Trivia
- Tower 42 contains two restaurants: one is situated on the 24th floor and is operated by chef Gary Rhodes; the other is a champagne and seafood bar located on the 42nd floor.
- The tower is shown in the sequences leading up to the destruction of the Earth in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy leading to unfounded speculation that the name links to the Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
- The fourth Top Gear race ended at the champagne bar on level 42, with Jeremy Clarkson appearing to just beat Richard Hammond and James May. Clarkson raced a Bugatti Veyron and May & Hammond a private Cessna 182 from Alba, near Turin.
- The tower is used as a location in the BBC TV drama series Sherlock. The entrance lobby depicts the fictional Shad Sanderson Bank in the 2010 episode titled The Blind Banker.
- The tower is home to the Tower 42 Bird Study Group ( http://t42bsg.blogspot.com/) whose aims are to study the migration of large birds of prey and other bird species over London seen from the roof during the spring (April - June) and autumn (August - November).
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