Articles tagged ‘Butler’s Wharf’

Tower Bridge is opening up

By Chris | March 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Tower Bridge is one of the most famous and recognizable sites in London. Its a bascule bridge that raises and lowers its span to allow larger ships access to the Pool of London area between London and Tower Bridges. You can still see the bridge raising at irregular intervals today, dependent on when shipping needs [...]

 

City Hall open weekend

By Chris | January 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

If you’re in the Tower Bridge/Butler’s Wharf area of central London this coming weekend 3-4 February, take the chance to go inside the City Hall building on the South Bank just west of Tower Bridge. They’re having an open weekend where parts of the building that are normally closed to the public will be open [...]

 

Butler’s Wharf

By Chris | November 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

A area that visitors might miss out on looking around is Butlers Wharf, right next Tower Bridge on the south bank of the river immediately east of the bridge.

 

London’s top attractions - Tower Bridge

By Chris | October 17th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Tower Bridge is one of the most recognizable London landmarks but a lot people get the name wrong, calling it London Bridge. London Bridge is the next bridge west along the River Thames. Legend has it that American entrepreneur Robert McCulloch bought the old London Bridge by mistake and rebuilt it over Lake Havasu, Arizona, [...]