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Big Ben Tour

334 steps up the Elizabeth Tower to stand behind the dials.

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The Elizabeth Tower seen from directly below: the clock face with its blue dial and gilded numerals, the gilt and green ironwork of the belfry above, and the pinnacled roofline of the Palace of Westminster alongside.

The Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower across the Thames on a clear winter day, seen over a stainless steel fountain playing in a round pool, with Westminster Bridge to the right. — A view of Big Ben from the south of the river.

The top of the Elizabeth Tower against a deep blue evening sky, two of its clock faces lit gold, with the gilded ironwork and spire above them.

There is no lift: you climb the 334 steps of the Elizabeth Tower's spiral stair to the clock mechanism and the belfry, and if the timing works out you are beside Big Ben when it strikes - loud enough that ear defenders are handed out. The dials are 6.9 metres across and you stand behind them. Open to anyone aged eleven and over; adults £55, children £35, and tickets are released three months ahead on the second Wednesday of each month at 10:00, which is when they go.

Where: Palace of Westminster, SW1A 0AA
Nearest station: Westminster · 3 min walk

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