Walking bridges

Which offer the best view....
The best views, from my viewpoint, are from the Thames River Services boat from Westminster o Greenwich. You get to view the bridge superstructure from below.

The Millenium Bridge also known as the wobbly bridge. Emptys out right at The Tate Modern and only a short walk to the Globe Theater and the Borough Market.

Westminster bridge. Look in one direction and you see the Houses of Parliament. Turn around for a view of the London Eye.

Millennium bridge. One direction looks right towards St. Pauls. Turn around and see the Tate Modern and the Globe theatre.

Tower Bridge. View of the Tower of London. You could also pay to do the Tower Bridge Experience, which includes the high level crossing.

Aside from that, I think all except the railroad bridges have pedestrian access.

You can walk across any of the road bridges - there's a pavement/sidewalk along each side.

And one of the railway bridges - the one that runs from Embankment across to the Southbank - has a pedestrian walkway alongside. Take the walkway on the east side (steps immediately outside Embankment tube station or right by the Royal Festival Hall), which gives STUNNING views to the east of St Paul's, the new skyscrapers of the City of London etc. There are information boards with maps of what you can see.

London Bridge, while ugly as a structure and a very busy road, gives you great views across to Tower Bridge (the bridge it often gets confused with.)

And of course you must walk across Tower Bridge and enjoy the structure close-up. You can just walk across free of charge, or pay extra for the "Tower Bridge Experience".

The bridges tend to be similar length. If you look at a map you'll see that the width of the Thames is fairly consistent throughout central London.

I came here because of the post title - if you ever have chance to get out of London and visit Hull I can tell you a huge bridge walk!! Likewise from Edinburgh if ever in Scotland...

Chelsea Bridge, Albert Bridge and Tower Bridge are all beautiful architecture. Blackfriars Station which forms a bridge across the river is all glass and has fabulous views, but you need a ticket or pass to enter most of the station.

None of them are particularly short or long because the river is pretty much the same width in central London, but the wobbly bridge is particularly narrow.

The Humber Bridge in Hull. Always lets me know I'm home.

Nothing to do with bridges, but at one end of the Vauxhall bridge is the SIS/MI5 building. Interesting building that is home to fictitious James Bond. Literally, hundreds of cameras all over the building so wave as you walk by.

When I took the See London By Night bus tour last year, our driver/guide drove us across Waterloo Bridge and said it was the only bridge that gave a view of both St Paul's Cathedral and Parliament. Not sure how pleasant it would be to walk vs take a bus.

I believe Jane is referring to Hungerford Bridge, which has pedestrian walkways on both sides, well separated from the train bridge. This and the Millennium Pedestrian bridge are our favorites. But the best way to enjoy the bridges, as suggested above, is by Thames boat. We rode the river bus from Chelsea Harbour pier up to Blackfriers and loved it. Or take the boat from a pier a bit east of Chelsea and go as far as the pier by Tower Bridge ( I forget the name of the pier).

I think Lola is refering to this service

https://www.thamesclippers.com/

good discounts for Oyster and Travelcard holders.

SteveB----yes, that is what I was referring to. The Thames Clipper service is sometimes called a "water bus", as on this page. (the O2 service):

https://www.thamesclippers.com/route-time-table/book-now

Many visitors to London see the boats on the Thames and think they are all tour boats, but the Thames Clippers are not cruises or tours, just transport. They offer a pleasant and very scenic way of moving long distances across London east-west, if one is near the river. Yes, it is more expensive than the Tube, but well worth it to us for the views.

Thank you everyone for all the helpful responses.

SteveB and Lola- I am going to try to take the Clippers to the Royal Observatory/Prime Meridian. Based on the link you sent, it looks like there is a stop at the O2 near Greenwich. Any concerns with that plan?

the stop at O2 is North Greenwich, the previous one (Greenwich on their map) is much closer to the observatory. And it's next to the Cutty Sark.