If you are visiting London, one of the more contemporary sights to see has to be Canary Wharf. Getting there is easy, its just an 11 minute journey on the Docklands Light Railway from Bank station. The DLR here can be accessed from either the Central or Northern tube lines at Bank station, or from a short 7 -10 minute walk from Monument station on the district Line. The trains run every few minutes throughout the day, and the journey down is just as interesting as the destination. DLR trains are driverless, and the line is mostly elevated on a concrete track that is like a roller coaster as it rises and falls during the journey. If you can make sure you get the best view from the front seats. Alternatively if you are coming from the west, you could consider taking the Jubilee line into the cavernous Canary Wharf underground station. (interesting fact the station is longer (265m) than the Canary Wharf Tower is tall (244m))

Canary Wharf itself is more than just a huge tower, although that is impressive, especially if you stand alongside it and just look up. There are also lots of places to eat, around the base of the tower, and also underneath in the two vast underground shopping centres. Weekdays around lunchtime it gets very busy as over 90,000 workers from the towers descend to eat and shop, but while getting a table is difficult there are lots of opportunities to just sit on a bench somewhere and indulge in a spot of people watching. For shopping, there are lots of stores arranged into three main areas, the Cabot Place Mall, the Canada Place Mall and the Jubilee Place Mall.

Even though the development is known as Canary wharf, there are actually three large towers on the site, although more are currently under construction. The largest is Canary wharf Tower although officially it is One Canada Square and it stands at 244m (800ft), and the others, 8 Canada Square and the Citigroup Centre both stand at an impressive 199.5m (654ft).