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How early should I get to Apple Music Hall for a concert?

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  1. Tap the showtime and set it to the one on your ticket.
  2. Tap any duration and change it to how long that step really takes you.
  3. Your leave-by time is the first travel row. Ready Time can alert you when it comes up.
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.

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Ride
About 20 min from LondonNorthern line to Battersea Power Station · real journey
Parking
Park at Battersea Power Station

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

The countdown to showtime, on your Lock Screen

Start the plan in the app, and the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left, with a bar that fills as each step passes.

Glance at it on the walk in without opening the app.

Every step also gets its own alert, and sharing the plan gives whoever is driving the same leave time, with alerts on their phone.

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