Is Big Ben visible from the British museum?
First time in the UK for business. I have a small free window in the morning, which - as a Greek - of course would like to spend on the British museum.
Is Big Ben visible from there? I will go tomorrow morning, clear sky. I am only interested in taking a picture with Big Ben and me..
I mean it's not named Colossal Ben, so I am wondering..
Best Answer
If you were to somehow scale and stand on the southeast corner of the roof of the British Museum, then the scaffolding presently enveloping the Elizabeth Tower (popularly known as Big Ben, after a bell that resides within it) would just be visible. See https://www.google.com/maps/place/London/@51.5208233,-0.1268642,46a,35y,174.37h,79.23t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d8a00baf21de75:0x52963a5addd52a99!8m2!3d51.5073509!4d-0.1277583 . Big Ben is the dark brownish grey blob apparently next to (although really a long way from) the bright orange facade of Renzo Piano's Google London HQ. You would certainly be arrested in this endeavour, so it's not to be encouraged.
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