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    A view from the Sky Garden
    Sky Garden, Tower Bridge in backgroundThe Monument to the Great Fire of London, at Monument metro station.Tower BridgeOn Tower Bridge, Tower of London in backgroundThe Thames, Tower Bridge and Tower of LondonPieday Friday, Borough MarketFrom the Sky Garden

    A view of London city

    Jun 21–22, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    We left Corsham this morning and took a bus back to Victoria Coach Station in London. Pete had recommended the view from the Sky Garden, which is a 35 story building with a restaurant, bars, and public viewing platforms at the top. There are free tickets that are ordered online 3 weeks in advance, or you can try your luck on the day to see if there are any no-shows. We were very lucky and basically skipped the long line and got let straight in. The view is 360 degrees of London and the Thames, it was great!
    We then looked around the Tower of London and Tower Hill before heading over the Tower Bridge to a very packed Borough Market for a late lunch, pieday Friday, Blue Moo (beef and stilton), and Free Ranger (chicken, bacon and vegetables), parmesan crumb topping on the pastry. Excellent pies.
    We stayed the night at Finsbury Park (home of Arsenal FC) probably not the flashest suburb in London. Close to St Pancras Station though for catching the Euro Star tomorrow.
    It has been much easier this week not to get lost, signs and directions are much easier to understand written in English.    Read more