another great video Jago

Congratulations on reaching the 100k subscriber milestone!

Having been born and brought up in Clapham Junction, the history and scope of Battersea’s railways have been of abiding interest. Thanks for adding this lost gem.

100k subs! Well done!

I will think about exploring myself some other time! I just LOVE your 'asides'. I laughed out loud . Thank you.

i think there should be a large inflatable pig permanently flying above Battersea power station.

JAAAAAGGGOOOOOOO!!!!! 100K!!! congrats man!

100K Subscribers!! 🎉🎉 Informative, Intelligent humour gets a thumbs up once again. 😁😁👍

Can't wait till Jago is able to roam north to a few now defunct stations. Would love a video like this to Primrose Hill & Marlborough Road.

Been loving your video, thank you! Have you done or thought about doing a video about the Royal station that was close by to this station?

Congrats on 100k subscribers!

After a while I go for an inspection. Thank you for the idea!😊

I'm a Battersea Boy and you've answered a question.I love your videos. Congrats on your 100K Jago.

I know what I do in the privacy on my own home is up to me Jago, but when i send you videos you could at least feign interest.

Loved this vid so much thank you. ❤️ Battersea

Congrats on 100k subs!

I do love abandoned buildings. So many secrets in a city. Good work dude.

The architectural details are beautiful. 👌

'That's if your going exploring. Not if you're exploring yourself'. Brilliant Jago 😂😂

Congrats on the sponsor and the 100k! Thanks to you I can go exploring without getting out of my house

Thanks, that was great, to start the day with you and a cup of coffee ☕

Informative AND entertaining - 10/10

I lived in London 14 years to 1991, tnen moved to various other cities till Plymouth today. London has changed vastly since then but, for me, your videos capture the "London stock" brickwork and the ground-in Victorian sweat that I came to love about London. So many diverse towns amalgamated over the centuries, all stitched together by the brick and steel that made Empire; I miss it :-( :-)

Fellow SW resident here! Will explore this tomorrow on a walk from clapham

Congrats on 100K I joined at 5.5K and have enjoyed all of your vids

Congrats on the 100k!

Jago like the early vids, would love one on the old spa road station in southwark

Good stuff Jago

According to Adrian Grey (The LC&DR) the station replaced the original Stewart's Lane station in 1867 and the platforms were demolished at the end of 1923.

I want Jago to spot my abandoned life. Jago has the perfect voice for ridiculous underground trivia. Jago’s irony is magnificent. Sad you live south of the river.👍👍

Great video. I clocked those arches recently as I am fairly sure they were hidden away, or have been refurbished and I actually rather assumed that they were imitation but clearly not. I also recently discovered that the beginning of Queenstown Road has its rather wonky shape thanks to the Battersea Tangle. When building the Parktown Estate (now the Diamond Conservation Area), the trainlines came along as ground was being broke and made the whole thing a little more complicated, hence why you have the curve by Queenstown Road station rather than what would have been a straightish line from Chelsea Bridge Road.

Still brilliant, especially the power station part

A milestone has been reached, Congrats! @ 4:31 in the video -LSWR Queens Road Station. There appears to be a cabin built on top of the road bridge beside the station. It's probably a shelter on the platform, whatever it is it's very quaint. Has this always been there?

Looks like a find to me, great exploring and enjoy it 😜 What is the building under the arches? Will you be able to go inside it after lockdown? I’ve been following the Battersea power station rebuild with interest and I would have been over to explore the area last summer, but you know! First to comment on one of your videos, at last 😁

Nice one Jago - you might want to take a look at Brockley which once had two stations side by side Brockley Lane was closed in 1917 wirh the demise of the Greenwich Park line, but quite a lot remains.

Well done for 100 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!!! YEESSSSSS!!! Also well done for your 4th Sponser (Still I am going)

Good to see Battersea Dogs Home. I have never see it before but certainly heard about it as in ".....and she /he left their entire fortune to Battersea Dogs Home (to annoy their presumptuous heirs)"

Beautiful brickwork. Looking for such features is, for me, one of the few attractions of walking round a city

At 1:49 those bricked up doorways/archways reminded me of the Burwood Train station entrance. (Sydney NSW) There’s a picture on Wikipedia, under the title “Burwood Rail Underbridge”. Yes, that’s what it says - “rail underbridge” anyway, I just thought I’d share that with you. Thanks again for creating and sharing another wonderful video. Take care 🙂🐿 ....underbridge? 🤔

Love this. You stood almost directly next to where I used to live in this video. In fact I still work in New Covent Garden Market! Let me know if you end up doing a video about it, I have a wealth of information both past, present and future and can put you in touch the Covent Garden Tenants Association and the Market Authority as well if you would like to do some filming :)

"exploring Yourself" LOL

Never mind the station, FFRR recordings are still going? That's a good blast from the past :) Nice videos btw ;)

Hello Jago Hazzard. I immensely enjoy your videos in these trying times. Unfortunately I can't offer more than my heartfelt thanks. So, thank you very very much! I have some questions since you mentioned online research. Can you work a bit more of that in your videos, perhaps mentioning the sites or provide a link in de description box? Or even make a seperate video about how you do research? Many of your viewers don't live in the UK so don't necessarily know which sites are most helpfull in research etc. Thanks in advance.

You reached 100K subs, good job m8

Reminds me of an old Peter Sellers movie , where he is the projectionist in an old move theater below and between two converging rail lines , "The smallest show on earth" , 1957 , this has the same feel .

Building archaeology. My favourite module when I studied archaeology. I once found a house which had so many changes it took me over half an hour to work them out. It turned out it was originally a cottage which eventually had a new kitchen added to the back and upstairs bedrooms turning it into a two story hose. All done over some five rebuilds.

My school was on Battersea high street, we referred to what was then the dogs home as 'Battersea dogs home for mad cats', it is fitting the cats now have a place in the title of the institution

If the Station were not being on Battersea Park Road, would it have been called Battersea Park Road Road ? As in the new Northern Line one that should be Battersea Power Station Station.

Great video 😊

100k 😎 well done 👏🏻

Back in the 90s the former ticket hall was the office for a media company, I had to go there once and you could see a few remnants of it having been a station. I seem to recall thinking it was a disused secondary entrance to Battersea Park being as they are so close. I didn't realise it was its own station.

The plastic flue through the door .... 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.

Haverstock Hill is a great one. I don't know if it is visible from street level, but from the train you can see where the old staircase that led from street level to the platform has been bricked up. Just look to your left as your train exits Belsize tunnel (assuming you are on an EMR service using the fast lines, otherwise look out to the right). If you exit Belsize tunnel on the slow lines there is a little section of the platform left.

Thanks Jago 👍👌

I am off to explore my Battersea Patk. Amazing as always

Well done on the 100k next thing he be hitting a million

There's a York road further along in Battersea A3205 connecting to the roundabout to Wandsworth Bridge Road, before it becomes Battersea Park Rd; replete with York Gardens, adjourning alongside The Winstanley Estate of So Solid Crew fame. I believe there is construction for a Battersea Tube stop to be completed in Autumn 2021, so maybe back to the future in Battersea then, also?

I'm looking forward to exploring myself as soon as possible 👍

I once came across what looked rather like railway track buried within grass on the corner of a street in Farnborough Hampshire. I presumed I was just getting to imaginative and ignored it for several years until visiting the local aviation museum I discovered they were intact left from a branch line that uniquely went down the middle of a residential road from the main line to the airport!