The Shard

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Shard by Neil Theasby as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

The Shard

Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 25 Nov 2012

Designed by Renzo Piano, The Shard was topped out in March 2012 and was officially opened in July 2012. Look closely and you can see a maintenance man in orange overalls descending the building.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
51.505495
Longitude
-0.087801