Have you seen Tower Bridge lift up for River traffic? ⛵

You can find scheduled lifts on our website: bit.ly/bridge-lifts

Did You Know that Tower Bridge was constructed using materials that came from all over the United Kingdom?

Steel came from Glasgow, Granite was shipped from Cornwall, Portland stone from Dorset, bricks brought from Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, and slate from Wales.

Did you know the Glass Floors in our High-Level Walkways can hold the weight of four London black taxis or six elephants?

Beautiful London scenes, even during Spring showers ☔

Good Evening London 🌇

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Tower Bridge was designed in the Gothic style in order to sit more harmoniously next to our iconic neighbour - any guesses which one?

An Iconic London View

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Good morning neighbour!

It was time to clean the Glass Floors on our High-Level Walkways this week 🫧

As you can see, it's a very different process from the average window wash!

Did you know that the 24 hours written notice required for a Bridge Lift has been in place since April 1962?

Any vessel with a mast or superstructure of 30ft (9m) or more can request a Bridge Lift. You can see all upcoming scheduled lifts on our website: bit.ly/bridge-lifts

You know when you’ve got a window that’s getting a bit grimy but is in a really hard-to-reach place so you never get round to it? Now imagine it’s facing down and 42m above the icy waters of the River Thames. Extreme window cleaning! Tower Bridge More: tinyurl.com/nhdd5z8f

Why is there a bale of hay hanging in Tower Bridge?

It illustrates a little-known London law around bridge maintenance on The Thames, which states that if there is a reduced height due to works, a bale of straw must be hung underneath to signal to passing river traffic.

We will be closing Tower Bridge to pedestrians and traffic for routine overnight maintenance between Tuesday 23 April and Saturday 27 April 2024.

The overnight closures will take place from 10pm to 5am. The closest alternative crossing is London Bridge.

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Fingers crossed for blue skies today 🤞☀️

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If you need us, we'll be practicing our 'catwalk' along the Glass Floors, until it's as elegant as Sigrid's 🐈