Tower Bridge Walkways

This bridge is pretty amazing! At first I was hesitant about doing this, but I’m glad we ended up doing it. It is a part of The London Pass. The Tower Bridge is one of my favorite landmarks in London and the views from the bridge are amazing.
I love how there are glass on the bottom of the walkways on the bridge, so you can get a cool view looking down. There are also very amazing views from the bridge from their normal lookouts too. I loved reading about the history of the bridge as well, very cool!
I’d recommend doing this exhibit. Even if you’re not sure, just do it! It will only take up about one hour of your time and is kiddo friendly!
Cheers!

Tower Bridge (and Big Ben) is definitely the most iconic place all over London. Walk over it and enjoy stunning views of Thames & London. If you are lucky, you may even catch the time that opens and see it fully opened ! There is also the Tower Bridge exhibition allowing you access to the upper part of the bridge (with tickets of course). The exhibition itself is not something special (quite small with some historical info about the bridge), but the fun here is a small part of the bridge, which recently opened to public, having a glass floor. It isn’t so scary as you’d expect! Go for it and enjoy the cars passing just below your feet!

The Tower Bridge Walkways are part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. You need a ticket to get up to them but the whole exhibition is worth a look.
Originally these were open to the public and were for people to be able to walk across the bridge while it was open (which used to happen a lot more often than it does today).
Now of course, with considerably less need for the bridge to be open, and a lot more (and a lot lazier) folk crossing the bridge, the walkway can be used for more recreational purposes.
Why do they get 5 stars?
Well, where else can you get this lovely view of the River Thames, while learning about the history of the bridge, while ALSO having a glass floor from where you can see the cars and pedestrians below you?
And the other walkway is open for banquets. If I could afford it I’d have my birthday party there, because it would be awesome :)
So yeah, visit the walkways. They are ace!

My experience on Tower Bridge was awesome. Walking on the bottom is a fun view of the Thames and also, if you’re lucky, you’ll see a boat pass underneath. However, going on top is a must. It is a beautiful view of London and the Thames is incredible. Also, unluckily for those of you who hate heights, there is a fun glass (I think!) floor to walk over and take a selfie! You can take stairs, or take the elevator! However, when I went, it was broken.
I also recommend going into the machine room. They show all of the mechanics. Eighty years ago, men had to operate the machines by hand. However, now a days, there is electricity, and it isn’t powered by people! The machines that operated the bridge were beautifully painted. One of the machines was running! I also totally recommend getting a souvenir in the gift shop!

The Tower Bridge is obviously a very iconic landmark of London and well worth a look. You can walk over the bridge and there is actually an exhibition inside the bridge which I didn’t go to but have heard good things. You can get great views of the bridge from outside the Tower of London and also immediately on the other side. It’s pretty spectacular and the history of it is quite incredible.

Passage obligatoire à Londres, bien entendu.
Ce célèbre pont est superbe, mais surtout très impressionnant ! Arriver dessus, l’admirer de loin, de près ou marcher dessus, c’est super. L’architecture est superbe, pleine de détails.
C’est un incontournable de la capitale, même sans monter voir le plancher de verre…

Had a family ticket for under £30. The lift ride up is a tight squeeze. The tour was well signposted. The tour design made the most of the utilitarian building built for work only. There was a bridge exhibition. The glass walk ways above the bridge looking onto the street below was scary but showed off the wonder of the scale of the design. We couldn’t quite understand how the steam engine lifted the bridge bollards but there in lies the mystery of the engineering feat. Must do for young teens doing an engineering degree. Good photos from camera slots on walkways.

This bridge is featured in so many pictures and movies, you have to see it. The bridge can be viewed from many locations along the river so definitely take the time to find a good viewing spot!
If you are more adventurous you can take the stairs or a lift to the walkways for a nice view of the city. This is a London Pass inclusion.

Für den Preis ist es recht unspektakulär…
Man kann die Tower Bridge im oberen Bereich begehen. Hier ist jedoch die Aussicht auf das Londoner Panorama durch zu kleine Fensterluken beschränkt. Für Foto-​Freunde eher mangelhaft.
Das Highlight sind Glasplatten, die man begehen kann und durch die man ca. 30−40m direkt unter sich die Themse und die Brücke sieht. Das Betreten ist für viele eine Herausforderung. Hier lohnt sich ein Schnappschuss der Mutprobe.
Mein Fazit: Mit dem London-​Pass kann man die Tower Bridge Exhibition durchaus machen. Den Eintritt hingegen würde ich nicht bezahlen.

