Our Big Ben webcam is one of our most popular London webcams. Enjoy this live web cam view overlooking Big Ben, the House of Commons, House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster.
Big Ben is one of London's best-known tourist landmarks, and looks truly spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself, but to the thirteen ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall.
The clock in the tower was once the biggest in the world, able to strike the first blow for each hour with an accuracy of one second. The clock mechanism was completed by 1854, but the tower was not fully constructed until four years later.
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User Comments
London always gives me a headache! It's the noise ... I'm from up North, much quieter. Better visiting Manchester :)
Quentin, 09 04 2009
London you took me as a boy and made me a soldier in a few month. You saved my life and showed me much excitement. Now I am in Australia but remember my young days!
Dave MacPhail, 06 04 2009
Hola mi London!
A pesar de que haya pasadoe l tiempo te sigo mirando y sigo alucinando e imaginandome alli, disfrutandote, me encantas y me encantaras siempre! Que magia tendras que me atrapa tanto?
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