I was told last night that much the best view of St. Paul’s Cathedral was from the roof of One New Change, the large and not very prepossessing shopping mall which dominates its chancel end. It’s true that, rather amazingly, long before the shops open, it is possible to take the lift up on to the roof and there survey not just the great dome of St. Paul’s, but the whole of London and its changing roofscape beyond:-



Thanks for the tip!