Thursday, October 15, 2009

Visit The London Eye

By Jimmy MacLeod

The capital city of England and the United Kingdom, London, has a vast collection of superb tourist attractions, ranging from the incredibly historic to the very new. The vast majority of the attractions are known around the globe (such as, Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament). Among the most recently added are the Millennium Bridge, Millennium Dome, London Aquarium and the London Eye.

The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (to give it its correct title), is more usually called, just, the London Eye or,occasionally, the Millennium Wheel (due to the fact that it was erected for the Millennium celebrations). The London Eye was opened officially by the then English Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the evening of the thirty first of December alarmingly there was a number of technical safety issues which led to it not being opened to the public until March 2000. At that time it was the highest Ferris wheel in the world having a height of four hundred and forty three feet.

The huge wheel can be discovered on the South Bank in Jubilee Gardens peering over to the Houses of Parliament below. From within one of the 32 pods towering over London it is possible to view a large number of the many London landmarks, the already mentioned Houses of Parliament, Hampton Court Palace, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's and Buckingham Palace are to name just a few, what a fantastic way to see nearly all of London and, the most likely, one of the reasons it is one of the most popular paid for attraction in London.

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

Those arriving in a car will be pleased to discover that there are three close by car parks. For those traveling in coach parties there is parking incredibly 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, just get off at one of the following tube stations; Westminster, Embankment, Charing Cross, or the closest Waterloo. You can also arrive by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.

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