LONDON-- Big Ben will fall silent next week in London as a major restoration project gets underway. The bongs of the iconic bell will be stopped on Aug. 21 to protect workers during a four-year, $ ...

All faces of the Houses of Parliament’s clock tower will be put back for the first time in five years. Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Big Ben (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor ...

Big Ben, he added, had come to symbolize ... through the four restored clock faces — perched high above the Houses of Parliament — each with 324 pieces of pot opal glass produced in Germany.

Big Ben’s famous bell failed to chime yesterday when the dials of the Great Clock at the Houses of Parliament in London briefly stopped working. The four clock dials, one on each side of the ...

Visitors to House of Parliament have three main options ... and grand interiors. Big Ben: Feeling fit? Climb the 334 step spiral staircase of Elizabeth Tower, which houses one of the world's ...

Soar over Big Ben with stunning drone footage, showcasing the grandeur of London's most famous clock tower. Officially known ...

A very warm, warm welcome to the Houses of Parliament. -My guide is Adam Watrobski, Parliament’s principal architect and a driving force behind Project Big Ben. The Elizabeth Tower, as it’s ...

The Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben, St Stephen's Tower, the Westminster Clock Tower... call it what you will*, the multistorey timepiece of the Houses of Parliament is one of the world's great landmarks.

LONDON — The Great Bell of the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster, known to all as “Big Ben,” is scheduled ... undertaken at the crumbling Houses of Parliament. At 11 a.m. Friday ...

All four faces of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament’s clock tower, will be put back to GMT this weekend for the first time in five years, as the country starts to head towards winter.