🏛️Landmark

Tower Bridge Entry Ticket

Name: Tower Bridge Entry Ticket
Price range: $
Rating: 4.7

4.7 ·

Step inside Tower Bridge's elevated walkways for a view most people only see from below. Walk across the glass floor high above the Thames, then head down to the Victorian engine rooms that once powered the bascules with steam.

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Reasons to go

Completed in 1894, the bridge's bascules were originally powered by Victorian steam engines, which can still be seen in the preserved engine rooms.
The elevated walkways feature a glass floor panel offering a direct view down to the road and river below.
The central span still occasionally lifts to let tall ships pass, following a published schedule.

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Full description

Completed in 1894, Tower Bridge's twin Gothic-style towers and lifting central span were engineered to let tall ships pass while keeping London's busiest river crossing open to traffic, a mechanism still in occasional use today for passing vessels. The Tower Bridge Exhibition takes visitors up into the elevated walkways connecting the two towers, including a glass floor panel that lets you look straight down at the road and river far below, before descending into the Victorian engine rooms that once powered the bascules with steam.

With a near-maximum must-see score and one of the highest aesthetic ratings in this batch, it's an efficient, relatively affordable way to combine a landmark visit with genuine engineering history. Budget around 90 minutes, and check the bridge-lift schedule in case you can time a visit to see it in action.

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Address

Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 2UP, UK · Bermondsey

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Booking

Booking required

Duration

1h30

Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Moderate walking

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Good to know

Check the online bridge-lift schedule beforehand, since seeing the bascules actually raise for a ship is a rare bonus
don't skip the engine rooms at the end, which many visitors overlook despite them being included in the ticket
visit early morning for photos on the glass floor without other visitors in frame.

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Reviews

Enjoyed the views and London landmarks, said it worked well for their group or family.

Christina, Germany

1/5

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