The view
Horizon 22 is actually higher than the Shard's own viewpoint yet costs nothing to visit. High-speed lifts reach the gallery in roughly 41 seconds, where floor-to-ceiling glass looks out over the whole Square Mile cluster — the Gherkin, Cheesegrater, Walkie Talkie and Tower 42 all sit below you.
The space has seating and a café/bar, so it's an unhurried, sit-down kind of view, with the Thames, the Shard and, on clear days, the far suburbs on the horizon.
How to get there
Liverpool Street (Elizabeth, Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines plus National Rail) or Bank (Central, Northern, Waterloo & City lines plus DLR) are each about a five-minute walk; the entrance is on Bishopsgate.
Height of the viewpoint
Gallery on the 58th floor at 254 m (833 ft) — Europe's highest free public viewing gallery. The 22 Bishopsgate building tops out at 278 m.
