The capital city of England and Britain, London, has a vast and varied collection of world class visitor attractions, from the incredibly old to the very new. The vast majority of the visitor attractions are familiar all around the planet (examples include, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace the Tower of London). Among the recently added are the London Aquarium, Millennium Dome, Millennium Bridge and the London Eye.
The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (it’s proper name), is more usually referred to as, just, the London Eye or,sometimes, the Millennium Wheel (due to the fact that it was erected for the Millennium celebrations). It was opened officially by the then UK Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, in the evening of 31 December sadly there were technical safety problems and it was not opened to the public until March 2000. At the time it was the highest Ferris wheel in the world being one hundred and thirty five metres high.
The enormous wheel can’t be missed 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 compartments towering over the whole of London you can see an amazing number of famous London Landmarks, the earlier mentioned Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s, Westminster Abbey and Hampton Court Palace are just some, what a fantastic way in which to see nearly all of London and, more than likely, one of the reasons it is one of the most visited paid for attraction in London.
The London Eye’s first flight is at 10.00 am however the ticket office opens half an hour earlier. It closes at 9.30 pm between July and August, 8 at night between April and October and at 9 ‘o clock at night for the other months of the year.
Folk traveling in a car will be pleased to discover that there are 3 car parks nearby. For coach parties there is parking very close to the Eye (Telephone) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for information.
The best way to travel to the London Eye is via the underground rail, simply get off at one of the following tube stations; Embankment, Westminster, Charing Cross, or the closest Waterloo. You can also travel by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.
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