Family Travel destinations - London - The Big Ben and The Elizabeth Tower | Travel Video
Your Suite presents The Big Ben
The great Bell, inside the world’s famous clock popularly known as the Big Ben is situated in the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London in the United Kingdom. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth the second. The tower has four clock faces with each of them seven metres or 23 feet in diameter. The clock has been ticking consistently for over 150 years. Every fifteen minutes four chime bangs ring to mark each quarter hour and at the top of every hour big ben rings
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0:00 Intro
1:36 History
2:41 Getting There
Facts:
1. Big Ben weighs 15 tonnes
2. There are four other bells in the Belfry
3. The Tower and the Big ben were refurbished in 2017 to preserve the clock tower for future generations.
4. The Tower stands at more than 96 metres or 316 feet tall, with 334 steps to climb up to the belfry and 399 steps to the very top of the tower.
5. Big Ben's timekeeping is regulated by a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum.
6. The clock tower was renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
7. In 1846, a competition was held to decide who should build the clock and in 1852, John Dent won the commission to make the great clock.
8. The largest and most extensive conservation of the Elizabeth Tower began to preserve the clock tower for future generations.
9. In 1923 BBC Radio first broadcasted Big Ben's chimes to the United Kingdom on New Year's Eve.
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Narrator:
Skye Alley
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