The London Bridge Experience - London Tombs -


After many years of hearing rumours of a London Bridge Museum - it has finally come to pass - after reading a Time Out piece on an overnight stay in the London Tombs, I walked past the entrance - which is just by Nancy's Steps, under London Bridge.

The marketing is so depressing - it seems to be a London Dungeon's buster - with a London Bridge experience upstairs and a scary London Tombs visit downstairs.

I suspect this is due to the huge queues outside of London Dungeon suggesting that horror not history is the way forward.

Yuk!

The London Bridge Experience - London Tombs - London Attractions

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Anonymous said…
There are proposals for a more serious-minded museum in the vaults on the other side of Tooley Street from the LB Experience:
http://www.oldlondonbridge.com

Not sure what the status of those plans is, though.
6:28 pm
Anonymous said…
I went to the London Bridge + Tombs yesterday, I would not recommend it as it's basically a lesser 'London Dungeon'.

The actors were good but internally the site is very 'new' looking (not ancient etc) and most of the attraction was like a traditional ghost house (things hanging from ceiling, props and 'jump out' scare actors) set in a lazer-tag maze.

Also - avoid the smart alec 7' guy out front, he's bored and very annoying.

The best historic/spooky attraction I have been to is Mary King's Close in Edinburgh.
1:14 pm
Anonymous said…
I went to the London Bridge + Tombs yesterday, I would not recommend it as it's basically a lesser 'London Dungeon'.

The actors were good but internally the site is very 'new' looking (not ancient etc) and most of the attraction was like a traditional ghost house (things hanging from ceiling, props and 'jump out' scare actors) set in a lazer-tag maze.

Also - avoid the smart alec 7' guy out front, he's bored and very annoying.

The best historic/spooky attraction I have been to is Mary King's Close in Edinburgh.
1:16 pm
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