Visit the London Eye: tickets, fares, schedules

What if you take height in the heart of London? Go to the London Eye, the unbelievable city hall.

What is the common point between the London Eye, the Hight Roller of Las Vegas, the Star of Nanchang of China, the UAE Ain Dubai or the Redhorse Osaka Wheel of Japan? These are among the greatest and famous wheels in the world! Yes, our English neighbours did great!

From London? Between two Fish and Chips, a walk to Westminster and a shopping trip to Camden Town, what to do? Visit the London Eye, of course! Aboard one of the capsules to discover a panoramic view of all London, surely the most impressive that can exist in the English capital. Admire the various monuments and witness the unrest of London’s streets from an unprecedented angle. Every year, almost four million visitors get high and tournament on the London Eye. Don't stay on the margins of this breathtaking attraction. Follow us, we'll take you to London Eye!

History of the London Eye

A change of century

The year 2000, is it talking to you? In France, the year 2000 bug doesn’t take place, the week at thirty five hours is adopted, the presidential term is reduced to five years and the Blues become European football champions. In London, the London Eye comes out of the ground and enters its first year. Set up to celebrate the change of century, the wheel is today a symbol of the British capital. Tourists from all over the world embark on one of its nacelles and look forward to climbing to a hundred and five meters high.

Seven years and seventy-five million pounds strerling were needed to build the London Eye. Started in 1998, the initial Millenium Wheel was inaugurated on December 31, 1999 and officially opened to the public in March 2000. She was then the highest tower in the world. Delisted in 2006, but never equalled in Europe. It was necessary to wait until 2011 for the monument to finally take the name of London Eyes (London Eye).

A symbol of London

What other place than the romantic scenes of the Thames, face to face Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, to erect the world’s largest back-to-back wheel (a slightly different structure from a large classic wheel)? Visiting the London Eye returns to land in the heart of London and to be able to sweep the most beautiful monuments in London.

It was expected that the London Eye only works five years before being dismantled. But the government had to go to the obvious: the wheel had imposed itself in a flash in the London landscape and it was impossible to pluck it off the Thames. Tient holds it, wouldn’t you remember the story of our famous French Iron Lady? In 2002, the wheel officially obtained the city’s title of attraction!

Technical achievements

Nearly eight hundred passengers can climb, at the same time, aboard the London Eye! Distributed in thirty two capsules (because there are thirty two arrondissements in London) that rotate gracefully in the sky and can accommodate twenty-five people each.

If you want to visit the London Eye, you will also be witness to real technical achievements.

First built flat on platforms stacked on the Thames, it was then a question of raising the wheel. An extremely tedious handling! Several cranes and days are necessary to lift it and put it on foot. At the same time, the London Eye still weighs a thousand-eight-one-sixty tons of steel! The device specially designed to maintain the capsules in a horizontal position is also exceptional. Despite the slow and progressive movement of the wheel, they remain perfectly horizontally, each of their rotations.

Since 2015, the official name of the wheel has become Coca-Cola London Eye. The soda brand has become its new sponsor, in exchange for its name attached to the wheel. However, few people call it so.

What to see and do at the London Eye?

Make a full tour, of course!

Visit the London Eye, on a capsule, takes about twenty-five minutes. Time the wheel puts to make a complete turn. A long time out of time, during which the panorama and the perspective are constantly evolving. On board your capsule, seated comfortably or standing, the London Eye offers a 360-degree view of London as a whole. Count ten minutes to reach the top. Here, enjoy the five minutes at the stop, hung in the London sky. You descend slowly from your cloud for another ten minutes.

Do you know that in good weather (yes, it is possible!) you can admire the landscape up to forty kilometers around. Will you be able to see Windsor Castle in the distance? Only the inhabitants and visitors of the skyscraper The Shard, three-hundred-six metres high, will be able to swim.

To visit the London Eye, don't miss the coche! The tower does not stop during boarding and landing. No, we're kidding! No panic, the wheel turns only 1 km/h, allowing you to mount and descend without worry.

To attend the illumination of the London Eye

Want to visit the London Eye at night? What a wonderful idea! The London emblem illuminates each evening and is a real lighthouse in the heart of the city centre. If you’re in London during special events or big parties, you’ll have the chance to see it with special light games.

Dive into a futuristic experience

With your ticket to the London Eye, you have access to the London Eye 4D attraction. Guaranteed chills and spectacular effects when you discover the British capital thanks to an unheardly sensational experience. Your skin, your ears, your eyes and your smell will not return! You fly above the London roofs and live at the pace of its celebrations.

Wake up your taste buds or rent a London Eye capsule

You can even enjoy the thirty minutes aboard the London Eye to taste champagnes, wines and chocolates. A tasteful experience of high flight! You can even push the experience further!

Four-hundred-pound sterling is enough to offer you the luxury of a private capsule. With your friends or your dullie, have the privilege of being right between you and having all London at your feet!

If you were making your request, brunch or celebrate a birthday with an endless view of Big Ben, Westminster Palace, Buckingham Palace, St Paul, Shard or Horse Guards Parade?

How do I get to the London Eye?

Visiting the London Eye is an unmissable, at all points! It's impossible to miss her so she overlooks the landscape. The wheel is located on the south bank of the Thames, next to the Aquarium and the Houses of Parliament.

By metro

The London Eye is a few minutes away from many metro stations. The closest being Waterloo (five minutes walk). Otherwise, go down to Embankment, Charing Cross or Westminster.

By train

Waterloo and Charing Cross train stations are the closest to London Eye.

By bus

Take bus lines 211, 77 or 381, London Eye stop.

By boat

And why not borrow the Thames to visit London Eye? Starting from many docks, you can navigate to the wheel and thus enjoy a spectacular arrival.

By car

Needless to tell you that taxis will easily get you to the London Eye. For example, count about thirty minutes from Heathrow Airport. If you have your own vehicle, park at Q-Park Westminster car park to benefit from a discount with your reservation for the London Eye.

London Eye rates

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The wheel

Are you planning to visit the London Eye? Its opening hours vary throughout the year. Generally, the wheel opens to 10 a.m. and close between 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. depending on the season. Its lounge is open almost at the same time.To find detailed wheel schedules, visit the official website

The cruise on the Thames

The cruise on the Thames, followed or not from a tower on London Eye, leaves every hour, from 10:45 to 7:45 p.m. (summer) .

RATES

If there’s one thing to know if you’re going to London, it’s better to opt for the Visits Pass! Indeed, this pass gives you access to many monuments and attractions in London, while making you enjoy free transport. Among the essentials integrating the pass, the London Eye, but also Madame Tussaud, London Dungeon or DreamWork’s Tour.

When you book on the Internet, in advance, you save on average ten percent on your ticket to the London Eye and up to fifty percent on your ticket to other attractions.

Here are the different main rates to visit the London Eye, with or without reduction.

• Classical entrance 27 or 30 pound sterling
• Cut-the-line ticket 37 or 40 pounds sterling
• Cruise on the Thames + London Eye 33 or 36 pound sterling
• An attraction + London Eye 40 or 65 pounds sterling
• Two attractions + London Eye 50 or 55 pounds sterling
• London Eye Champagne Experience 41 or 44 pound sterling

Note : If you want to visit the London Eye with children or in a group of seven people, you get an additional discount.