Views

The best views in London: free roof gardens and galleries in the City, hills the law forbids anyone to build across, decks you pay to go up, and bars worth the lift.

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Westminster Cathedral

A lift up a striped Byzantine campanile, in a part of London with nothing else high in it.

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St Edward's Tower is sixty-four metres of red and white brick beside the cathedral, and a lift runs to a viewing gallery near the top. What makes it worth the fare is where it stands: Victoria has no other tall building, so the gallery looks straight down Victoria Street to the Abbey and Parliament, across the parks to the London Eye, and south to Battersea's four chimneys.

Where
42 Francis Street, SW1P 1QW
Nearest station
Victoria · 3 min walk

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Hours

Monday07:30 – 19:00
Tuesday07:30 – 19:00
Wednesday07:30 – 19:00
Thursday07:30 – 19:00
Friday07:30 – 19:00
Saturday07:30 – 19:00
Sunday07:30 – 19:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 6 September 2026.

The campanile has a lift to a viewing gallery, charged separately.

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