The Shard

The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in , , that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: skyscraper in London, England
  • Also known as: “London Bridge Tower”, “Shard London Bridge”, and “Shard of Glass”
  • Address: 32 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9SG
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Bridge and London Bridge station.

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the between the and in since Roman times. is situated 1,400 feet north of The Shard.

Railway station
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London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in , south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of , from which it takes its name. is situated 350 feet northeast of The Shard.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England. is situated 2,700 feet northeast of The Shard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwark and Lewisham and Butler’s Wharf.

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are two boroughs of inner south east .

Neighborhood
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Butler's Wharf is an historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the , just east of 's , now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

Quarter
is an area of , England, within the . is located on the southern bank of the , 1.5 miles east of , running from a little west of to just a short distance before at St Mary Overie Dock.

The Shard

Latitude
51.50437° or 51° 30′ 16″ north
Longitude
-0.08648° or 0° 5′ 11″ west
Inception
May 2012
Levels
95
Height
1,017 feet (310 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGW37+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31110737
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q18536
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Satellite Map

Discover The Shard from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“The Shard” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “The Shard”
  • Arabic: “برج شارد”
  • Arabic: “ذا شارد”
  • Armenian: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Azerbaijani: “The Shard”
  • Basque: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Belarusian: “The Shard”
  • Bengali: “দ্য শার্ড”
  • Bosnian: “The Shard”
  • Catalan: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Catalan: “The Shard”
  • Central Kurdish: “بورجی شارد”
  • Chinese: “摘星塔”
  • Chinese: “碎片大厦”
  • Chinese: “碎片大廈”
  • Croatian: “The Shard”
  • Czech: “The Shard”
  • Danish: “The Shard”
  • Dutch: “The Shard”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج شارد”
  • Esperanto: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Estonian: “The Shard”
  • Finnish: “The Shard”
  • French: “The Shard”
  • German: “Shard London Bridge”
  • German: “The Shard”
  • Greek: “Σαρντ”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל השארד”
  • Hungarian: “The Shard”
  • Icelandic: “The Shard”
  • Indonesian: “The Shard”
  • Italian: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Italian: “The Shard”
  • Japanese: “ザ・シャード”
  • Japanese: “シャード・ロンドン・ブリッジ”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン・ブリッジ・タワー”
  • Korean: “더 샤드”
  • Lithuanian: “The Shard”
  • Macedonian: “The Shard”
  • Macedonian: “Срча”
  • Macedonian: “Шард”
  • Maithili: “शार्ड लण्डन ब्रिज”
  • Malay: “The Shard”
  • Malayalam: “ദ് ഷാർഡ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Shard”
  • Norwegian: “The Shard”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “The Shard”
  • Pampanga: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Persian: “برج شارد لندن”
  • Persian: “برج شارد”
  • Polish: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Polish: “The Shard”
  • Portuguese: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Portuguese: “The Shard”
  • Romanian: “The Shard”
  • Russian: “The Shard”
  • Scots: “The Shard”
  • Serbian: “Šard”
  • Serbian: “Шард”
  • Slovak: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Črepinja”
  • Spanish: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Spanish: “The Shard”
  • Swedish: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Swedish: “The Shard”
  • Tamil: “ஷார்டு”
  • Thai: “เดอะชาร์ด”
  • Turkish: “The Shard”
  • Ukrainian: “Shard London Bridge”
  • Ukrainian: “The Shard”
  • Urdu: “شارڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Shard”
  • Vietnamese: “The Shard”
  • Western Panjabi: “دی شارڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “碎片大厦”
  • Yue Chinese: “The Shard”
  • Yue Chinese: “碎片大廈”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The View from The Shard and Shangri-La The Shard, London.

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