Tower Bridge Exhibition
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What Travellers Say
I had heard that the museum was dog friendly. The only attraction I'm London that allows Man's Best Friend. I learned a lot about the building of the bridge, very illuminating. I recommend visiting especially with children as well as dogs. Four enthusiastic paws up!
Hidden Gem: This was definitely one of my highlights in london. Its a super informative, well designed and neatly intertwined museum where you can learn many cool facts. I personally loved seeing the original design concepts of the Tower Bridge, interesting to think about how it could have changed Londons landscape. The glass floor section is a really nice photo spot! And the engine rooms at the end are definitely worth the short walk. Really clever idea: you just have to follow a blue line on the ground and not have to worry about incomplete and bad directions / maps. Would 10/10 recommend this museum to friends & family visiting the city!
Your ticket to the Tower Bridge allows you to enter the engine room. There is a gift shop inside. You can see and learn about the engine room. Highly recommend.
We visited on the chance of getting tickets without booking and they did have tickets to buy on the door, but recommend to buy in advance. Despite being a Friday it was busy when we visited, we took the lift to get up to the top, didn't fancy the large number of stairs. The walkways at the top have some impressive views, it is a bit odd at the top you go across one walkway, which is effectively one way, then the other you go down and back on the same walkway, making the second walkway very busy! You don't get to see how the bridge now operates but you so see the old engines that were steam powered. Glad we went was an interesting hours explore.
OK so it’s quite difficult to find the entrance! You have to walk right on to the bridge from the north side. I have pictured the entrance here to help people. The signage is poor from all approaches. And there could be many more interactive experiences for children under 12. But I still give it 5 stars because the glass floors are really exciting and memorable, the engine rooms are genuinely interesting and it’s all about how the city works. I liked it. Oh and the views are spectacular. It’s just uplifting. A different perspective. Highly recommend.
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Fun Facts
The high-level walkways were built so pedestrians could cross during bridge lifts, but they shut in 1910 because most people preferred to wait at road level rather than climb the stairs; they reopened in 1982 as a visitor attraction.
Each glass floor panel is part of a structure strong enough to bear the weight of one elephant or two London Black Cabs.
On 30 December 1952, Number 78 bus driver Albert Gunter accelerated across a rising bascule and landed safely on the other side with all 20 passengers aboard.
Until the early 1980s, cats lived in and around the Engine Rooms, and a Cat Manager was employed to look after them; the last pair were called Bridget and Gladys.
Tower Bridge’s original steam engines raised the bascules more than 400,000 times before they were replaced in the 1970s.
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