The view
A lift whisks you up the tall brick campanile to a sheltered gallery with open views on all four sides, over the cathedral's own domes and the rooftops of Victoria and Westminster. You can pick out the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament, the Shard and the West End.
There are far fewer crowds than at the city's famous towers. The cathedral itself, with its banded red-brick and white-stone façade and soaring unfinished interior, is one of London's most distinctive buildings.
How to get there
Victoria station (Victoria, District and Circle lines plus National Rail) is about a five-minute walk down Victoria Street to Ambrosden Avenue; St James's Park is also close.
Height of the viewpoint
Open-air gallery about 64 m (210 ft) up St Edward's Tower, reached by lift in under a minute. The campanile stands around 83 m. This is the Catholic cathedral near Victoria — not Westminster Abbey.
