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Big Ben, London

Big Ben, London and Britain's Timepiece

Westminster - Waterloo - MAP

Big Ben, London is the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster / The Houses of Parliament. At just over 97.5 meters the 320 foot high clock tower is named after its largest bell, that weighs a massive 13 tons / 13.2 tonnes.

The Big Ben minute hands are about 14 feet / 4.25m long and the figures are about 2 feet / 60cm high.

The Big Ben bell was cast in 1858 by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in the east end of London. To this day Big Ben is one of the largest bells they have ever cast. Each of Big Ben's clock faces is over 23 feet / 7 meters in diameter.