ArcelorMittal Orbit Tickets

The cheapest ArcelorMittal Orbit ticket on GetYourGuide is the viewing platform entry at $13.33, rated 3.36 from only 6 reviews. The tower is 114.5 m tall, per Wikipedia, with the platform at 80 m per the listing. The other ticket, a $53.32 scare maze with the Helix slide, has no reviews yet. I’d use these ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets on a clear afternoon in spring and stay for the light.

ArcelorMittal Orbit at a Glance

I found two ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets on GetYourGuide, and they are very different products. One is a plain entry to the viewing platforms. The other is an event ticket that takes you through a dark maze and ends on the slide. Both are sold by Zip World, the operator named on the listings, and the official site sends its bookings to Zip World’s London page. The numbers below come from Wikidata, Wikipedia and Open-Meteo.

What	Detail
Tower height	114.5 m (376 ft), per Wikipedia
Viewing platform height	80 m, per the viewing platform listing
Decks	Two indoor viewing platforms on two levels, per Wikipedia
Slide	178 m long, completed in 2016, per Wikipedia
Location	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20, between London Stadium and the Aquatics Centre
Time to allow	2 hours for the scare maze and slide ticket; the platform ticket is valid for 24 hours
Opening hours	Not published in any source I could cite; check the official site for your date

“The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 114.5-metre (376-foot) sculpture and observation tower in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London.”

ArcelorMittal Orbit Observation Deck Tickets

The standard ArcelorMittal Orbit observation deck ticket is the viewing platform entry at $13.33. It is the plainest of the ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets: you get access to the sculpture and the platforms, plus a safety briefing, and nothing else. The listing is clear that food, drinks and parking are not included. It stays valid for 24 hours and you can cancel up to 7 days ahead for a full refund, which is a longer window than most decks give.

What you see is the former 2012 Olympic site laid out below, and the listing says visitors can spot Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral and the O2. The review base is small, with 3.36 from 6 reviews, so treat the rating as a warning sign about how little evidence there is, not as a verdict. One reviewer complained that a metal mesh enclosure blocked the view and ruined selfies. Another wrote only that it was super fun with a slide.

Zip World

ArcelorMittal Orbit viewing platform (Olympic Park)

• ★ 3.4 (6 reviews)
• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

My pick: My pick among ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets if you just want the view: $13.33, flexible for 24 hours, free cancellation 7 days ahead. Only 6 reviews, so expect mesh, not glass.

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“There should have been no metal/wire enclosure for security, as it obstructed the view and ruined the selfies.”

ArcelorMittal Orbit Tickets and Prices

There are only two ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets and a gap of $39.99 between them. The $13.33 viewing platform entry is the plain visit. The $53.32 ticket is called London Scare-fest Entry: Project E20, and it bundles a military checkpoint briefing, a dark scare maze and a ride on the Helix slide. A scare cam photo is listed as sold separately.

So the price difference does not buy a better view. It buys a themed event and the slide, and it asks for about 2 hours. The listing describes a small group format, cancellation up to 24 hours before for a full refund, and a long list of exclusions: children under 8, anyone under 130 cm or over 130 kg, pregnant women, and people with heart, back or epilepsy conditions. I’d read that list before you pay for ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets of this kind.

This ticket is a themed event, and these usually run for a season. I couldn’t confirm an end date, so check the listing before you plan around it.

Zip World

London Scare-fest Entry: Project E20 at ArcelorMittal Orbit

• 2 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: Book this if the slide is the point: $53.32, about 2 hours, free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead. No reviews yet, and strict height and health limits.

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The group calculator shows the total for a party, with the booking link.

Arcelormittal Orbit Tower Slide

The slide is the reason most people look up ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets, so here is what it is. Wikipedia names it The Slide, designed by Carsten Holler, 178 m (584 ft) long and described as the world’s tallest and longest tunnel slide. It was completed in June 2016, and some sections are transparent. The official site calls the same ride the Helix slide and says it is the longest in the world at 178 m.

The only ticket here that includes it is the Project E20 scare maze entry, so a slide ride currently means the $53.32 option, not the plain viewing ticket. Zip World’s own listing frames each descent as generating power for the fictional containment system, which is theatre, not a measured fact about the ride. Read the exclusions first: the limit is 130 cm for height and 130 kg for weight.

Arcelormittal Orbit Reviews

Reviews of ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets are thin on this site, so price is a better guide than stars. The viewing platform entry has 3.36 from 6 reviews, and the scare maze ticket has none. With numbers that small, a single unhappy visitor moves the score, so I wouldn’t lean on the average. The two snippets I can quote pull in opposite directions: one person was disappointed by the wire enclosure, and another found it super fun with a slide.

The sensible reading of these ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets is that the platform view is decent but not clean, and the slide is the attraction people enjoy. I have no Google Maps rating for the Orbit itself, because the place data I hold does not include it, so I won’t quote one.

Arcelormittal Orbit Height

The height question behind ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets has two answers, and mixing them up is common. The sculpture is 114.5 m (376 ft) tall, per Wikipedia. The viewing platform stands at 80 m, per the GetYourGuide listing. It was designed by Anish Kapoor and opened in 2012, per Wikidata.

When you compare ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets with a skyscraper deck, compare 80 m with that deck’s floor height, not 114.5 m. Wikipedia also lists two indoor platforms, each for up to 150 people, and a 455-step staircase that The Independent suggested walking down after taking the lift up.

