Take a tour of Tower Bridge

NOVEMBER sees the return of Tower Bridge’s engineering tours, offering visitors the chance to experience the inner workings of one of the world’s most famous bridges.

Tickets for the tours are priced at £50 per person and include access to areas normally off limits to the public.

The tours start on November 15, and take place every weekend after that throughout December, January, and March (not February). Places are limited and sell out quickly, so early booking is advisable.

The two-hour tours are divided into two parts. The first part includes an exhibition outlining bridge’s history and construction. Visitors can experience the thrill of the panoramic walkways 139ft above the Thames before moving on to the bridge’s engine rooms. These feature the restored steam pumping engines and boilers that were used to power the bridge lifts until 1976.

In the second part, visitors are taken to several areas normally out of bounds to the public, including the control room, the immense bascule chambers below river level, and the section housing the hydraulics that power the lifting of the bridge.

Ticket Hotline: 020 7407 9191, or enquiries@towerbridge.org.uk

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