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When to leave for a show at Apple Music Hall.

Enter the showtime, say how you’re getting there, and see when to leave and when to start getting ready.

Try it with your own show

  1. Set your night above: the showtime and how you're getting there.
  2. Tap the showtime and set it to the one on your ticket.
  3. Every start time shifts so you can see when to leave and when to start getting ready.
Showtime
15 min Final pack & check 6:50 PM
10 min Walk to the station 7:05 PM
20 min Northern line to Battersea Power Station 7:15 PM
5 min Walk in from the station 7:35 PM
5 min Screening at the door 7:40 PM
5 min Find your spot 7:45 PM
10 min In your seat for the opener 7:50 PM
Showtime 8:00 PM

Show night at Apple Music Hall, London, England. Not sure which time on the ticket matters? The concert night plan covers doors, opener and headliner at any venue; this page is about this one.

Every row is editable. Tap the showtime or any duration and the plan recomputes backward. The first travel row is your leave-by time.

Travel time to Apple Music Hall

The 20-minute ride is a typical run from London on an ordinary evening (the optimistic number). In the app, set Apple Music Hall as the destination and Apple Maps fills in the time from where you’re leaving.

Home Apple Music Hall
🚆 20 min
🚆 Transit 🚗 Drive 🚶 Walk
20 min Northern line to Battersea Power Station

Then add for show night: the same train carrying everyone else with a ticket (real journey to Apple Music Hall). Change the row and every step before it moves.

What the time on the ticket means

The time on the ticket is when the first act is due on. Aim to be in the room ten minutes before it, and budget the walk in: it is the part people misjudge, not the journey.

Here is the evening drawn to scale. A maps app can number the ride in. The rest is the queue at the door, the screening, and the walk in.

Front door to your seat: 1hr 10min

  • Before you leave 15 min
  • Getting there 35 min
  • Gate, stairs and seat 20 min

Getting to Apple Music Hall

The hall is inside Battersea Power Station, SW11 8BJ, on the south bank of the Thames. The Northern line runs to Battersea Power Station, a Zone 1 station whose entrance is on Battersea Park Road, with a second step-free entrance on the western side that opened in 2025; from either one the walk in is a few minutes. On foot it is about twelve minutes from Sloane Square across Chelsea Bridge and about twenty from Victoria or Vauxhall.

Buses 44, 137, 211 and 452 stop at Battersea Park / Chelsea Gate on Chelsea Bridge Road, and 156, 211, 344 and 436 stop at Battersea Power Station on Pump House Lane. The river bus goes from the pier in front of the building: Embankment in about fifteen minutes, Blackfriars in twenty, Canary Wharf in forty, paid with contactless, Oyster or the Thames Clippers app. Getting home is the half people forget. The last Northern line train and the last river boat both leave earlier than a show that runs long, so check the times for the night you are going instead of assuming.

The Battersea Power Station Underground station entrance, with one of the power station’s chimneys behind it
Photo by amandabhslater, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for this page.

Parking, and finding the hall

The car park belongs to Battersea Power Station rather than to the venue, with entrances on Pump House Lane (SW11 8BJ) and Circus Road West (SW11 8EZ) and a 2.2-metre height limit. Tariffs run from about £6 for a couple of hours to £30 for a full day, and there are 39 EV bays at £0.45 per kWh.

Coach bays have to be booked ahead. The Bike Hub takes around 500 bikes, and there are Santander Cycles stands around the development. The building also runs a service called WelcoMe, where you can send your access needs ahead of the visit rather than explaining them at the door.

Finding the hall is the step worth leaving room for. Battersea Power Station is a working building with shops, offices and several entrances, and the venue sits inside it rather than on a street of its own, so the postcode puts you at the building and not at the door. Open your ticket before you leave rather than on the concourse.

Show details change; the official site is the live source.

Save this Apple Music Hall plan in Ready Time and it tells you when to leave and when to be at the doors.

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Common questions

How early should I get to Apple Music Hall?

The plan's floor is the door twenty minutes before the show: screening, the walk in, and a few minutes to settle. The part to budget for is finding the hall inside Battersea Power Station.

What time should I leave for an 8:00 PM show at Apple Music Hall?

About 7:05 PM from London coming in on public transport, travelling light. Every row above is editable; the first travel row is your leave-by time.

How does parking work at Apple Music Hall?

There is no venue car park. Battersea Power Station has its own, with entrances on Pump House Lane (SW11 8BJ) and Circus Road West (SW11 8EZ), a 2.2-metre height limit, and tariffs from about £6 for a couple of hours to £30 for a full day.

There are 39 EV bays at £0.45 per kWh, and coach bays bookable in advance. Most people arriving at a show here will not drive: the station is at the building. Battersea Power Station publishes the current tariffs, height limit and entrances on its own getting-here page.

Can I take a bus or train to Apple Music Hall?

Yes, and it is the easy way in. The Northern line stops at Battersea Power Station, a Zone 1 station on Battersea Park Road with step-free access and a second entrance on the western side. Buses 44, 137, 211 and 452 stop on Chelsea Bridge Road, and 156, 211, 344 and 436 on Pump House Lane.

The river bus calls at the pier in front of the building, about fifteen minutes from Embankment and forty from Canary Wharf. Check the last train and the last boat before the show rather than after it.

Going to a game instead? The stadium pages. Flying in? The airport pages.

Share one leave time with everyone on the trip

Whoever is driving sees the same 7:05 PM leave-by that you do, not just the showtime on the ticket.

They tap once, and every step gets its own alert on their phone.

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🎧 Show at Apple Music Hall
15 min Final pack & check 6:50 PM
10 min Walk to the station 7:05 PM
20 min Northern line to Battersea Power Station 7:15 PM
Showtime 8:00 PM
🎧 Show at Apple Music Hall
15 min Final pack & check 6:50 PM
10 min Walk to the station 7:05 PM
20 min Northern line to Battersea Power Station 7:15 PM

Build it once, then use it every show

Ready Time keeps the plan and subtracts again when the show time changes. Put in the next ticket and the same steps land on new times, with an alert on each one.

Ready Time 6:50 PM
Final pack & check. Showtime in 1h 10m
Ready Time 7:35 PM
Walk in from the station. Showtime in 25m
Ready Time 7:50 PM
In your seat for the opener. Showtime in 10m

Alerts when it's time to start

Get a nudge at the right moment, while there's still time to act.

Each step gets its own alert, so you know what's next and how long you have.

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