The capital city of Great Britain, London, has a vast choice of excellent tourist attractions, from the very historic to the very new. Most of the attractions are well known all around the planet (such as, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace). Among the most recently built are the Millennium Bridge, London Aquarium, Millennium Dome and the London Eye.
The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (it’s full name), is more often referred to as, simply, the London Eye or,occasionally, the Millennium Wheel (due to the fact that it was constructed for the Millennium celebrations). It was opened officially by the then U.K. P.M., Mr. Tony Blair, on December 31st but, alarmingly, there were technical safety problems which led to it not opening to the public until March 2000. When first erected it was the largest Ferris wheel in the world being four hundred and forty three feet in height.
The enormous wheel can be discovered in Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank of the River Thames looking down upon the Houses of Parliament below. From inside one of the thirty two capsules towering above London you are able to view a large number of famous London Landmarks, the already mentioned Houses of Parliament, Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace are to name just a few, what a fantastic way to see most of London and, more than likely, one of the reasons it is one of the most popular paid for visitor attraction in London.
The London Eye’s first flight is at ten in the morning however the ticket office opens at half past nine in the morning. It closes at half past nine at night between August and July, 8pm between April and October and at 9 pm for the other months.
People traveling by car will be pleased to learn that there are three car parks nearby. For coaches there are parking facilities very close to the Eye (phone) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for details.
The simplest method to get to the London Eye is via the London Tube, just get off at one of the following tube stations; Westminster, Embankment, Charing Cross, or the closest Waterloo. You can also travel by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.
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