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Address: BA London Eye
Riverside Building
County Hall
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE12 7PB
Nearest Underground: The
Eye is approximately five
minutes walking distance
from Waterloo tube (follow
signs for the South Bank)
and Westminster tube station
(exit one, follow signs for
Westminster pier).
Telephone: 0870 500 0600
Open
Oct-Mar 10am-7pm daily
31 Mar-25 May, 10 Sept-30
Sept 10am-8pm daily.
26 May-9 Sept 10am-10pm
daily.
Admission Prices:
Adult
£11.70, Child (5-15) £5.85,
Under 5 FREE,
Senior (60+)*£9.00
*Senior discount not valid
weekends or during July /
August.
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The
British Airways London Eye, for a
long time, it didn't look good for
this great modern icon.
After the initial controversy over
the design of the colossal big wheel
came the comedy of errors that was
the erection of the thing. The
problems didn't end once it had been
elevated up onto its base opposite
Jubilee Gardens the grand
Millennium Eve opening was delayed
by safety officers, and it was
several weeks before the wheel
started turning with any passengers on
board.
Since then, the public
reaction has been more or less uniformly
positive, and London now loves its
colossal wheel. The British Airways
London Eye is now an
illustrious part of the capital's
skyline, visible from all over the town,
and locals and visitors have been
utterly won over by the dazzling
vistas afforded from one of the
thirty two
capsules (which each hold twenty
five people)
on the thirty minute journey.
Views of
up to twenty five miles (40km) can be enjoyed
on clear days. The public
are barred from London's three tallest
buildings (The NatWest Tower, BT Tower
and the Canary Wharf Tower). The
London Eye, is the city's fourth
tallest structure, offers an
wholly unequalled picture of London.
Was it not for the lurid
booking system - Don't expect to
just turn up and take a ride
advance booking is more or less
mandatory - it'd would be just about perfect.
Online Discounted Hotels
can arrange a tour of the
British
Airways London Eye.
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