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Additional Activities - River
The OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie Location OXO Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London SE1 9PH Telephone 020 7803 3888 Website www.harveynichols.com Delicious food, views over the river from the top of the OXO Tower, an outdoor terrace, music in the brasserie each evening, and weekend brunch
Tower Bridge Exhibition Times Daily entries from 10 am – 6 pm (last entry 5 pm) Access Fully accessible for all Price £6 Tube Tower Hill on the District and Circle lines or London Bridge on the Northern and Jubilee lines Website www.towerbridge.org.uk Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest, most recognisable bridges in the world.
At the Tower Bridge Exhibition you can enjoy breathtaking views from the high-level walkways and learn about the history of Tower Bridge and how it was built. You can then visit the Victorian Engine Rooms, home to the original steam engines that used to power the lifts.
Tower Bridge walkways have specially designed windows, giving visitors a unique opportunity to take photos of the views without their being obscured by glass.
The London Dungeon Location 28 Tooley Street London SE1 2SZ Tube London Bridge (Northern/Jubilee lines) Prices £17.95 - £19.95, fast-track tickets available Note The London Dungeon is not suitable for children under the age of three. Website www.thedungeons.com Tapping into everyone's fascination for gore and rubber-necking tendencies, the London Dungeon brings more than 2,000 years of gruesomely authentic history back to life ... and death, delving into the darkest chapters of the capital's grim and bloody past. Experience a short back and sides with the Sweeney Todd, brave the Traitor Boat Ride to Hell, find your way out of the Labyrinth of the Lost, Europe's largest mirror maze, and run the gauntlet escaping Jack the Ripper, the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London!
The Canal Museum Location 12013 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT Tube King’s Cross St Pancras Prices £3 Website www.canalmuseum.org.uk
The museum includes: background to canals in England, life on the canals, canal painting and decorative pottery, lifting and handling, Carlo Gatti, the ice trade, and ice cream, horse power, water and locks, the Regent's Canal (including archive film), canal craft, and London waterways map.
The National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House Location Greenwich, London SE10 9NF Travel By river from central London, see www.tfl.gov.uk Prices Free of charge Hours Open 10 am to 5 pm daily Website www.nmm.ac.uk
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