Monday, October 12, 2009

The London Eye And London City Breaks

By Phillip Drummond

The capital city of England and the United Kingdom, London, has a large collection of fascinating visitor attractions, from the amazingly old to the very new. Most of the visitor attractions are famous all across the world (examples include, Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and the Tower of London). Among the most recently added are the Millennium Dome, London Aquarium, Millennium Bridge and the London Eye.

The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (to give it its correct title), is more often named, simply, the London Eye or,occasionally, the Millennium Wheel (because of the fact that it was erected for part of the Millennium celebrations). The London Eye was officially opened by the then English P.M., Mr. Tony Blair, on the evening of December the thirty first unfortunately there were technical issues which led to it not opening to the public until March. At the time of erection it was the biggest Ferris wheel in the world being four hundred and forty three feet in height.

The enormous wheel can be found in Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank of the River Thames peering down upon the Houses of Parliament below. From within one of the 32 compartments towering over London you can view an amazing number of well known London landmarks, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's and Buckingham Palace are just a few, what a fantastically unique way in which to see nearly all of London and, more than likely, one of the reasons it is one of the most visited visitor attraction in London.

The London Eye's first flight is at ten 'o clock in the morning but the ticket office opens at 9.30 am. The Eye closes at 9.30 pm between July and August, 8 at night between October and April and at nine 'o clock at night for the other months of the year.

Visitors arriving by car will be pleased to learn that there are three nearby car parks. For those traveling in coach parties there are parking facilities incredibly close to the Eye (Tel:) +44 (0)870 990 8886) for details.

The easiest method to travel to the London Eye is by the London Underground, simply get off at one of the following stations; Charing Cross, Embankment, Westminster, or the most convenient Waterloo. It is also possible to travel by boat, get off at Waterloo Millennium Pier.

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