Leathermarket Gardens, Bermondsey
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Leathermarket Gardens, Bermondsey
Image: © Marathon Taken: 14 Oct 2011
The name of Leathermarket Gardens comes from the historic leather markets and tanneries nearby. The park was laid out in the 1930s, and the gardens are overlooked by flats of the same period. It is a popular sitting out area for local workers. Rising above everything else in the background is The Shard which was nearing completion when the photograph was taken. This will be the tallest building in the European Union at 1,017 feet. Above it is Europe's highest crane and a number of newspaper articles have featured what it is like to be in the cab of the crane.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.500749
Longitude
-0.083533