Decided to surprise the boyf with a trip to the glass walkway — but with a queue to use the lift, we bravely/​stupidly tackled the stairs! However the view over London was well worth it :-)
For some reason we were expecting a glass walkway that reached the entire length from one tower to the other, but in truth it was actually quite short — and as we had gone on a Saturday evening, it was packed meaning we had to queue to just see the glass walkway. For those who have a fear of heights, tread carefully — as it can be quite surreal seeing the cars and the river below!
It was quite funny as people who were worried about walking over the glass would instead walk around it — but due to how funny the situation was, resulted in a jokey light-​hearted atmosphere. Definitely recommend going at sunset — views were incredible!

London wirbt ja gerne mit seinen «Brückenblicken», Aussichten auf und über die Stadt aus ganz unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Die beeindruckendste in dieser Kategorie ist sicher die von Londons Wahrzeichen, der Tower Bridge.
Von aussen bereits imposant, ist das Innere des alterwürdigen Gemäuers noch einmal spannend. In gut 45 m über der Themse verlässt der Besucher den Lift und sieht sich einer spektakulären Optik gegenüber. Weit die Themse hinauf und hinab reicht der Blick, auf der einen Seite auf die sanierten legendären Londoner Docks, auf der andern Seite auf den historischen Tower mit seinen trutzigen Mauern, hinter denen sich die Skyline der ultramodernen Büropaläste erhebt. Cool!
Aber die Towerr Bridge punktet nicht nur mit Aussicht, sondern auch mit sich selbst. Auf den Aussichtsplattformen, den «Walkways», fesseln wechselnde Exhibitions, also Ausstellungen, die Besucher. 2014 sorgt die Retrospektive aus den Swingin’ Sixties für Begegnungen mit den frühen Beatles, Twiggy oder gar Willy Bogner. Schmunzeln garantiert!
Beeindruckend ist die interessante Posterserie von herausragenden Brücken der ganzen Welt, versehen mit Infotafeln zum jeweiligen Bauwerk. Der Bogen reicht von der Göltzschtalbrücke (!) über die Golden Gate bis Florenz’ Ponte Vecchio. Übrigens war die Tower Bridge ursprünglich ebenfalls mit Ladengeschäften bebaut wie die Brücke über den Arno. Heute kaum vorstellbar.
Eine Vielzahl von Videofilmen und Animationen vermittelt Wissenswertes und Interessantes über die Tower Bridge von der Entstehung über Anekdoten aus ihrem «Leben» bis zur aktuellen Bedeutung.
Ein weiterer Höhepunkt sind die liebevoll restaurierten viktorianischen Maschinenräume. Blitzsaubere Dampfmaschinen mit viel funkelndem Messing zeigen, wie dereinst der Brückenmechanismus in Gang gesetzt wurde. Süß!
Wärmstens an Herz lege ich den spitzenmäßig sortierten Museumsshop. Achtung: Kreditkarten-​Attacke!!!
Das i-​Tüpfelchen des «Projekts» Tower Bridge ist am Ende, wenn ein Schiff die Themse hinauf oder hinab schippert. Dann öffnen sich im Zeitlupentempo die mächtigen Brückenflügel, während mit viel Gebimmel, blinkenden Ampeln, pfeifenden Polzisten Autos und Fußgänger in gebührendem Abstand gehalten werden. Brückenöffnungszeiten im Netz nachlesbar.
Wenn das alles nicht die volle Punktzahl wert ist, weiß ich auch nicht…
Ich könnt’ schon wieder rüberfliegen!

Part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. It was one of the attractions included with our London Pass. The walkways separate the two towers of the bridge. The views of London from the walkways are fabulous. The exhibits and video are informative and educational.
Definitely worth a visit if you have the time. We were in London during the non-​peak season so there were no lines. Probably very busy otherwise.

This bridge is definitely the representation of London as a bridge. It is not only majestic but beautiful piece of art when you visit in person. You can come to visit this place as a student and buy a combo ticket of 6.20 pounds that includes also a tour to The Monument, another amazing place to go in London. I highly recommend buying the combo ticket and go to both places in one day. The area around the bridge can be quite windy, so I would recommend bringing a jacket. In addition, this place also has some of the nicest souvenirs in London, so I would get souvenirs here.
The Tower Bridge walkway also includes many photos of other amazing bridges around the world. The construction history of this bridge is also showcased here.

