Tickets for Lastminute.com London Eye: Standard Entrance.
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What’s Included
- Standard Entrance to the Lastminute.com London Eye
- 30 minute rotation on the London Eye
- Access to the 4D cinema experience in the visitor centre (if open – was closed due to Covid)
The incredible Lastminute.com London Eye, Europe’s highest observation wheel, offering amazing views of the surrounding area.
Did you know that the London Eye was once the world’s tallest observation wheel! It has 32 sealed air-conditioned capsules that can each hold up to 25 people, so up to 800 people per rotation and offers incredible views of the city!
A full rotation on the wheel takes around 30 minutes and you can normally see landmarks such as Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s, The Tate Museum, Tower Bridge, and The Shard, amongst others!
The London Eye lights up at night so looks beautiful against the evening sky and changes colour. For special events they display special colours!
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Fun Facts:
- Did you know the Lastminute.com London Eye is one of the UK’s most popular tourist attractions and receives around 3 millions visitors per year. That’s an average of over 8000 per day!
- Although there are 32 pods, they are numbered 1-33 as they didn’t use the number ’13’ because of it’s association with being unlucky! The 13th is my birthday – what does that say about me!
- Each pod can take up to 25 people, so that means each rotation of the wheel can take up to 800 people!
- The Lastiminute.com London Eye is 443 feet high or 135 meters and is amongst the largest Ferris wheel’s in the world.
- Its had several different names over the years, depending on who owns and sponsors it. Its currently referred to as the Lastminute.com London Eye and has previously been the Millennium Wheel, the British Airways London Eye, the Merlin Entertainment London Eye, the EDF Energy London Eye, Coco-Cola London Eye and is currently the Lastminute.com London Eye!
- For special occasions, they light the eye with different colours.
- Several celebrities LOVE using the wheel with several famous faces having being pictured using it multiple times, including Kate Moss, Jessica Alba, Matt Damon and Meghan Trainor, according to various articles!
Useful Information for the Lastminute.com London Eye
Lastminute.com London Eye Address: Riverside Building, County Hall, London, SE1 7PB
How To Get To The Lastminute.com London Eye
Via Tube/Underground: Waterloo is the nearest station and about a 5-minute walk. However Embankment, Charing Cross and Westminster Stations are all within a 10-15 minute walking distance.
Via Main Line Train: Waterloo and Charing Cross is the nearest mainline train stations.
Via Bus: Buses 1, 12, 59, 68, 76, 77, 139, 148, 159, 168, 176, 188, 211, 243, 77, 381, 507 and 521 all stop near the London Eye.
Via Hop-on Hop-off Open Top Tourist Bus: The Red Route takes you to the London Eye
Via Boat and River Cruise: London Eye Pier is the stop and you can travel there via boat from the O2, Bankside, Embankment, Blackfriars, London Bridge, Tower, Canary Wharf, Hilton Docklands, Masthouse Terrace, Greenwich, Royal Arsenal Woolwich, St Katherine’s or Westminster Piers.
London Eye Opening Hours:
Monday 11:00 – 18:00 | Tuesday 11:00 – 18:00 | Wednesday 11:00 – 18:00 | Thursday 11:00 – 18:00 | Friday 11:00 – 18:00 | Saturday 10:00 – 20:30 | Sunday 10:00 – 20:30
