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Looks superb!
Very cool.
Cool ... wonder how far in advance we'd have to book for a midsummer visit!?
£5 for a portion of spinach?! I think I'll give it a miss :)
£5 for a portion of spinach?! I think I'll give it a miss :)
"If you visit, there are rather a lot of rules and regulations" - yes, and there's a faintly hysterical (both senses) air to the repetitive and overlapping prohibitions. Looks like a first draft to me.

One of them refers to "Section 106 visitors" - as opposed to proper ones?
Sounds interesting, should you have a head for such heights.
I had no sense of vertigo whatsoever, which is unusual, although that may simply have been because it was dark :)
the booking system wont let you see future months (ie the summer). it only shows march 2015

????

dg writes: Tickets are available "up to three months in advance".
I'm happy to admire lots of modern architecture, but what a truly ugly building. The worst thing is how it wrecks the view through Tower Bridge.
Blimey, talk about airplane type restrictions! I'm surprised they don't make you take off your shoes and walk barefoot only in there!
Bathing!?! What the ...?!!

Shame they're making it as difficult as possible. I particularly like that you can just pop up to One New Change, for example, and had hoped that this was going to be the same. :(
I notice engaging in recreational activities is banned. The irony!
On the plus side, at least you can't see 20 Fenchurch Street from up there.
I went on Wednesday afternoon and have to admit that, despite my real dislike of the claim that this is a 'public' park, the view are spectacular. It's well worth going up.

A couple of thoughts:

- it was really quite up there until around 4.30. Empty vistas all around

- there are now etickets (these were reissued yesterday) so the entry was smooth

- the lifts whistle because the doors are slightly ajar (!). They're fixing that, apparently

- you don't need photo ID, a bank card or similar is also fine. I *guess* in the manner of Glastonbury this is to avoid touting, and for the fact that I think they may share visitor details with the police

- bring binoculars!

- there's a second terrace at the front of the Fenchurch Restaurant that is also for visitor use, but it's not obviously so. Worth going up

- indeed, if I'd be disappointed if I'd booked into that restaurant as (i) you don't get a view of the skyline and (ii) you get a view of a lot of people taking photos. Of themselves

Despite myself I rather liked it. But to claim it's public is a complete sham. I'm going to call it a 106 Park (Section 106 refers to the legal conditions contained within a specific planning permission) or, as a friend hashtagged it, #notparklife
Thanks for the really helpful tips, Lux!

If only I were going up again in daylight...
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