Editing Tower Bridge (section)

== Touring the bridge ==
[[File:tower.bridge.9.walkwaysinterior.london.arp.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of high-level [[walkway]] in 2005 (used as an exhibition space) prior to glass floors]]
The Tower Bridge attraction is a display housed inside the bridge's towers, the high-level walkways, and the Victorian engine rooms. It uses films, photos, and interactive displays to explain why and how Tower Bridge was built. Visitors can access the original [[steam engine]]s that once powered the bridge bascules, housed in Engine Rooms, underneath the south end of the bridge.<ref name=tbeabout />

The attraction charges an admission fee. The entrance is from the ticket office on the west side of the North Tower, from where visitors can climb the stairs (or take a lift) to the high-level Walkways to cross to the South Tower. In the Towers and Walkways is interpretation about the history of the bridge. The Walkways also provide views over the city, the [[Tower of London]] and the [[Pool of London]], and include two Glass Floors, where you can look down to see the road and River Thames below. From the South Tower, visitors can visit exit and follow the Blue Line to the Victorian Engine Rooms, with the original steam engines, which are situated in a separate building underneath the southern approach to the bridge.<ref name="tbestep">{{cite web |title=Visitor Information |url=https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/your-visit/visitor-information |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706025946/http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/step-inside/ |archive-date=6 July 2015 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=Tower Bridge |publisher= }}</ref>

Of 1,114 English visitor attractions tracked by Visit England, in 2019 Tower Bridge had 889,338 visitors and was the 34th most visited attraction in England, and the 17th most visited attraction that charged an admission fee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England UK Tourism Industry Stats & Data {{!}} VisitBritain.org |url=https://www.visitbritain.org/research-insights/england-visitor-attractions-latest |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=www.visitbritain.org |language=en |archive-date=29 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929053430/https://www.visitbritain.org/research-insights/england-visitor-attractions-latest |url-status=live }}</ref> It is one of only three bridges in England tracked as a visitor attraction alongside [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]] and The [[The Iron Bridge|Iron Bridge]].