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The capital city of England and Great Britain, London, has vast variety of fascinating visitor attractions, from the very ancient to very recent additions. The majority of the visitor attractions are recognised all over the globe (for instance, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament). Amongst the youngest are the Millennium Bridge, London Aquarium, Millenium Dome and the London Eye.

The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (to give it its full name), is more commonly named, just, the London Eye or,occasionally, the Millenium Wheel (because of the fact that it was constructed for part of the Millenium celebrations). The London Eye was officially opened by the then English PM, Tony Blair, in the evening of December 31 unfortunately there were technical safety problems leading to the public not gaining access until March. At that time it was the world’s largest Ferris wheel having a height of 443 feet.

The enormous wheel is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames in Jubilee Gardens looking down upon the Houses of Parliament below. From within one of the thirty two pods towering over the whole of London you can view a large number of London landmarks, the already mentioned Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s, Westminster Abbey and Hampton Court Palace are just a few, what a fantastically unique way to see nearly all of London and, more thank likely, one of the reasons it is one of the most popular paid for tourist attraction in London.

The London Eye’s first flight is at 10am but the ticket office opens half an hour earlier.  The Eye closes at 9.30 pm between July and August, 8 ‘o clock at night between April and October and at 9 pm for the other months of the year.

Visitors arriving in a car will be pleased to discover that there are three close by car parks. For coach parties there are parking facilities very close to the Eye (Telephone:) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for info.

The best method to get to the London Eye is via the London Underground, just 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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