British Airways London Eye

British Airways London Eye

Introduction


London’s spectacular new £75 million observation wheel, the British Airways London Eye, was build in just 16 months in a confined site on the banks of the river Thames. Despite minor setback during construction, it first turned as planned at the beginning of the new millennium and has ‘flow’ 3.2 million passengers up to an altitude of 135 m in its first year of operation.

People of all ages from around the country are making special journeys to see this new and exciting giant wheel and to appreciate in the excitement of being transported high above London Visitors to London from abroad, are delighted by this new and novel way of seeing the city from a birds eye view.

The architects of London Eye are husband and wife team, Julia Barfield and David Marks, winners of the competition for ideas to mark the Millennium, their design was considered to be the most imaginative project conceived. David and Julia wanted to present not ...