It probably wouldn’t be in any city guide but the view from the Centre Point at Tottenham Court Road is unsurpassed. Some random facts about this building (courtesy wikipedia): the sight it was built once hosted gallows, it was one of the first skyscrapers in London, the lease for the sight was £18,500 a year for 150 years (I think starting in 1963) but in October 2005 changed hands for £85m, is subject to various conspiracy theories (such as its deep tube lines would make it useful to the government in the event of a nuclear war) and finally it inspired the housing charity Centrepoint after homeless campaigners occupied the building in protest for two days.

Today Jenny and I took advantage of a training course being held inside the building to scoot up to the top floors of the building. Getting back down proved to be a bit more difficult with the way too advanced escalators being much more complex than expected – there weren’t even buttons inside! We managed eventually.