The View from The Shard Tickets
Timed entry to The View from The Shard, the UK's highest public viewing gallery at 244 metres. Two viewing levels cover floors 68, 69 and 72. Lift access takes 60 seconds from ground to the main viewing floor. The Shard itself stands at 310 metres, designed by Renzo Piano and completed in 2012. - The Shard is the tallest building in the UK and the seventh-tallest in Europe. - Floor 72 is the highest open-air viewing deck in western Europe; weather closes it occasionally. - Reviewers flag the sunset and twilight slots as the best photographic windows; mid-day light is often hazy.