Millennium Wheel• The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Also known as the Millennium Wheel, its official name was originally published as the British Airways London Eye, then the Merlin Entertainments London Eye, then the EDF Energy London Eye. Since mid-January 2015, it has been known in branding as the Coca-Cola London Eye, following an agreement signed in September 2014

The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft). When erected in 1999 it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel. Its height was surpassed by the 160 m (520 ft) Star of Nanchang in 2006,

the 165 m (541 ft) Singapore Flyer in 2008, and the 167.6 m (550 ft)High Roller (Las Vegas) in 2014.

• It is currently Europe's tallest

Ferris wheel, and offered the

highest public viewing point in

London until it was superseded

by the 245-metre (804 ft) observation

deck on the 72nd floor of The Shard,

which opened to the public on 1 February 2013.  It is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3.5 million visitors annually, and has made manyappearances in popular culture.

• Each of the 10-tonne (11-short-ton) capsules represents one of the London Boroughs, and holds up to 25 people, who are free to walk around inside the capsule, though seating is provided. The wheel rotates at 26 cm (10 in) per second (about 0.9 km/h or 0.6 mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes. 

•The London Eye was designed by architects Frank Anatole, Nic Bailey, Steve Chilton, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, and the husband-and-wife team of Julia Barfield and David Marks.

• Sir Richard Rogers, winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, wrote of the London Eye in a book about the project:

The Eye has done for London what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris, which is to give it a symbol and to let people climb above the city and look back down on it. Not just specialists or rich people, but everybody. That's the beauty of it: it is public and accessible, and it is in a great position at the heart of London.

• Writing for G2 in an article from August 2007, Steve Rose described the Eye as follows:

• The Eye... exists in a category of its own.... It essentially has to fulfil only one function, and what a brilliantly inessential function it is: to lift people up from the ground, take them round a giant loop in the sky, then put them back down where they started. That is all it needs to do, and thankfully, that is all it does.

• PriceAdult (16+)£20.70•Fast Track Adult or Child£29.50

•Child (4 - 15) must be accompanied by an adult£14.00

•Under 4s (Free entry)£0.00•Seniors (60+) Not valid weekends or in July/August£17.00

•Disabled (inc 1 carer)£20.70•Private Capsule (3 - 25 guests)£520.00

The attractionOne of London’s most recognisable landmarks, and the most popular

ticketed tourist attraction in the city

Spectacular 360° views of London, up to 40km on a clear day

See Big Ben, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, the Shard and much

moreAll capsules are air-conditioned and

wheelchair accessibleEnjoy a fun pre-flight 4D movie experience, taking you on a

thrilling journey high above London