Sightseeing in London

Big ben The body of the tower (61 m) consists of brickwork with stone cladding; the remaining 35 meters form the cast iron needle that crowns the tower. The tower is set on a base of 15 meters wide and weighs 8667 tons estimated. The four clocks are located at 55 meters. The clock is famous for its reliability. This is due to the skill of its designer, Edmund Beckett Denison's lawyer, who invented a gravity exhaust system, which consists of a pendulum with a three-pointed star that rotates when the pendulum beat the seconds, which makes the pendulum is altered by the accumulation of snow on the needles, wind or not temperature to which it is subjected constantly due to weather. This solved the problem for large clocks move large needles in a windy and stormy, without losing accuracy. Therefore Denison was appointed Lord by Queen Victoria in the mid-nineteenth century.

In August 2003, the tower was painted an ultramarine blue to cover the existing light brown which had started to discolour. The balconies were painted to stand out from the tower in a dark shade of blue. On 18 March 2004, Jasper Carrott switched on the night time illuminations of the tower in response to Birmingham City Council's policy of encouraging the illumination of local landmarks . Construction of the tower commenced in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. The tower became operational in December 1966 and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman James S. Meadows on 5 October 1967.2 It was designed by the Ministry of Public Building and Works with M.H. Bristow being the senior architect.3 It has 26 storeys, housing technical areas and offices, and five levels of circular aerial galleries at the top. Telecom Tower

Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was subsequently acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as "The Queen's House". During the 19th century it was enlarged, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.   Buckingham Palace

Wembley Stadium (often referred to simply as Wembley, pronounced , or sometimes as the New Wembley) is a football stadium located in Wembley Park, in the Borough of Brent, London, England. It opened in 2007 and was built on the site of the previous 1923 Wembley Stadium. The earlier Wembley stadium, originally called the Empire Stadium, was often referred to as "The Twin Towers" and was one of the world's most famous football stadiums until its demolition in 2003 Wembley Stadium

London's Trafalgar Square is a 1890 British silent black-and-white short film, shot by inventors and film pioneers Wordsworth Donisthorpe and William Carr Crofts at approximately 10 frames per second with an oval or circular frame on celuloid film using their 'kinesigraph' camera, showing traffic at Trafalgar Square in London. The surviving ten frames of film are the earliest known motion picture of the city. Trafalgar Square

Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, United Kingdom. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as its most dense, and currently has approximately 300 shops. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate, City of London, when it was known as Oxford Road. Today the road forms part of the A40, although, like many roads in central London which are not now intended as through traffic routes, it is not signposted with the road number Oxford street

The London Eye (London Eye), also known as the Millennium Wheel (Millennium Wheel), completed in 1999 and opened in March 2000, was the largest wheel-viewpoint of the world until the opening of the Star of Nanchang in May 2006 and the subsequent Singapore Flyer in 2008. The London Eye reaches a height of 135 m on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the Thames, London Borough of Lambeth, between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges. The wheel is next to County Hall and in front of the offices of the Ministry of Defence. London Eye

The National Gallery and National Gallery is the largest art museum in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. Exhibits European paintings from 1250 to 1900, from the national art collection in the UK. The permanent collection, consisting of 2,300 paintings belongs to the British state, so public input is only having to pay the entry to certain special exhibitions. National Gallery