The capital city of England and the UK, London, has many world class tourist attractions, ranging from the very old to the very new. The vast majority of the visitor attractions are familiar all around the planet (for instance, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace the Tower of London). Among the youngest are the Millennium Bridge, London Aquarium, Millenium Dome and the London Eye.
The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (it’s full name), is more often called, simply, the London Eye or,sometimes, the Millenium Wheel (because of the fact that it was erected for part of the Millenium celebrations). The London Eye was officially opened by the then British P.M., Mr. Tony Blair, on 31st of December however, alarmingly there was a number of technical safety issues and it was not opened to the public until March. At that time it was the biggest Ferris wheel on the planet being 443 ft high.
The gigantic wheel can’t be missed in Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank looking down upon the Houses of Parliament below. From within one of the thirty two capsules towering over the whole of London you are able to see an amazing number of London landmarks, the earlier mentioned Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court Palace, Buckingham Palace and St Paul’s are just a handful, what a fantastic way in which to see most of London and, most probably, the reason it is one of the busiest paid for tourist attraction in London.
The London Eye’s first flight is at 10.00 am but the ticket office opens at half past nine in the morning. The Eye closes at half past nine at night between August and July, 8pm between April and October and at 9 pm for the remainder of the year.
Those arriving in a car will be pleased to discover that there are three nearby car parks. For coach parties there is parking very close to the Eye (phone) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for info.
The easiest method to get to the London Eye is via the London Underground, just get off at one of the following tube stations; Westminster, Charing Cross, Embankment, or the closest Waterloo. You can also arrive by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.
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