Thursday 28 April 2016

Best Views of London

Opened in 2014, the Sky Garden located on the 32nd floor of the Walkie Talkie building, has been welcoming tourists and Londoners alike to a superb view of the great city. Boasting 360 degree views from observation decks and an open air terrace, one can spend much time up there playing 'Spot the Landmark'.

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

I pre-booked my free visit a few weeks prior but since we were there midday, during the week, it wasn't all that busy and people were showing up off the street and getting up.

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

We wandered slowly around the unobstructed views, taking photos and enjoying the gorgeous, sunny sky.

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden Views

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden Views

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden Views

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden Views

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden Views

I think one day I'd like to go back for a cocktail at sunset. To watch the sun descend over west London and the twinkling lights of the city spring on. I bet it's something special.

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

{Erin Out and About} Having a grand time at the Sky Garden

{Erin Out and About} Sky Garden

What is it about being able to experience a place from a new perspective that really makes you appreciate it? There's only so much you can see from street level. In fact, while we were here looking down, we could see an interesting facade, but didn't know what it was. Back down on ground level we hunted for the building we had seen and discovered St. Dunstan-in-the-East, a WWII bombed out church made into a beautiful city garden.

{Erin Out and About} Bombed out church

{Erin Out and About} Bombed out church
  
PS. re-read this post and count how many landmarks you can see from the 20 Fenchurch Street window views.


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2 comments:

  1. When you go to any vantage point over central London, whether it be the Shard, Walkie-Talkie, Tower 42 etc, the secret is to look down and look for those landmarks that are easily missed. The beauty of London is that new and old literally sit side by side. Churches (some of which can trace their origins back to the 7th century), ancient lanes and remnants from Roman Londinium are amongst some of the things that can be glimpsed. The juxtaposition is wonderful.

    It is also worth pointing out that St Pauls Cathedral was the tallest building in London until the mid 1960s.

    -D
    www.stepintolondon.com

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  2. Well said, Daren. That's my favourite bit of London, that juxtaposition is never ending and also surprising.
    We did do just that, looking straight down from the top and spotted some interesting looking remains. Going back down, we found what we saw from above and it turned out to be a very cool old church cum community garden, hidden away on a quiet street. Never would have discovered it otherwise.

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