Level 72 is the highest viewing gallery in The View from The Shard, and the highest vantage point in Western Europe. Photo by Matthew Lloyd / Getty Images. Next Gallery Image Toggle gallery captions.

If you have a head for heights, this is what you’ll see from the highest viewing platform situated 244m (800ft) up on London’s Shard.

There's this, and there's also the ephemerality of the Shard. I have a friend who lives in a house in its shadow that was built in the 1600s, and given the 75-year specification of this ...

Steep entry prices seem not to have deterred tourists who want to see London from near the top of the UK's highest building, which opens to visitors next month. Tickets to view the capital from 800ft ...

Retail revenue was cut from £512,835 to £469,832 while photography sales fell from £331,280 to £314,484. The amount the firm behind the Shard viewing gallery made from events dipped from £ ...

The company behind the viewing gallery at The Shard remained in the red for a fourth consecutive year despite it its revenue continuing to rise. The London attraction has reported a pre-tax loss ...

There's this, and there's also the ephemerality of the Shard. I have a friend who lives in a house in its shadow that was built in the 1600s, and given the 75-year specification of this ...

Tickets to view the capital from 800ft (244m) up on the 1,016ft (310m) high The Shard in south London are as much as £24.95 for adults and £18.95 for children.

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