Seven facts about The Shard
1: 1,016 feet high.
2: It has 11,000 glass panels.
3: The Shard has 306 flights of stairs.
4: The Shard is the tallest building in Europe.
5: 95% of the construction materials are recycled.
6: The Shard reached it's top height on the 19th of June 2012.
7: If you put all of the panels together it would equal 8 full size football pitches.
2: It has 11,000 glass panels.
3: The Shard has 306 flights of stairs.
4: The Shard is the tallest building in Europe.
5: 95% of the construction materials are recycled.
6: The Shard reached it's top height on the 19th of June 2012.
7: If you put all of the panels together it would equal 8 full size football pitches.
My visit to The Shard
My visit to The Shard was great.
We stared at the River Thames, Big Ben,
The Gherkin, Canary Wharf and The Tower of London
with the poppies around it. Everything seemed tremendously small.
I went right up to the thick layers of glass, as you can see in the picture above.
We stared at the River Thames, Big Ben,
The Gherkin, Canary Wharf and The Tower of London
with the poppies around it. Everything seemed tremendously small.
I went right up to the thick layers of glass, as you can see in the picture above.