- Big Ben or The Clock Tower is the most famous landmark of London which is popularly known for its striking clock and a gigantic bell.
- The real name of the tower, housing the clock, is 'Clock Tower'. Big Ben is the nickname of the main bell, formally known as the Great Bell, housed within the tower.
- This is incorrect however, and Big Ben is merely the nickname for the Great Bell within the clock itself. The wider structure of the tower has historically been called...
- The name Big Ben actually refers to the clock’s massive bell, of 13 tons, that sits inside of the tower.
- Big Ben, Clock housed in the tower at the eastern end of Britain’s Houses of Parliament. Designed by Sir Edmund Beckett (1816–1905), Big Ben is famous for its...
- It is often mistakenly called "Big Ben"—which is actually the main bell housed within the tower. The clock tower has also been referred to as St Stephen's Tower.
- The first chimes of the Big Ben clock were heard in 1859, but like most old English architecture, the tower has a much longer and more complex history.
- Big Ben is technically the name of the 13-ton bell that (normally) chimes the hours from the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
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- Big Ben, often extended to refer to the clock and clock tower in London, is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock.