River Thames

Whilst synonymous with London the River Thames is England’s longest river that also passes through Windsor, Oxford and Reading to name just a few. As the river meanders through London it passes many of its famous landmarks, Tower Bridge and Waterloo Bridge just a couple of the many bridges it flows beneath. Its journey also carries it past the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye and the Tower of London.

  • Canary Wharf Pier

    View across the River Thames from Rotherhithe over to Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf Pier is visible down on the water, and it’s here that the Thames Clipper docks with commuters coming from up and downriver to work at Canary Wharf. The tallest building in the image is One Canada Square, also visible are 25 Canada…

    Canary Wharf Pier

  • Isle of Dogs

    Canary Wharf was built on the old West India Docks in the Isle of Dogs. With the advent of major container ships in the 1960s, the docks, which were suitable only for smaller vessels, had steadily declined and by 1980 had closed entirely. The area has been reinvented as a major London business district, with…

    Isle of Dogs

  • Winter Sun London

    View from the roof of the Leadenhall Building looking out over London in the January sun. This is one of the times of day that light and the clouds can alter swiftly, and to capture a high resolution image in the few instants before you lose that special moment where sunlight and cloud concatenate is…

    Winter Sun London

  • London from The Leadenhall

    London is so vast, and such a city of architectural extremes that each new vantage point on high gives a new perspective on the familiar. Even within the square mile, the skyline shifts and provides something new to fascinate. When I first lived in London, Tower 42 was known as the Natwest Tower (the shapes…

    London from The Leadenhall

  • Lambent London – View From 30 St Mary Axe

    Explore photography from St Mary Axe in high resolution. When setting up a shoot from a tall building, it’s easy to become absorbed in the technicalities. The kit, the back-up in case of equipment failure, the technical process, waiting for the right weather, there’s much to plan for. And then, there are moments of pure…

    Lambent London – View From 30 St Mary Axe

  • Planate London – London Bridge Quarter

    No.1 London Bridge (the building with the cut-out section right by the bridge) forms the foreground to the dramatic cluster at London Bridge Quarter, home to the Shard. It has become a more exciting section of the Thames to shoot, and the river moorings have a pleasing echo of the Shard’s shape. Many people’s experience…

    Planate London – London Bridge Quarter

  • London’s Skyline

    The scale of London can only be truly appreciated from a height. There is no better place in London to do this than from the Shard. This image was shot from the very top of the Shard, 310 metres above London, which is more than 60 metres above the public viewing platform on the 72nd…

    London’s Skyline

  • Constant Thames

    This high resolution panorama follows the River Thames as it flows past HMS Belfast, the prestigious developments of More London, including City Hall, towards Tower Bridge, resplendent in blue and white following it’s recent repaint. Across the river, in the City of London, many of its iconic skyscrapers are bursting into light as twilight falls…

    Constant Thames

  • Rays Over London Panorama

    A dramatic panorama of London, looking up the River Thames past Waterloo Bridge, Hungerford Bridge towards Westminster. The Sun’s rays are bursting through a stormy sky, illuminating many of London’s well known landmarks. These rays are known as crepuscular and often appear in conjunction with stratocumulus storm clouds. Visible in the panorama is the London…

    Rays Over London Panorama

  • Sundown Over Waterloo

    London panorama taking in the view across London. Some south London landmarks can be seen including Battersea Power Station, Waterloo Station and the BFI Imax, and the front of the Imperial War Museum between the trees. View at fullscreen and zoom in to see the detail and you will pick out many more London sights…

    Sundown Over Waterloo

  • Greenwich View Twilight

    A Twilight gigapixel panorama shot from Greenwich looking towards Canary Wharf with the City of London in the distance. The River Thames flows past the Millennium Dome (the O2) with the many skyscrapers of Canary Wharf, including one Canada Square, towering above the river. Further into the distance you can see the iconic structures of…

    Greenwich View Twilight

  • Shard View at Night Panorama

    I captured this panorama of the London skyline at night from the Shard at around the 35th floor, whilst the building was still under construction. The Shard’s height has given me the opportunity to show the London cityscape from a new angle, looking down on the Thames as it snakes through the city from London…

    Shard View at Night Panorama

  • Vauxhall Bridge View

    View across Vauxhall Bridge looking south onto Albert Embankment, where MI6’s Nilotic building sits on the bank of the River Thames. The SIS Building is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service. Visible on the right of the bridge is St George Wharf, a London riverside development which is part of the overall regeneration…

    Vauxhall Bridge View

  • Waterloo Bridge London

    London panorama captured from Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames looking west along the South Bank towards Festival Pier, Hungerford Bridge, the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

    Waterloo Bridge London

  • Waterloo Sunset Panorama

    Panoramic view looking up the River Thames from Waterloo Bridge along London’s South Bank, past the National Theatre towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral to the skyscrapers of the City of London, the Gherkin and Tower 42. Click the full screen button and zoom in to explore the details.

    Waterloo Sunset Panorama

  • London from the South

    London cityscape panorama with views from the south of the city across to the Isle of Dogs, Canary Wharf and Greenwich with the O2 Arena (Millennium Dome) visible. The construction of the new Pan Peninsula Towers is almost complete.

    London from the South

  • Millennium Wheel – Black and White

    London cityscape panorama of the Millennium Wheel (London Eye). This panorama is available at a very high resolution (much higher than is shown here), making it ideal for large-scale use such as 96 sheets, special builds, street furniture and building wraps, or in interior design, as one-off wallpapers, prints or posters. To see a larger…

    Millennium Wheel – Black and White

  • The Queen’s Walk, South Bank

    The Queen’s Walk is part of the South Bank Centre, a complex of buildings dedicated to the arts located on the South Bank of the River Thames. At the South Bank, there’s the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, The Hayward and the Poetry Library, and is Europe’s largest venue for…

    The Queen’s Walk, South Bank