Cutty Sark and Gipsy Moth IV next to the river front, and the National Maritime
Museum in the former buildings of the Royal Hospital School in 1934. Greenwich
formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created.
Greenwich
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
London Eye
The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (known more simply as The London Eye,
and also known as the Millennium Wheel), at a height of 135 metres (443 ft),[1] is the
largest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist
attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over three million people in one year.[2]
At the time it was erected, in 1999, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until it
was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160 m) in May 2006, and then the Singapore
Flyer (165 m) on 11 February 2008. However, it is still described by its operators as
"the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (as the entire structure is
supported by an A-frame on one side only).[3]
The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank
of the River Thames in the London Borough of Lambeth in England, between
Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The site is adjacent to that of the former
Dome of Discovery, which was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951.