Big Ben on West Ferry Road

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Big Ben on West Ferry Road by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.

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Big Ben on West Ferry Road

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 28 Apr 2019

A unique costume, I believe. The runner - Lukas Bates - was trying to beat the World Record for "fastest marathon time dressed as a landmark". He failed, and made the news for the wrong reasons as the tower was too tall to get under the barrier at the finish line.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.487199
Longitude
-0.014962