Protected View - Protected Vistas in London

Protected Vistas in London

The thirteen vistas protected by the London View Management Framework are as follows:

• from Alexandra Palace to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from the summit of Parliament Hill to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from the summit of Parliament Hill to the Palace of Westminster
• from Parliament Hill, at the prominent oak tree east of the summit, to Palace of Westminster
• from the viewing gazebo at Kenwood House to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from the summit of Primrose Hill to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from the summit of Primrose Hill to the Palace of Westminster
• from Greenwich Park, north east of the General Wolfe statue, to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from Blackheath Point, near the orientation board, to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from Westminster Pier to St Paul’s Cathedral
• from King Henry VIII’s Mound in Richmond Park to St Paul’s Cathedral

a distance of over 10 miles (16 km) and created in 1710, this view frames the cathedral through a special gap in holly hedging, down a specially maintained clear avenue in Sidmouth Wood and then all the way across London. This protected view has limited development around Liverpool Street Station as a tall structure there would form an unacceptable backdrop to the view of St Paul's.

• from the centre of the bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster
• from the The Queen’s Walk at City Hall to the White Tower

The views of St Paul's Cathedral from Waterloo Bridge and Hungerford Bridge are not specifically mentioned although these views are protected in practice by the views from Richmond Park and from Westminster Pier respectively as these bridges are on the path of the protected vistas.