Battersea Power Station

If there’s one building that Londoners are almost universally fond of, it’s this defunct generating facility on the Thames.The sturdy walls and colossal chimneys were featured on the cover of Pink Floyd’s album Animals and in recent years it has been used as a location for movies including Children Of Men and The Dark Knight. Still occasionally used as a dramatic backdrop for cultural events with current plans set to revitalise it as the the world’s first carbon-neutral arts amphitheatre.