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The London Eye (also known as the Millennium Wheel), at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over three million people in one year. At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until it was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160 m) in May 2006, and then the Singapore Flyer (165 m) on 11 February 2008. However, it is still described by its operators as “the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel” (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only). (also known as the Millennium Wheel), at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over three million people in one year. At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until it was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160 m) in May 2006, and then the Singapore Flyer (165 m) on 11 February 2008. However, it is still described by its operators as “the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel” (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only).

Sir Richard Rogers, winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, wrote of the London Eye in a book about the project:

The Eye has done for London what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris, which is to give it a symbol and to let people climb above the city and look back down on it. Not just specialists or rich people, but everybody. That’s the beauty of it: it is public and accessible, and it is in a great position at the heart of London

Table of content:

1. Top 10 London Eye sights
2. London Eye location and opening times
3. London Eye Photographs
4. London Eye Video

Top 10 London Eye sights:

1. Big Ben
2. House of Parliament
3. The City
4. St Paul’s Cathedral
5. Thames River


Buckingham Palace

6. Buckingham Palace
7. The South Bank
8. St Paul’s Cathedral
9. Canary Wharf
10. Windsor Castle

It is also possible to view so other famous sights including the Heathrow Airport to the west, Alexander Palace to the north and Crystal Palace to the south.

London Eye location and opening times

The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Lambeth in England, between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The site is adjacent to that of the former Dome of Discovery, which was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

The nearest London Underground station is Waterloo, although Westminster is also within easy walking distance. Connection with National Rail services is made at London Waterloo station.
London River Services operated by Thames Clipper and City Cruises stop at the nearby Waterloo Millennium Pier.

Opening times
October to March
daily 10.00am – 8.00pm
April
daily 10.00am – 9.00pm
May and June
Sundays to Thursday
10.00am – 9.00pm
Friday and Saturday
10.00am – 9.30pm
July and August
daily 10.00am – 9.30pm
September
daily 10.00am – 9.00pm

London Eye Photographs

London Eye Video

London Eye, South Bank