![]() ![]() The Westminster Quarters is now the most popular tune for church bells and can be heard all over the country. TRAINZ 2006 VERSION TOBY THE TRAM ENGINE - Changeable Faces - Custom Cabview. ![]() Where else can you hear the Westminster chimes? Content on this site is free to download for use within your games. Play 01:29 The Big Ben clock face cleaned by abseilers The clock face of the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the famous Big Ben bell, is being cleaned. With the clock face recently emerging from the tower’s scaffolding which has encased the famous landmark for the last few years, Londoners were excited to hear Big Ben’s bell chime again as a new year began in 2022.Īt midnight on New Year's Day, the bell was struck 12 times using a temporary drive mechanism, which replicates the chime created by the original Victorian mechanism which drops a hammer on the bell ever 4.5 seconds.īig Ben and the four quarter bells are set to resume sounding the famous daily ‘Westminster Quarters’ melody and resonant bongs using the original mechanism in Spring 2022. Why did Big Ben ‘bong’ on New Year’s Day? Created by: Moiseev Aleck Emelyanov Timofey.
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