The view from the top of Monument looking east towards Tower Bridge and beyond.

On Friday we got a wonderful view of the emerging London skyline looking south from the Tower of London.

A statue in front of St Katharine Docks with Tower Bridge and the Shard forming a glorious backdrop.  

This photograph was taken of the Shard at sunset on Monday evening from Tower Bridge – City Hall can be seen just creeping into shot on the left. The Shard has used 56k square metres of glass – which is equivalent to eight football pitches – and the tallest crane used so far has been…