See London From The London Eye
The capital city of the British Isles, London, has many superb visitor attractions, ranging from the amazingly old to the very young. Most of the visitor attractions are familiar all over the planet (for example, Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament). Amongst the most recently built are the London Aquarium, Millennium Bridge, Millennium Dome and the London Eye.
The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (it’s full title), is more commonly named, just, the London Eye or,from time to time, the Millennium Wheel (because of the fact that it was built as part of the Millennium celebrations). The Merlin Entertainments London Eye was officially opened by the then British P.M., Tony Blair, on December thirty first unfortunately there were technical safety problems therefore it was not opened to the public until March. When first erected it was the highest Ferris wheel in the world being 443 ft in height.
The huge wheel can be found on the South Bank of the River Thames in Jubilee Gardens looking down upon the Houses of Parliament below. From within one of the 32 capsules towering over London it is possible to view a large number of famous London Landmarks, the already mentioned Houses of Parliament, Hampton Court Palace, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey are just a few, what an amazingly unique way in which to see nearly all of London and, the most likely, the reason it is one of the busiest paid for tourist attraction in London.
The first flight on the London Eye is at 10 am however the ticket office opens at half past nine in the morning. The Eye closes at half past nine at night between August and July, eight at night between April and October and at 9 ‘o clock at night for the other months.
Those traveling in a car will be pleased to learn that there are three nearby car parks. For coaches there is parking incredibly close to the Eye (Telephone) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for details.
The simplest way to get to the London Eye is by the London Tube, just get off at one of the following stations; Westminster, Charing Cross, Embankment, or the most convenient Waterloo. You can also travel by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.
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