Author: Darrel Pratt

Is The London Eye Copyright?

Construction copyright? First of all there is copyright. Provided all have the necessary “originality” (which our millennium icons should ) there is copyright in buildings (including fixed structures like the London Eye) and even models of buildings as works of architecture. Are London landmarks copyrighted? Buildings are protected by copyright under English law but there […]

Does London Victoria Station Have Lockers?

Does Victoria station have luggage lockers? No, there are no lockers, while you can easily store with luggage storage services as LuggageHero. Pay per hour and shops are right by the corner of Victoria station. Are there lockers at London Victoria Station? There are no luggage lockers at London Victoria, and while there are left […]

Is London Eye A Merry Go Round?

The wheel is 443 feet in height and 394 feet in diameter, offering a view of the city till about 25 km when on the capsule. With a total of 32 capsules, the 30 minutes exhilarating merry go round experience pulls about 3.5 million people per year. What kind of wheel is the London Eye? […]

How Much Did The London Garden Bridge Cost?

Garden Bridge Garden Bridge proposal Designer Thomas Heatherwick Engineering design by Arup Detailed design by COWI A/S (formerly Flint & Neill) Construction start Never started Construction cost over £200 million (estimate April 2017) How much did the failed Garden Bridge cost? It has been revealed that TfL’s £24 million spend on the failed Garden Bridge […]

Which London Bridge Is Painted Blue?

Tower Bridge. When Tower Bridge was given a fresh lick of paint in 2009, he investigated the bridge’s earlier colour schemes and found that, when it was originally built in 1886, it was a fetching shade of ‘mid-greenish blue’. When was the Tower Bridge painted blue? 19771977 – Tower Bridge was painted red, white and […]