The Shard
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: skyscraper in London, England
- Address: 32 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9SG
- Wheelchair access: yes
Notable Places in the Area
London Bridge
London Bridge refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 420 metres north of The Shard.London Bridge station
London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. London Bridge station is situated 110 metres northeast of The Shard.The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1 km northeast of The Shard.
Localities in the Area
Southwark
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
Butler's Wharf
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
The Shard
- Categories: skyscraper, office building, building, tourism, office and commercial building
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50435° or 51° 30' 16" northLongitude
-0.08645° or 0° 5' 11" westInception
May 2012Levels
95Height
310 metres (1,017 feet)Open Location Code
9C3XGW37+PCOpenStreetMap ID
way 31110737OpenStreetMap Feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap Feature
office=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q18536The Shard Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: The Shard
- Arabic: برج شارد
- Armenian: Shard London Bridge
- Azerbaijani: The Shard
- Basque: Shard London Bridge
- Belarusian: The Shard
- Bengali: দ্য শার্ড
- Bosnian: The Shard
- Catalan: Shard London Bridge
- Catalan: The Shard
- Central Kurdish: بورجی شارد
- Chinese: 摘星塔
- Chinese: 碎片大厦
- Chinese: 碎片大廈
- Croatian: The Shard
- Czech: The Shard
- Danish: The Shard
- Dutch: The Shard
- Egyptian Arabic: برج شارد
- English: London Bridge Tower
- English: Shard London Bridge
- English: Shard of Glass
- Esperanto: Shard London Bridge
- Estonian: The Shard
- Finnish: The Shard
- French: The Shard
- German: The Shard
- Greek: Σαρντ
- Hebrew: מגדל השארד
- Hungarian: The Shard
- Icelandic: The Shard
- Indonesian: The Shard
- Italian: Shard London Bridge
- Italian: The Shard
- Japanese: ザ・シャード
- Japanese: シャード・ロンドン・ブリッジ
- Japanese: ロンドン・ブリッジ・タワー
- Korean: 더 샤드
- Lithuanian: The Shard
- Macedonian: The Shard
- Macedonian: Срча
- Macedonian: Шард
- Maithili: शार्ड लण्डन ब्रिज
- Malay: The Shard
- Malayalam: ദ് ഷാർഡ്
- Norwegian: The Shard
- Norwegian Bokmål: The Shard
- Occitan (post 1500): The Shard
- Pampanga: Shard London Bridge
- Persian: برج شارد
- Persian: برج شارد لندن
- Polish: Shard London Bridge
- Polish: The Shard
- Portuguese: Shard London Bridge
- Romanian: The Shard
- Russian: The Shard
- Scots: The Shard
- Serbian: Šard
- Serbian: Шард
- Slovak: Shard London Bridge
- Slovenian: Črepinja
- Spanish: Shard London Bridge
- Spanish: The Shard
- Swedish: Shard London Bridge
- Swedish: The Shard
- Tamil: ஷார்டு
- Thai: เดอะชาร์ด
- Turkish: The Shard
- Ukrainian: Shard London Bridge
- Urdu: شارڈ
- Uzbek: Shard
- Vietnamese: The Shard
- Western Panjabi: دی شارڈ
- Wu Chinese: 碎片大厦
- Yue Chinese: The Shard
- Yue Chinese: 碎片大廈
Landmarks in the Area
- Shangri-La The Shard, LondonHotel
- The View from The Shard
- London BridgeRailway station
- Science Gallery LondonArt gallery
- Statue of Thomas GuyWork of art, 100 metres west
Places in the Area
- Aqua ShardRestaurant
- Bar 31Bar
- GŌNGBar
- WHSmithNewsagent
- PostmarkStationery shop
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page The Shard. Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.