30 St Mary Axe (widely known informally as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial neo-futuristic skyscraper in London’s primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe – The Gherkin
The Gherkin, 30 St. Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8BF
BY TRAIN
Travel from most appropriate local station.
| King’s Cross St. Pancras | 7 mins |
| Oxford Circus | 8 mins |
| Bond Street | 11 mins |
| Canary Wharf | 14 mins |
| Heathrow Airport | 39 mins |
| Gatwick Airport | 41 mins |
CROSSRAIL (OPENING 2018)
Travel from Liverpool Street station.
| Farringdon | 2 mins |
| Whitechapel | 2 mins |
| Tottenham Court Road | 4 mins |
| Canary Wharf | 6 mins |
| Bond Street | 7 mins |
| Stratford | 8 mins |
| Heathrow Airport | 35 mins |
