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London Eye

The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the of the in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually.
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  • Opening hours: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Ferris wheel
  • Description: observation wheel in London, England
  • Also known as: “BA London Eye”, “Coca-Cola London Eye”, “lastminute.com London Eye”, “Millennium Wheel”, and “The London Eye”
  • Address: Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB
  • Roof shape: round
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Big Ben.

Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

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is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the in London, England. is situated 1,500 feet southwest of London Eye.

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The is a tourist attraction/haunted attraction along 's , , which recreates various gory and macabre historical events in a gallows humour style. It uses a mixture of live actors, special effects and rides.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Waterloo.

Locality
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is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from to .

Suburb
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is a district in , and part of the and South Bank ward of the . It is situated 1 mile east of .

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The is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.

London Eye

Latitude
51.50334° or 51° 30′ 12″ north
Longitude
-0.11968° or 0° 7′ 11″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
December 31st, 1999
Height
448 feet (137 metres)
Operator
Merlin Attractions Operations Limited
Open location code
9C3XGV3J+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 204068874
Open­Street­Map feature
attraction=­big_wheel
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­round
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6545168
Wiki­data ID
Q160659
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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: “عجلة لندن”
  • Arabic: “عين لندن”
  • Armenian: “Լոնդոնի աչք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Londonun gözü”
  • Bashkir: “Лондон күҙе”
  • Basque: “London Eye”
  • Belarusian: “Лёнданскае вока”
  • Belarusian: “Лонданскае вока”
  • Bulgarian: “Лондонско око”
  • Burmese: “လန်ဒန်မျက်လုံး”
  • Catalan: “London Eye”
  • Central Kurdish: “چاوی لەندەن”
  • Chinese: “伦敦眼”
  • Chinese: “倫敦眼”
  • Chinese: “千禧之輪”
  • Chinese: “英航倫敦眼”
  • Czech: “London Eye”
  • Czech: “Londýnské oko”
  • Danish: “British Airways London Eye”
  • Danish: “London Eye”
  • Danish: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Danish: “The London Eye”
  • Dutch: “London Eye”
  • Dutch: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Esperanto: “London Eye”
  • Esperanto: “Londona Okulo”
  • Estonian: “London Eye”
  • Fiji Hindi: “London Eye”
  • Finnish: “London Eye”
  • Finnish: “Millennium Wheel”
  • French: “British Airways London Eye”
  • French: “EDF Energy London Eye”
  • French: “L’œil de Londres”
  • French: “London Eye”
  • French: “Merlin Entertainments London Eye”
  • French: “Millenium Wheel”
  • French: “Millennium Wheel”
  • French: “The Coca-Cola London Eye”
  • French: “The London Eye”
  • Galician: “London Eye”
  • Georgian: “ლონდონის თვალი”
  • German: “Coca-Cola London Eye”
  • German: “London Eye”
  • German: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Greek: “Μάτι του Λονδίνου”
  • Gujarati: “લંડન આઇ”
  • Hebrew: “גלגל המילניום”
  • Hebrew: “לונדון איי”
  • Hungarian: “London Eye”
  • Icelandic: “London Eye”
  • Icelandic: “London-auga”
  • Indonesian: “London Eye”
  • Indonesian: “Mata London”
  • Indonesian: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Indonesian: “Roda Milenium”
  • Irish: “Súil Londan”
  • Italian: “London Eye”
  • Japanese: “B.A.ロンドン・アイ”
  • Japanese: “EDF Energy ロンドン・アイ”
  • Japanese: “コカ・コーラ ロンドン・アイ”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン・アイ”
  • Japanese: “ロンドンアイ”
  • Korean: “런던 아이”
  • Korean: “런던아이”
  • Latvian: “Londonas acs”
  • Latvian: “Londonas Acs”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “London Eye”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono akis”
  • Luxembourgish: “London Eye”
  • Luxembourgish: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Macedonian: “Лондонско око”
  • Malay: “Mata London”
  • Malayalam: “London Eye”
  • Malayalam: “ലണ്ടൻ ഐ”
  • Marathi: “लंडन आय”
  • Mazanderani: “لندن چش”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “London Eye”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Londons øye”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Eye”
  • Norwegian: “London Eye”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lunden Ēage”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੰਡਨ ਆਈ”
  • Persian: “چرخ هزاره”
  • Persian: “چشم لندن”
  • Polish: “London Eye”
  • Polish: “Londyńskie Oko”
  • Polish: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Portuguese: “London Eye”
  • Portuguese: “também conhecida como: Roda do Milênio”
  • Portuguese: “traduzindo: Olho de Londres”
  • Quechua: “London Eye”
  • Romanian: “Roata din Londra”
  • Russian: “EDF Energy London Eye”
  • Russian: “лондон ай”
  • Russian: “Лондонский глаз”
  • Saraiki: “لندن آئی”
  • Scots: “London Eye”
  • Serbian: “London Eye”
  • Serbian: “Londonsko oko”
  • Serbian: “Лондон ај”
  • Serbian: “Лондонско око”
  • Serbian: “Миленијумски точак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “London Eye”
  • Sicilian: “London Eye”
  • Slovak: “London Eye”
  • Slovenian: “London Eye”
  • Slovenian: “Londonsko oko”
  • Slovenian: “The London Eye”
  • Spanish: “British Airways London Eye”
  • Spanish: “El Ojo de Londres”
  • Spanish: “London Eye”
  • Spanish: “Millennium Wheel”
  • Spanish: “Noria de Londres”
  • Spanish: “Ojo de Londres”
  • Swedish: “London Eye”
  • Swedish: “The London Eye”
  • Tamil: “லண்டனின் கண்”
  • Thai: “London Eye”
  • Thai: “ลอนดอน อาย”
  • Thai: “ลอนดอนอาย”
  • Turkish: “London Eye”
  • Ukrainian: “London Eye”
  • Ukrainian: “Лондонське око”
  • Urdu: “لندن آئی”
  • Venetian: “London eye”
  • Vietnamese: “London eye”
  • Vietnamese: “London Eye”
  • Vietnamese: “Mắt London”
  • 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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