London is gaining a spectacular new revolving landmark to rival the London Eye. The Greenwich Observation Wheel will open to the public in summer 2008 and offers a 55-metre high ride with panoramic views of the city. Visitors should be able to take in St. Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London as well as Canary Wharf, the Olympic site in the Lea Valley and Hampstead Heath to the north.
The wheel will be located within the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich and remain open from June 21 to September 28. The free- standing skeletal structure can carry up to 240 people in 40 gondolas.
The Greenwich wheel is smaller than the London Eye, which has become one of the capital's most enduring tourist attractions and stands 135 metres high on the South Bank. The Singapore Flyer observation wheel to be unveiled this year will become of the world's tallest of its kind at 165 metres.
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