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Viewpoints in London

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  • Alexandra Palace TerraceThe terrace in front of 'Ally Pally' looks out over north London and the city beyond, and the surrounding hilltop park is free to walk up.
  • The Chimney Lift, Battersea Power StationA glass lift that rises 109 metres up Battersea Power Station's north-west chimney for a 360-degree view over the Thames and the London skyline.
  • Garden at 120A free public roof garden on the 15th floor of a City office building, London's largest of its kind with sweeping 360-degree views.
  • Greenwich Park (General Wolfe Statue)A hilltop viewpoint by the Royal Observatory with the whole of Canary Wharf and the Thames laid out below.
  • Horizon 22A free viewing gallery on the 58th floor of a City skyscraper, London's highest public viewpoint with no admission charge.
  • Horsenden HillAn 85-metre hill in a 100-hectare Ealing nature reserve with Iron Age settlement finds, grazing cattle and views to Harrow on the Hill and Wembley Stadium.
  • King Henry's MoundA small hill in the Pembroke Lodge gardens of Richmond Park with a telescope aimed down a protected, tree-framed sightline to St Paul's Cathedral, more than ten miles away.
  • London EyeA 135-metre observation wheel on the South Bank, with 32 glass capsules offering panoramic views across the city.
  • Northala FieldsFour grassy cone-shaped hills in Northolt made from demolition rubble, with the tallest giving a 360-degree view towards central London and Canary Wharf.
  • One New Change Rooftop TerraceA free rooftop terrace above a City shopping centre with a close-up view straight across to St Paul's Cathedral's dome.
  • One Tree HillA wooded hill and nature reserve in Honor Oak with a surprise viewpoint at the top, looking across the London skyline to the Shard, St Paul's and, from some positions, Canary Wharf.
  • Parliament HillThe best-known viewpoint on Hampstead Heath, a favourite spot for kite flying with a wide, unbroken view of the City skyline.
  • Richmond Hill View and Terrace GardensA curving view of the Thames and Petersham Meadows from the Terrace viewing platform at the top of Richmond Hill, above sloping formal Terrace Gardens with a cafe.
  • Severndroog CastleA Gothic folly tower on Shooters Hill, built in 1784 as a memorial to Commodore Sir William James, with a viewing platform looking out across London.
  • Sky GardenFree public viewing gallery and garden at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, with panoramic City views.
  • St Mary's Church, Harrow on the HillA Grade I listed hilltop parish church consecrated in 1094 whose churchyard looks across London towards Wembley Stadium, Canary Wharf and the BT Tower.
  • The View from The ShardLondon's highest viewing platform, with indoor floors at levels 68 and 69 and an open-air sky deck on level 72 looking out for up to about 40 miles.

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