The view
London's highest public garden fills three storeys of the Walkie Talkie's bulging top with landscaped terraces of ferns, palms and Mediterranean planting under a vast curved glass roof.
An open-air south terrace looks straight down the Thames to the Shard, Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast. Because it's under glass it's a reliable wet-weather viewpoint, and the bars make it easy to linger over a drink at sunset.
How to get there
Monument (Circle & District lines) is about a three-minute walk; Bank and Fenchurch Street rail are also close. The lift entrance is on Philpot Lane / Sky Garden Walk.
Height of the viewpoint
Public garden and terraces on floors 35–37, roughly 155 m up (the 37-storey ‘Walkie Talkie’ is about 160 m; metre figure derived from building height).