Tickets Orbit

If you are searching for Orbit tickets in general, note that this is the one in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, not a ticket for another attraction with a similar name. The ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets on this page are the only two I found for it on GetYourGuide. Wikipedia says the tower was built to take 700 visitors an hour, so a walk-up queue is unlikely to be long on a normal day, though I would still book a timed slot for the scare maze, since that ticket is a group format.

Arcelormittal Orbit Slide Price

The slide price depends on where you look. On GetYourGuide the slide is part of the $53.32 Project E20 ticket. Wikipedia reports a general adult price for the slide and viewing platforms of 30 pounds, or 25 pounds if bought in advance, as of March 2023. That figure is dated, and I can’t tell you what the venue charges today. Compare it with the current price on the official site, which hands bookings to Zip World, before you pay.

Arcelormittal Orbit Tickets Discount

I couldn’t verify a discount code for ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets, and I’m not going to print one. The only saving on ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets that I can source is booking ahead: the 2023 Wikipedia figures put an advance ticket 5 pounds below the door price. On this site, the plain ticket cancels free up to 7 days ahead and the scare maze ticket up to 24 hours ahead, so you can lock a price and change plans without losing money.

Arcelormittal Orbit London

The Orbit sits in Stratford, in the east of the city, between London Stadium and the Aquatics Centre. Tickets for the ArcelorMittal Orbit go on sale for a tower that opened to the public on 11 May 2012 and reopened on 5 April 2014 after the Games closure, per Wikipedia. Most London decks are in the centre or the City; this one is the outlier, and it pairs with a day in the park rather than a day of sightseeing. If you are choosing between decks, my guide to London observation decks compares the whole city.

Arcelormittal Orbit Photos

Photos are the weak point of this deck, whichever of the ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets you buy. The platforms are indoors and the viewing area has a metal enclosure, which one reviewer said obstructed the view and ruined selfies. Press your lens close to the mesh to cut its effect, and shoot the Olympic Park, the stadium and the Aquatics Centre rather than the skyline, which is far away. The best exterior shot is the sculpture itself, with its red tangle of steel, from the park below, where no mesh gets in the way.

Best Time to Visit ArcelorMittal Orbit

Month	Sunset (London time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	16:20	74%	3.5 h	13
Feb	17:15	74%	3.9 h	9
Marclearest	18:04	50%	8.9 h	5
Aprclearest	19:57	44%	11.3 h	5
May	20:45	55%	10.9 h	5
Jun	21:19	55%	12.7 h	6
Jul	21:10	60%	11.1 h	10
Aug	20:22	60%	10.3 h	3
Sepclearest	19:14	51%	9.1 h	10
Oct	18:06	76%	5 h	8
Nov	16:10	69%	4.2 h	15
Dec	15:50	69%	3.6 h	11

Weather decides how good your ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets turn out. In the 2025 Open-Meteo data for the site, April was the clearest month with 44% average cloud cover, and March was next at 50%. October was the cloudiest at 76%, with January and February at 74%. I’m writing this in mid-October, which is one of the weaker months for using ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets.

Sunset falls at about 15:50 in December and 21:19 in June. I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset and use your 24-hour ticket window to be on the platform for the light change. The scare maze is indoors, so weather matters less for it.

What You Can See from ArcelorMittal Orbit

From the platform at 80 m, the horizon is farther than most people expect. The calculator uses that height and gives the distance to the horizon.

The listing names Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral and the O2 among the sights, and the nearest view is the former 2012 Olympic venues in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Central landmarks are well to the west. Straight-line distances from the Orbit are 5.48 km (3.41 mi) to the Tower of London, 5.72 km (3.55 mi) to Sky Garden, 6.16 km (3.83 mi) to London Bridge, 6.31 km (3.92 mi) to the Shard, 6.48 km (4.03 mi) to St Paul’s, 8.32 km (5.17 mi) to the London Eye, 8.76 km (5.44 mi) to Big Ben and 9.0 km (5.59 mi) to Westminster Abbey.

ArcelorMittal Orbit vs Other Observation Decks in London

Next to the central decks, ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets are the cheapest on this site and the one with the fewest reviews. Distances are straight-line from the Orbit, and ratings are from Google Maps.

Deck	Google rating	Reviews	Distance from the Orbit	Free or paid
London Eye	4.5	205,801	8.32 km	Paid tickets
Sky Garden	4.6	78,632	5.72 km	See the page
The View from The Shard	4.6	8,280	6.32 km	Paid tickets
Horizon 22	4.8	6,757	5.50 km	Not checked
Tate Modern Viewing Level	4.4	658	6.93 km	Not checked

I have no comparable Google rating for the Orbit, since it is missing from my place data, so it is not in the table.

How I’d Choose

• Cheapest: the $13.33 viewing platform entry, the lowest of all ArcelorMittal Orbit tickets. It is the lowest price on the site for a deck of this size.
• Slide and thrills: the $53.32 Project E20 scare maze entry, the only ticket that includes the Helix slide.
• Sunset or clear skies: the viewing platform ticket, which is valid for 24 hours, so you can pick a clear spell.
• Families: the viewing platform. The slide ticket excludes children under 8 and anyone under 130 cm.
• First visit to London: start with a central deck, and add the Orbit only if you are in the park anyway. Start with the London Eye, the Shard or Sky Garden.