The Great Bell is Big Ben ! It is in the Clock Tower which is also called Big Ben.
Big Ben, nickname of the main bell, officially called the Great Bell, weighs 13.7 tons.
Big Ben is the nickname of the Great Bell although people now refer to the clock and its tower as Big Ben.
Big Ben is the nickname of the Great Bell although people now refer to the clock and its tower as Big Ben.
The bell that chimes when Big Ben strikes the hour is actually called the Great Bell. Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell itself, but it is often mistakenly used to refer to the entire clock tower and its clock. The Great Bell weighs over 13 tons and produces a deep, resonant sound that can be heard across London.
Big Ben
The great bell of the clocktower of the Houses of Parliament, known as Big Ben, rings the hour. It is known as the bell that goes 'BONG'.
Big Ben is the name of a bell in a clock. The clocktower forms part of the Palace of Westminster.
the main bell, the one that chimes the hours, is Big Ben.
The reason is up for debate... however - the consensus is that it may have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell.
Big Ben, the Great bell inside the Clock Tower in London was originally 16 tons. This bell broke on fitting so a new bell was cast and fitted at 13 tons in weight.
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.