The capital city of Britain, London, has a huge selection of first class visitor attractions, ranging from the very historic to the very young. The majority of the visitor attractions are familiar all ’round the globe (such as, the Tower of London, Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace). Among the most recently created are the London Aquarium, Millenium Dome, Millennium Bridge and the London Eye.

The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (it’s correct title), is more usually named, simply, the London Eye or,from time to time, the Millenium Wheel (due to the fact that it was built for part of the Millenium celebrations). The Merlin Entertainments London Eye was opened officially by the then U.K. Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on the evening of December thirty first sadly there was a number of safety problems which led to it not opening to the public until March. At the time of erection it was the highest Ferris wheel on the planet at a height of one hundred and thirty five metres.

The gigantic wheel can’t be missed on the South Bank of the River Thames in Jubilee Gardens looking over to the Houses of Parliament below. From inside one of the thirty two pods towering over the whole of London you are able to see an incredibly large number of the many London landmarks, the already mentioned Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s, Hampton Court Palace and Westminster Abbey are to name just a few, what an amazingly unique way to see most of London and, the most likely, the reason it is one of the most popular tourist attraction in London.

The first flight on the London Eye is at 10.00 am but the ticket office opens half an hour earlier. It closes at 9.30 pm between July and August, 8pm between October and April and at 9 pm for the rest of the year.

Visitors traveling in a car will be pleased to learn that there are three nearby car parks. For coaches there are parking facilities very close to the Eye (Telephone:) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for details.

The simplest method to travel to the London Eye is via the London Underground, simply get off at one of the following stations; Embankment, Westminster, Charing Cross, or the closest Waterloo. You can also arrive by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.

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