Pas très transcendant !!
J’ai rien trouvé de transcendant à marcher sur ce pont. L’architecture métallique m’a inspiré peu de choses. Peut-​être que j’aurais du le faire de nuit …

We attended a wedding reception here (in itself was great but my review is on the actual venue space).
The pros — very beautiful views from both the West and East walkways. Nice evening lighting inside and they had heatlamps that helped in the evening (even though technically it’s supposed to be Spring in London).
the soundsystem used was excellent.
The cons — the party was divided in two — those hanging out in the East Walkway and those hanging out in the West Walkway — so easy to have party divided. the Walkways are narrow so when it gets busy, it’s hard to get by.
And for us smokers, any time you need a cigarette, you have to get into the slow lift to back down to the bottom to go out.
But overall, cool venue.

Un autre symbole de la capitale
Un site vraiment incontournable car ce pont néogothique est carrément colossal. Il est possible de le visiter (environ 8 euros l’entrée) mais la vue extérieure est vraiment plus impressionnante!

One of the best places to go too in London

My company just had its summer party and it was held at the Tower Bridge Walkways — these are the bits which link the North Tower to the South Tower at the very top of the bridge. The party was very well organised and we had some nice entertainment laid on (and free booze. Yay!) but, that’s by the by because I’m here to tell you about the venue. As well as the Walkways, which can seat about 120 people for dinner, you can also hire out the North Tower Lounge which holds slightly fewer people and the Bridgemaster’s Dining Room which has a capacity for about 20 people, I think. But it’s not cheap. I was reliably informed by one of the lift operators that the Walkways cost about £1,000 an hour to hire.
During the day the Walkways house The Tower Bridge Exhibition and this was all cleared away, bar a few interesting wall mounted fact sheets, for our party. The space is about 8−10ft wide and about as long as errr Tower Bridge and we had a champagne reception in one walkway (let’s call it the west walkway) while our dining area was being prepared in the other.
There were about 100 people at our party and, because it’s such a narrow space, the round dining tables lined one side of it all the way down. This meant that you could only really see the people who were at the tables next to you while seated and there were lots of instances of people not even realising that other people were there because they couldn’t see them. While we were eating the west walkway, where we had had the champagne reception, was being prepared for the entertainment.
At this time it was still quite light outside and, of course, you do get some fantastic views from there even though it was quite a dull day, weatherwise. I think they warn you that it can get a bit cold up there but I found it very comfortable, especially in comparison to the whippy weather at ground level, outside. As it got darker they put on some mood lighting which was ideal for seeing the views of London lit up and there was pleanty of room inside for the entertainment which included a dancefloor, a toy car racing track and a couple of drinks tables.
I was really impressed with this venue — if only for the views — but the staff were all really friendly and this helped keep us all in a party mood. Remember to take a camera (my pictures were taken on my crappy mobile).

Magnifique
Mieux que le pont d’Avignon, pont d’une architecture, vraiment splendide où il n’y a rien à redire. De plus, non lien de son «confrère» le London’s Bridge, vous etes sûr de bénéficier de beaux monuments historiques. Cependant, le Tower Bridge n’est qu’un pont et né decevra surement certaines personnes malgré son architecture et sa beauté remarquable.

Incontournable !
Comme Big Ben, Tower Bridge est incontournable pour un voyage à Londres ! Il est dans le pur esprit british ! Cela fait toujours un petit truc quand on le voit !

Le monument de Londres
Et pourtant sans grand intérêt… Mais quand même à voir car Tower Bridge reste l’un des symboles principaux de Londres !

Tower Bridge
Célèbre pont anglais, dont l’architecture diffère complètement des autres ponts. Impressionnant vu de loin moins losqu’on le traverse. Un incontournable de Londres.

Pas mal
Vue assez sympa de londres le long de la tamise, le pont est impressionnant par sa taille. De nuit on peut faire de très belles photos du pont illuminé.

Très intéressant
Que ce soit pour poser votre pied sur l’ouverture ou pour visiter les machines ou tout simplement pour voir, c’est définitivement un des lieux à visiter à Londres.

Magnifique
C’est un des endroits à Londres à né pas rater, le seul inconvénient, c’est que le quartier est plutôt un quartier d’affaires (il me semble) donc un peu triste le week-​end.

Un pont surprenant
Le pont à né pas rater c’est bien celui là: il est impressionnant dans son architecture, car seulement à 9 mètres de l’eau !!! Le voir s’ouvrir reste aussi quelque chose à voir, il en devient tout petit… A voir !

Impressionnant
Ce pont est vraiment celui qui m’a le plus marqué à Londres par sa beauté et sa grandeur. J’en garde un excellent souvenir. Et la ballade en bateau nous le montre sous un autre aspect avec des souvenirs inoubliables grâce aux photos !

A voir
J’ai bien aimé traverser ce pont mythique. Il est vraiment impressionant. Et de nuit c’est sympa.