Tate Modern Viewing Level
A free panoramic view from the tenth floor of Tate Modern's Blavatnik Building, looking straight across the river to St Paul's and over the whole City skyline.
The lowdown
Everyone knows Tate Modern is a free gallery, but fewer realise you can ride the lift to the top of its Blavatnik Building and step out onto Level 10 for one of the best free views in London. It's no longer the full loop it once was, but what's open still delivers a genuinely great skyline, for nothing.
The headline view is north across the river, where St Paul's Cathedral sits framed by the Millennium Bridge, with the towers of the City clustered behind. Turn around and you get the Shard and the South Bank through the windows too.
Since the Fearn v Tate privacy case, the south side overlooking the Neo Bankside flats has been walled off, and Level 10 is now run more as a cafe than a viewing platform. You can still go up and look for free without buying anything, you just won't get the old full walkway around the building.
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