Exploring Battersea Light Festival 2025

Dann and I both very much love a light festival. We go to as many as possible throughout the year, so of course we walked around Battersea to see the Battersea Light Festival again this year. They had a lot going on this year, with the Light Festival taking place during the February half-term, along with different free activities that families can take part in during the day, including stain glass making, painting and so much more. We just went for the light festival, but saw the signs for the other activities which did look like fun!

This year, there are eight different works of art dotted around and in the Battersea Power Station. You can see a digital map online, as there aren’t any billboards with maps in the area. We started off inside the Power Station, finding Aurora first. This was a hanging light installation, which was pretty, but to us, didn’t feel like something truly unique. We weren’t sure if this was a part of the Light Festival, as the only sign that let us know was on a floor that was shut, with no way to get down to it. This one is probably the best background to take selfies at, but it didn’t feel like something I haven’t seen at other malls or similar, which was a shame. Also inside, with the information below it on a closed floor, was the Spider. This was basically a giant spider made up of little spiders. It took me a moment to visualize that it was spiders – but it was very interesting, especially in the reflections of the store windows around it.

Leaving the Battersea Power Station, there were three of the light displays right outside. The first one was a flower of orbs, called In Bloom, which was interactive. There are little sensors on the outside that can be tapped, to changed the color of the orb. There were tons of children running around these orbs, playing with the colors of the lights. Next to these lights, there was a giant light cloud, pulsing in the air. This light cloud was one of my favorites, as I really liked how it looked floating there by the water. Off in the distance, you could see Spin me a Yarn, which is giant, glowing, pink yarn ball that looks like it was thrown along the trees. I do wish that the cage around the yarn ball wasn’t there, but understand why it is in such a busy area.

We continued on and saw the man with houses on his back, which was one of Dann’s absolute favorites on the light trail. The details on the houses were fantastic. In this area, you can actually see this statue from ground level and from above, giving a few different perspectives. There was also two food stands, selling chimney cakes and some hot drinks, by this statue. There was another interactive light sculpture, which was a bobble horse from the inside of a playground. This sculpture had a line of people always trying to use it, but was a neat idea! I sort of wish there were more or that it was something we could look at instead of interact with. The final art sculpture we saw was a tornado of light, with the light moving extremely quickly through the metal frame, which was very impressive. The light festival is free to walk around and a lot of fun!

You can check out our other Days Out to see what else we’ve been up too!