London Eye
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with more than three million visitors annually.
- Opening hours: 11:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Type: Ferris wheel
- Description: observation wheel in London, England
- Also known as: “B.A.ロンドン・アイ”, “BA London Eye”, “British Airways London Eye”, “Coca-Cola London Eye”, “EDF Energy London Eye”, “EDF Energy ロンドン・アイ”, “L’œil de Londres”, “lastminute.com London Eye”, “London-auga”, “Londons øye”, “Londyńskie Oko”, “Mắt London”, “Merlin Entertainments London Eye”, “Millenium Wheel”, “Millennium Wheel”, “Noria de Londres”, “Ojo de Londres”, “Roda Milenium”, “também conhecida como: Roda do Milênio”, “The Coca-Cola London Eye”, “The London Eye”, “traduzindo: Olho de Londres”, “лондон ай”, “Лондон ај”, “Миленијумски точак”, “גלגל המילניום”, “چرخ هزاره”, “عجلة لندن”, “ลอนดอน อาย”, “런던아이”, “コカ・コーラ ロンドン・アイ”, “ロンドンアイ”, “千禧之輪”, and “英航倫敦眼”
- Address: Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Leicester Square and Big Ben.
Leicester Square
Big Ben
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Waterloo.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
London Eye
- Categories: tourist attraction, building, and tourism
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50334° or 51° 30′ 12″ north
Longitude
-0.11968° or 0° 7′ 11″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Established
December 31st, 1999
Height
448 feet (137 metres)
Roof shape
round
Wheelchair access
limited
Operator
Merlin Attractions Operations Limited
Open location code
9C3XGV3J+84
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=big_wheel
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“London Eye” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “syri i londres”
- Albanian: “Syri i Londrës”
- Arabic: “عين لندن”
- Armenian: “Լոնդոնի աչք”
- Azerbaijani: “Londonun gözü”
- Bashkir: “Лондон күҙе”
- Basque: “London Eye”
- Belarusian: “Лёнданскае вока”
- Belarusian: “Лонданскае вока”
- Bosnian: “London Eye”
- Bulgarian: “Лондонско око”
- Burmese: “လန်ဒန်မျက်လုံး”
- Catalan: “London Eye”
- Central Kurdish: “چاوی لەندەن”
- Chinese: “伦敦眼”
- Chinese: “倫敦眼”
- Czech: “Londýnské oko”
- Danish: “London Eye”
- Dutch: “London Eye”
- Esperanto: “Londona Okulo”
- Estonian: “London Eye”
- Fiji Hindi: “London Eye”
- Finnish: “London Eye”
- French: “London Eye”
- Galician: “London Eye”
- Georgian: “ლონდონის თვალი”
- German: “London Eye”
- Greek: “Μάτι του Λονδίνου”
- Gujarati: “લંડન આઇ”
- Hebrew: “לונדון איי”
- Hungarian: “London Eye”
- Icelandic: “London Eye”
- Indonesian: “Mata London”
- Irish: “Súil Londan”
- Italian: “London Eye”
- Japanese: “ロンドン・アイ”
- Korean: “런던 아이”
- Latvian: “Londonas acs”
- Latvian: “Londonas Acs”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “London Eye”
- Lithuanian: “Londono akis”
- Luxembourgish: “London Eye”
- Macedonian: “Лондонско око”
- Malay: “Mata London”
- Malayalam: “ലണ്ടൻ ഐ”
- Marathi: “लंडन आय”
- Mazanderani: “لندن چش”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “London Eye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Eye”
- Norwegian: “London Eye”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lunden Ēage”
- Panjabi: “ਲੰਡਨ ਆਈ”
- Persian: “چشم لندن”
- Polish: “London Eye”
- Portuguese: “London Eye”
- Quechua: “London Eye”
- Romanian: “Roata din Londra”
- Russian: “Лондонский глаз”
- Saraiki: “لندن آئی”
- Scots: “London Eye”
- Serbian: “Londonsko oko”
- Serbian: “Лондонско око”
- Serbo-Croatian: “London Eye”
- Sicilian: “London Eye”
- Slovak: “London Eye”
- Slovenian: “London Eye”
- Slovenian: “Londonsko oko”
- Spanish: “El Ojo de Londres”
- Spanish: “London Eye”
- Swedish: “London Eye”
- Tamil: “லண்டனின் கண்”
- Thai: “ลอนดอนอาย”
- Turkish: “London Eye”
- Ukrainian: “Лондонське око”
- Urdu: “لندن آئی”
- Venetian: “London eye”
- Vietnamese: “London Eye”
- Vietnamese: “Mắt Luân Đôn”
- Waray (Philippines): “London Eye”
- Western Frisian: “London Eye”
- Western Panjabi: “لندن اکھ”
- Wu Chinese: “伦敦眼”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער אויג”
- Yue Chinese: “倫敦眼”
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Places to explore: Westminster and Lambeth Reach.
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