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Photo credit: David Iliff

The London Eye from Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Lambeth. At 135-metre (443 ft) tall it is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually. When erected in 1999, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world.