Best Sights On A London Helicopter Ride

For us, there's only one way that London deserves to be taken in - with a bird's eye view on everything. That's why our range of Helicopter Ride packages available to book with us are ideal.

Because starting from £175, you and one, two or even three of your loved ones can sit back and relax, as you chopper over the capital and your pilot points out all the many iconic landmarks and buildings that make it instantly recognisable. And these are just a few that we think you'll enjoy seeing from a whole new perspective…

• Big Ben

A visual shorthand for London itself, Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and its hourly chime is almost as synonymous a sound with the capital as the sound of a Routemaster bus engine or pigeons taking flight in Trafalgar Square.

Designed in the Perpendicular Gothic and Gothic Revival styles, it was completed in 1859, and has had its fair share of renovation works and updates in the centuries that have followed since. But seeing this come into view on your flight from up in the air is to marvel at a true great of architecture that has lived through it all.

• Buckingham Palace

The official London residence of the Monarchy since the 17th Century in Westminster, Buckingham Palace has been the location of many state occasions and royal hospitality, as well as public celebrations and mourning.

So if you can remember any of the Coronations or Jubilees, with the Mall leading up to the palace packed out with crowds, with the obligatory flyover from the Red Arrows, getting to fly over it yourself on a helicopter tour could well be the closest you get to following the same flight path!

• Tower of London

The historic citadel that inspired the phrase "sent to the Tower", the Tower of London has been a prison (between 1100 and 1952), an armoury, a treasury and a menagerie, but it is also home of the Crown Jewels of England and the Royal Mint, which produces British coins.

Situated on Tower Hill to the eastern part of the capital, it is a place steeped in history, with many intriguing stories, folklore and anecdotes - some of which we don't doubt your pilot might share with you as you pass over it to offer you more than one of these!

• The O2 and The London Eye

If your flight path approaches from the South Bank of the River Thames, then the first sights you'll encounter will be two of London's newest landmarks that arrived in time for the start of a new century in 1999. The London Eye - originally known as the Millennium Wheel - is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and sees around 3 million visitors each year.

The O2 of course, needs very little introduction. First opened as the Millennium Dome on the peninsula in North Greenwich, it took on a whole new lease of life seven years later, in 2007, when it was opened as the world class entertainment district and arena it has since become, attracting some of the world's biggest names in entertainment to its stage.

We offer a number of exclusive City of London Helicopter Tour experiences, taking off from air bases including Fairoaks Airport and Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey, and Biggin Hill Airport in Kent to name just a few. Book yours today for the ultimate trip to the capital that you won't forget!