St Paul's Cathedral from the south bank
St Paul’s Cathedral, was designed by Sir
Christopher Wren and constructed between 1675 and 1710. This architectural masterpiece is at least
the fourth cathedral to have stood on the site, and was built following the
destruction of its predecessor in the Great Fire of London.
Tower Bridge
In
the 19th century the area east of London Bridge had become a busy port and the
East End became so densely populated that a new bridge to the
east of London Bridge was needed. Horace
Jones, the City Architect, in collaboration with John Wolfe Barry, won the pubic
competition for the design of the new Thames crossing, and the bridge was
opened in 1894.
The Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal
Palace and Fortress, first built by William the Conqueror in 1066 to keep hostile Londoners at bay.
The Shard
The Shard, or 'Shard of Glass', is a 95-storey skyscraper in the shape of an irregular pyramid. Clad entirely in glass it has 72 habitable floors and an open-air
observation deck. It was designed by the Italian architect, Renzo Piano and was inaugurated on 5 July 2012. It is currently the highest building in
London and the second tallest free-standing building in the UK.
Canary Wharf from the east
Canary Wharf is one of the two major financial districts in
London. The skyscrapers were built at the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs. East
London. From 1802, this area was one of the busiest docks
in the world, but by the 1950s the port industry was in decline and the docks were
closed by 1980.
Woolwich Arsenal
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich dates from 1671. It carried out armaments
manufacture, ammunition proofing and explosives
research for the British armed forces. The area has been redeveloped for housing and
also hosts the “Firepower: The Royal
Artillery Museum”.
Happy exploring the historic sights along the Thames Path
Anne
