Heron Tower and the surrounding areas near Liverpool Street were put into lockdown as a man dubbed the "French Spiderman" scaled the building earlier today (October 25).<br /><br />Shocked and bemused onlookers were told to leave the area as emergency services cleared the area in central London.<br /><br />Dan Marks, who filmed the footage, was on his way back from a meeting near the Gherkin when he realised there was a lot of commotion around the Heron Building.<br /><br />Marks said: "Squinting in the rough direction of everyone's stares I caught sight of a tiny figure of white and black climbing the outside of the nearby building. "<br /><br />He later added: "The crowd were generally good-natured and finding jokes to make, as Londoners always do when confronted with anything out of the ordinary."
