London Eye
The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually.Photo: Swgreed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Sauron9, Public domain.
- Opening hours: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Ferris wheel
- Description: observation wheel in London, England
- Address: Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB
- Roof shape: round
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the common name for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and by extention to the clock tower and the clock itself. Big Ben is situated 450 metres southwest of London Eye.Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. Westminster Bridge is situated 310 metres southwest of London Eye.Localities in the Area
Whitehall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England.
Waterloo
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterloo is a district in Central London, and part of the Waterloo and South Bank ward of the London Borough of Lambeth.
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" northLongitude
-0.11968° or 0° 7' 11" westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Inception
31st December 1999Height
137 metres (448 feet)Operator
Merlin Attractions Operations LimitedOpen Location Code
9C3XGV3J+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 204068874OpenStreetMap Feature
attraction=big_wheelOpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap Attribute
roof-shape=roundOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6545168Wikidata ID
Q160659London Eye Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Syri i Londrës
- Albanian: syri i londres
- Arabic: London Eye
- Arabic: عجلة لندن
- Arabic: عين لندن
- Armenian: Լոնդոնի աչք
- Azerbaijani: Londonun gözü
- Bashkir: Лондон күҙе
- Basque: London Eye
- Belarusian: Лонданскае вока
- Belarusian: Лёнданскае вока
- Bulgarian: Лондонско око
- Burmese: လန်ဒန်မျက်လုံး
- Catalan: London Eye
- 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
- English: Coca-Cola London Eye
- English: Millennium Wheel
- English: The London Eye
- Esperanto: London Eye
- Esperanto: Londona Okulo
- Estonian: 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-auga
- Icelandic: London Eye
- 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: London Eye
- Norwegian Bokmål: London Eye
- Norwegian Bokmål: Londons øye
- Norwegian Nynorsk: 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: Лондонский глаз
- Russian: лондон ай
- 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: ลอนดอนอาย
- Thai: ลอนดอน อาย
- Turkish: London Eye
- Ukrainian: London Eye
- Ukrainian: Лондонське око
- Urdu: لندن آئی
- Venetian: 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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Localities in the Area
- Lambeth ReachLocality
- Tanswell EstateNeighbourhood
- William Blake EstateNeighbourhood
- Pelican RockLocality
- Gabriel's WharfLocality
Places in the Area
- London Eye Ice CreamFast food restaurant
- Iconic ImagesGift shop
- Fast Track TicketsTicket shop
- Simit SarayiBakery
- London Eye - Waterloo PierTransport stop
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page London Eye. Photo: Swgreed, CC BY-SA 3.0.