Lift 109: First look at Battersea Power Station’s high flying new attraction

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery There are interactive displays in the Turbine Hall But, having recently upped sticks and moved to the coast, it’s possible that I’ll be able to see the capital with fresh eyes. The lift emerges and we all gasp in wonder, involuntarily letting out a ‘wooooowwww’ in unison It’s a new attraction offering that most coveted of city experiences - expansive views from on high. It starts in the Power Station’s grand, Art Deco Turbine Hall, where various interactive digital displays give a sense of the building’s history, from when the set of two interconnected working coal-fired power plants were built between 1929-1941, to its official shut down in 1983. open image in gallery Lift 109 is located in one of Battersea Power Station’s chimneys Next it’s into an antechamber, where colourful projections swoop around the walls, some of them interactive, with patterns that move in line with you. open image in gallery Incredible 360-degree views of London await And then it’s over: back down we go, first in the magic lift, then the less glamorous version.