Tower Bridge
Guide
Photo: Barcex · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
The twin-towered bridge with blue-painted ironwork right beside the Tower; walk across it, and with luck see the road lift for a tall ship.
A brief history
It opened in 1894; its two halves still rise several hundred times a year, now powered by electricity instead of steam.
Tips
- Best time
- Dusk, when it's lit up
- Cost
- Free to cross
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free to cross
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Good to know
- Area
- The City and the Tower: The old financial heart: St Paul's, the skyscrapers, the Tower and Tower Bridge. Quiet at weekends.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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