Nine Elms

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Nine Elms is a district of London, situated in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth between Battersea and Vauxhall.

It is primarily an industrial area, dominated by Battersea Power Station, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, railway lines and sidings leading to and from Waterloo Station as well as a major Royal Mail sorting office and the New Covent Garden Market.

Nine Elms formerly was the London terminus of the London and South Western Railway -the forerunner of South West Trains- but in 1848 Waterloo station opened and became the London terminus. The area where the railway station was located became a locomotive and goods depot for the railway company before being sold and transformed into the New Covent Garden Market.

Nine Elms contains some residential areas along the riverside, most recent of which is Chelsea Bridge Wharf, and three large council estates: Carey Gardens, The Patmore and The Savona.