Clocks in england change twice a year to equate British summer time. They go forward one hour at the end of March (spring) and go back one hour at the end of October (fall) hence the saying 'spring forward, fall back'
Big Ben does not control the time in the UK or England. It is replicating the time from Greenwich.
Big Ben was built and paid for by the Government of the time, using tax payers money.
Big Ben is synonymous as the Great Bell, the Clock and the Tower in which it is encased. Big Ben is actually named after Sir Benjamin Hall, a politician of the time.
Big Ben has been showing the time to Londoners since 1859.
To tell the time accurately.
Telling the time. It's a big clock.
Big Ben is important because the news and radio's in London hears the chimes and realise the time. The time is very accurate althoough when there is a thunderstorm can be unarrurate.
As time goes by Big Ben gets more infested with tourists and changes for a shut down in several years.
it is to about 1tenth of a sencond
Only time will tell!
Yes, Big Ben is still called Big Ben.
Bill and Ben - 2001 The Big Time Band 1-8 was released on: USA: February 2001