Vauxhall’s hidden gems - spies, skyscrapers, the Sky Pool, US Embassy and Battersea Power Station

Join me on this Vauxhall riverside autumnal walk as London is just starting to get ready for Christmas. We start at the historic Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, which has a little-known connection with the Russian word for 'train station'. Joining the River Thames at Vauxhall Bridge, right next to the MI6 building, we head towards Battersea Power Station via the US Embassy in London. On then way, I give you a little-known fact about the link between the Vauxhall Motors griffin and an 11th century Norman mercenary. We end the walk with a quick peek at the Christmas lights inside Battersea Power Station.

Walk duration: 50 minutes

Walk timestamps:
00:00 Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
02:20 Goding Street
02:41 Vauxhall Cross Interchange Mural
05:01 Albert Embankment
05:21 Vauxhall Cross
05:38 Vauxhall national rail and underground station
06:25 Vauxhall Bridgefoot
07:09 Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) building
08:24 Vauxhall Bridge
10:11 Riverside Walk
23:21 Nine Elms Pavilion
23:33 Nine Elms Lane
24:34 US Embassy
29:27 Embassy Gardens
29:36 Embassy Gardens Sky Pool
32:34 Ponton Road
34:16 Nine Elms Lane
35:10 Tideway Village
36:56 Tideway Walk
37:54 Nine Elms Pier
39:26 Kirtling Street
40:13 Cringle Street
40:38 Battersea Park Road
40:49 New Covent Garden Market
41:49 Pump House Lane
45:06 Circus Road East
45:22 Battersea Power Station

My equipment:
DJI Osmo Pocket