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Address:: London Eye, Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, Waterloo,
London SE1 7PB
England
Website:: www.londoneye.com
Opening times:: 10 AM to 8.30 PM (Jan–Mar), 10 AM to 9 PM (Apr–Jun), 10 AM to 9.30 PM (Jul–Aug), 10 AM to 8.30 PM (Sep–Dec)
Cost:: Adults £18.60; Children £9.54 (4–15); Infants free (under-4); Family ticket £56.28; Note: Opening times and ticket costs can change at short notice. Opening times may not apply on public holidays.
Telephone:: Work +44 (0) 870 990 8883
Buses:: 12 53 77 148 159 214341381 453RV1
Trains:: Charing Cross BK NR, Embankment BK CR DS NR, Waterloo BK JB NR WC, Westminster CR DS JBNote: The nearest station to London Eye is Waterloo. We can help plan your journey from Waterloo, King’s Cross and many other stations
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View of the London Eye ferris wheel, taken from inside a pod

^{Inside a London Eye pod} A pod’s-eye view from the London Eye

^{View from the London Eye} View of the London Eye Millennium Wheel

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The British Airways London Eye – or Millennium Wheel, as it is also known – is the largest observation wheel in the world. It measures 443-feet from edge-to-edge, and the 32 glass covered capsules hold 25 people each.

The whole thing moves at a constant speed of 0.6 miles per hour, and takes about 30 minutes to revolve. On a clear day you can see as far as 25 miles – which is far enough to see the sea in the east.

Construction of the wheel

The London Eye was designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield to celebrate the Millennium. The ferris wheel was too large to be built in situ, so each part was floated down the river and reassembled horizontally. Once it was completed it was hoisted upright by two huge cranes.

Five European countries made valued contributions, and the whole thing took seven years from start to finish.

Future of the London Eye

The wheel was originally planned as a temporary structure – much like the Eiffel Tower in Paris – and when its short five-year lease came up for renewal in 2005, the owners of the land where the struts now stand upped the rent massively. But a change in planning permission has saved it for another twenty years.

It will now almost certainly remain part of the London skyline for generations to come.

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exile – “I went on the London Eye and it was pretty good, you can see for miles But it was like a greenhouse inside with the sun shining through and there's no shade or anywhere to go They've got a bit of shade with the solid ceiling at th…”
ian meyer – “this is one of those things that you have to do when you're in London My only criticism is the glass when it's very sunny because when i took photos on the day i was there, they came out blurry with a load of light on them Which…”

Drummerboy’s blog – London Eye

Drummerboy – “First time on the London Eye today. It felt a little bit like queuing up to get on a rollercoaster with the big snaking line of people and the metal ramps and barriers to hold back the hoardes. We only had about ten people in our pod so it was pretty empty and we had a good view all around. There’s not a lot inside the pod, no maps or telescopes or anything like that. No parachutes either. All they’ve got is a little wooden bench in the middle for the old people to sit on… continued.”