Tower Bridge is the most easterly of the main London bridges and the best way to reach it is via the London Underground. The nearest stop is Tower Hill, which is on the Circle and District lines and is next to Tower Gateway on the Docklands Light Railway.
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Advantages: Absolutely fascinating Disadvantages: A bit expensive
Tower Bridge is the most easterly of the main London bridges and the best way to reach it is via the London Underground. The nearest stop is Tower Hill, which is on the Circle and District lines and is next to Tower Gateway on the Docklands Light Railway.
The area around the Tower and Tower Bridge is also one of the stops used by all the London tour buses, so this would be another convenient way of getting there.
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The Tower Bridge Experience as the tour is called has only been open for a relatively short while so we decided that it was time to pay a proper visit to one of London’s best loved monuments.
The cost of the tour is £6.25 for adults and £4.25 for concessions. It sounds a bit expensive but providing you have the time to make the most of the tour, which lasts about an hour and a half, it is well worth it.
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Tower Bridge is the most easterly of the main London bridges and the best way to reach it is via the London Underground. The nearest stop is Tower Hill, which is on the Circle and District lines and is next to Tower Gateway on the Docklands Light Railway.
The area around the Tower and Tower Bridge is also one of the stops used by all the London tour buses, so this would be another convenient way of getting there.
I have often seen Tower Bridge when we have visited London and have even seen it open to let ships through, but had never actually been inside until last year.
The Tower Bridge Experience as the tour is called has only been open for a relatively short while so we decided that it was time to pay a proper visit to one of London’s best loved monuments.
The cost of the tour is £6.25 for adults and £4.25 for concessions. It sounds a bit expensive but providing you have the time to make the most of the tour, which lasts about an hour and a half, it is well worth it.
The tour takes you through various rooms which house exhibitions and models, which are used in the telling of the story of the bridge from its building and completion in the 1890s to the present day.
In each room there is seating and once everyone is settled the lights are dimmed and various mechanical characters tell the story of the bridge stage by stage.
One room has a model of a builder explaining how they used to work, in what conditions and what the various dangers were. Another room has a mock up on screen of the council meeting, which discussed which of the various plans of bridges to decide which they would accept and build. There are models of the main contenders for the contract in this room too.
There is also an explanation of how the bridge is opened and closed using the original displacement weights and the tour takes you down to see the workings of the bridge.
You then go into a room supposedly below the end of the bridge and there is a mock up of an emergency needing the bridge to be closed and you see the great weighted end of the bridge swinging down into the room!
You also walk over the walkway at the top of the bridge 140 feet above the River Thames, where the views are magnificent in all directions, particularly across Docklands. Although the walkway is enclosed there are windows and sets of steps to climb up to get a good view and maybe a photographs or two.
As you return to the starting point of the tour there is the obligatory gift shop where you can get your mementoes of the tour.
The bridge is open from 10 in the morning until 6.30 in the evening from April to October and from 9.30 in the morning until 6 in the evening from November to March. The last entry is one and a quarter hours before closing time as the tour takes at least that long.
I’m not sure how interested children would be on the tour as there is a lot of sitting and listening at various stages along the way, so be aware of this before you part with your cash!
SusanLesley 11.09.2001
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I liked the history bit at the beginning, even if after an hour you do feel a bit talked at instead of it being interactive, but the really good bit starts when your allowed into the tombs - you can clearly see why you're not allowed if you have heart conditions, claustrophobia, panic attacks, epilepsy, scared of the dark, pregnancy, under 15 with no 'trusted' adult (Im 17 and the whole way round I really wanted my 'trusted' adult). Scares the pants off you, thank you I will be scared of the dark and monsters for a least a month. Highly recommended. ...
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