This is the view, from the cafe on the top floor of the Tate Modern Galleries, showing the Millenium Bridge and St. Paul's cathedral.

The Millenium Bridge was planned when it was decided to convert the old bankside Power Station into the new Tate Modern galleries to give easy pedestrian access to and from the city. It is the first pedestrian crossing over the Thames in central London for more than a century and is 1056 feet long.

The bridge opened to the public in June 2000 when an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people crossed it. The bridge was expected to be subject to a degree of movement but when large groups of people were crossing the maximum sway was approximately 30 inches which was greater than expected. That problem has long been resolved and there is now hardly any detectable movement.

The view from the Millenium Bridge looking eastward. The two square towers on the left form the entrance, for trains, to Cannon Street Station with Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf in the distance.

The two boats are next to Bankside Pier where they pick up and put down passengers. These boats are part of the river transport services which carry passengers between Westminster and Greenwich every 15 minutes as well as even longer routes.

St. Paul's Cathedral seen from the northen part of the Millenium Bridge.