Tuesday, May 14

Tickets to climb Big Ben tower go on sale for first time since refurbishment

Big Ben will reopen to guests this summer season for the primary time since a large restoration mission, with tickets happening sale on Wednesday morning. 

Tickets for the excursions, which is able to run from July to September, may be booked from 10am on Wednesday and are anticipated to promote out rapidly.

The excursions would be the first alternative for the general public to go inside Big Ben since the most important conservation mission within the tower’s 160-year historical past.

The five-year restoration of the Elizabeth Tower concerned in depth scaffolding, 500 employees and ended up working £51m over finances.

The tower spent years shrouded in scaffolding with its well-known bell largely silent from 2017 to 2022.

Visitors attending a Big Ben tour have to be a minimum of 11 years previous and comfy climbing 334 steps unaided.

Tickets for a tour are £25 for adults and £10 for youngsters aged 11 to 17.

Tickets may be booked via the Parliament web site. If you are not profitable on this spherical, tickets for future excursions will go on sale on the second Wednesday of every month at 10am.

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