Londoners will be able to watch every second of the £29 million renovations of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament via a live stream of the repair works.
July 11, 1859 - Big Ben chimes for the first time. September 1859 - Big Ben’s great bell cracks two months after its first chime and is taken out of commission. A smaller quarter bell chimes on
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The clock on the famous tower first started ticking on May 31, 1859. While the clock and the tower are now known as Big Ben, the name originally referred to just the Great Bell inside the clock tower.
Big Ben is the nickname given to an iconic gothic clocktower in Central London. The clocktower is one of the three main towers at the Palace of Westminster. The chiming clocktower has four clock faces and houses five bells. The largest bell (known as Big Ben) chimes every hour, while the smaller bells chime every 15 minutes.
Elizabeth Line operates a train from Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 to Bond Street Station hourly. Tickets cost £5 - £11 and the journey takes 35 min. Alternatively, National Express operates a bus from Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 to London Victoria Coach Station every 30 minutes. Tickets cost £12 - £18 and the journey takes 1h 20m. Train
Big Ben is one of the most iconic landmarks in London and is estimated to be over 150 years old. The Clock Tower that houses the bell known as Big Ben was completed in 1859, making it well over a century and a half old. The actual bell itself was cast in 1858 and is currently the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world.
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