L'horloge la plus célèbre d'Europe
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell in the Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster (or Houses of Parliament) seat of the British government in London. The bell weighs in at 13.5 tonnes.
Note that you can only visit Big Ben if you are a British resident and you have obtained the necessary authorisation. The Houses of Parliament stand by the Thames, between Westminster Bridge and Westminster Abbey. A terrible fire devastated large parts of the Parliament buildings in 1834, after which a commission was set up to choose a new style in which to rebuild Parliament. The winning design was by Charles Barry, who planned for a grand clock tower on the side of the building.
Custom route
Custom route
16 Redhill / LondonThames
Being both city and a region, Greater London welcomes you for the final miles. Crossed by the Thames and crisscrossed by numerous motorways and roads, this vast territory nevertheless offers a quintessentially British quality of life. Many wonderfully landscaped parks, veritable playgrounds for all generations, offer an astonishingly bucolic environment in the very heart of the metropolis. The Wandle Way will take you into London.