River Thames | anotherdayinparadise

If you want a great view over London, the best idea is to get yourself up in the air, and the 443 feet tall London Eye is the way to do it.

You just climb into one of these roomy enclosed capsules, and look out through the windows, as this giant observation wheel rotates at the stately speed of a sprinting tortoise.

There’s so much to see, and of course, thousands of windows into the bargain. The Shard, completed in 2012, is an 87-storey skyscraper which has 11,000 glass panels. The window cleaners here certainly need a very good head for heights, as they abseil down the side of this glass building; certainly not a job for the fainthearted.

One of the most famous and easily recognisable sights of London is the beautiful triple dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, and completed in the late 17th century. This stands at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the city, and at 365 ft high, it’s one of the highest domes in the world.

Standing on the banks of the Thames are the Gothic style Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster, flanked by Westminster Abbey on the left, and the iconic tower of Big Ben on the right.