The View from The Shard
The View from The Shard is an observation deck located between the 68th and 72nd floors of The Shard, the tallest building in London. The View from The Shard consists of a triple level indoor gallery on the 69th floor and a partially outdoor gallery on the 72nd floor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Olof Lagerkvist, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Observation decks inside the Shard London Bridge, London, UK
- Also known as: “The Shard View”, “The View at The Shard”, “The View from the Shard”, “View from the Shard”, and “View from The Shard”
- Address: 32 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9SG
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Shard and London Bridge.
The Shard
Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,300 feet north of The View from The Shard.
London Bridge station
Railway station
London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of London Bridge, from which it takes its name.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwark and Lewisham and Butler’s Wharf.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
Butler’s Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
The View from The Shard
- Categories: observation deck and tourism
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50451° or 51° 30′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.08644° or 0° 5′ 11″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C3XGW37+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3060887211OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
10174520Wikidata ID
Q17062261
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Satellite Map
Discover The View from The Shard from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Chinese—“The View from The Shard” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إطلالة من برج ذا شارد”
- Chinese: “碎片大厦|伦敦摘星塔观景层”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The View from The Shard”. Photo: Olof Lagerkvist, CC BY 3.0.