Tag: Big Ben

  • How to book a tour of Big Ben

    How to book a tour of Big Ben

    Did you know that you can take a tour inside Big Ben? Londonopia tells you how. Getting Tickets: The Chase for Clock Tower Glory Here’s where the fun (read: bureaucratic rigmarole) begins. You can’t just waltz up to Big Ben, flash your Oyster card and expect to enter. For reasons best left to history and…

  • Big Ben: London’s most famous clock

    Big Ben: London’s most famous clock

    Big Ben is London’s, and probably the world’s, most famous clock. Big Ben is a four-faced clock situated at the north end of the Palace of Westminster / Houses of Parliament. Big Ben is one of London’s best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament…