Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)
316′ (3792 in / 9631 cm)
Official Measurement
5′7″
The Baseline
67 inches · 170 centimeters
5′7″
baseline
57x taller — not to scale
316′
Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)
That's 3725 inches taller.
The famous clock tower at the Palace of Westminster stands 316 feet tall. That is roughly 56 Tom Cruises. Big Ben is actually just the name of the bell inside.
Fun Fact
The clock faces are 23 feet in diameter, and the minute hands are 14 feet long. Each minute hand weighs about 220 pounds — roughly one and a half Tom Cruises.