Millennium Bridge

Overview The Millennium Bridge is the newest bridge to grace the River Thames since Tower Bridge was built back in 1894. Unlike many of the other bridges in London, it is a pedestrian only bridge, so no noisy traffic to contend with. Situated between Blackfriars and Southwark Bridges, the Millennium Bridge is a suspension bridge design and was actually chosen from a competition which took place in 1996 by Southwark council. Unlike typical suspension bridges the strengthening cables are actually below the bridge, rather odd, but this was done to improve the view for pedestrians as they cross the bridge and also because of height restrictions. Altogether there are ...  Read the complete review

London is my town and, sitting down to write this opinion, I suddenly realise that I have always lived within, say, 20 or 30 minutes walking distance of the magnificent and historic River Thames, albeit, here in the London Borough of Bexley, there is no river crossing… Never mind. I grew up in Battersea – where we had three immediately available means of crossing the Thames: Battersea, Albert and Chelsea Bridges, all of which link Chelsea with Battersea, and which, as teenagers, my friends and I regularly used whilst mooching our way up town and back… In those days we youngsters took our bridges and river crossings very much for ...  Read the complete review

I was in London a few weeks ago, and was lucky enough to get on the Millennium Bridge in the few days before it closed due to the 'unacceptable' amount the bridge moves when large numbers of people are on it. We were heading to the new Tate Modern gallery, and although I'm not usually keen on attractions that people queue for great lengths of time for, I'd been impressed by the bridge on the TV and decided to have a look. We got there quite early (around 10:30) and it wasn't too crowded - we only had to queue for about 10 minutes to get on. This was, I think the third day that the bridge had been open, and by this point, security guards were ...  Read the complete review

When i went along the Millennium bridge i was a bit nervous but as excited as i wasn't sure what to expect after the reports that it swayed. But when i went over it, the Millennium bridge hardly swayed a millimetre. I was very impressed and when i heard that it was being closed for reparement work i couldn't believe. Why would something that modern be made unsafe. I would recommend (when it reopens) to see for yourself as it was a good experience. Don't listen to the people who claimed it unsafe, don't miss out on the oppurtunity of a great English experience ...  Read the complete review

When this Bridge was opened and people said it was unsafe I though to myself. Why? I mean if it is so unsafe they wouldn't have made it like that. Now that it has been closed for a while I think it has all be blown out of proportion. When I saw it on the T.V I thought it looked very modern and some what spectacular. I also think that it is stupid that when the London Eye broke it wasn't closed for this long so why should the bridge be. I have been other the bridge and in my opinion it hardly swayed at all. I think people are making a big fuss about nothing. ...  Read the complete review