Horizon 22 in Bishopsgate is offering free daytime visits in London, with advance booking required on its website. Early-morning and late-evening access costs £15, giving visitors a paid way in outside the free daytime window.
Free daytime slots run from 10am to 5pm and are released two weeks in advance every Monday at 10am. The venue is described as Europe’s largest free-to-view tower, and it stands 833ft above London.
22 Bishopgate and St Paul's
Visitors reach the viewing platform by a high-speed lift that rises through 58 floors to the top of 22 Bishopgate, London EC2N 4AB. From there, the 360 degree view takes in St Paul's, The Shard, Tower Bridge and Sky Garden through clear floor-to-ceiling windows with no barriers in between.
The site also has a cafe inside the building. For readers planning a visit during the summer holidays, the practical step is straightforward: check the Monday release at 10am and book a free daytime slot two weeks before the date you want.
Horizon 22 booking rules
The free daytime offer does not mean walk-up access. Horizon 22 requires advance booking, and the release pattern means the available daytime places are made public in weekly batches rather than all at once.
That booking structure leaves the paid slots as the only timed option outside the free daytime hours. Even with daytime access free, the venue says tickets regularly sell out and demand is always high, so readers who want the no-cost option need to act when the Monday release opens.
For a visitor choosing between the two options, the decision comes down to timing: use the free daytime window if the schedule works, or pay £15 for early-morning or late-evening access if it does not. The next move is to book quickly when the two-week window opens, because the free places are released in limited weekly batches.
