Wheel of Liverpool

Wheel of Liverpool
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Ferris wheel
Location	Keel Wharf waterfront on the River Mersey, Liverpool, UK
Coordinates	53°23′54″N 2°59′27″W / 53.39824°N 2.99083°W / 53.39824; -2.99083
Completed	11 February 2010
Opened	25 March 2010
Cost	£6 million
Height	196 feet (60 m)

The Wheel of Liverpool is a transportable Ferris wheel installation on the Keel Wharf waterfront of the River Mersey in Liverpool. The wheel is near to M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, and was originally opened on 25 March 2010. It was dismantled for refurbishment in the Netherlands in November 2020 and rebuilt in Spring 2021. The structure is 196 feet (60 m) tall, weighing 365 tonnes and has 42 fully enclosed capsules attached. The wheel had been planned for three years by the company Great City Attractions. They submitted a planning application which explained that it would increase tourism in Liverpool. A smaller observation wheel had been operational in the city, which was located at the Liverpool One leisure complex. This was dismantled because of the plans to open the Wheel of Liverpool. Construction was completed on 11 February 2010 at a cost of £6 million.

The wheel was closed for a short time following Great City Attractions going into administration. Freij Entertainment International purchased the attraction and it is operated by their subsidiary Wheels Entertainments Ltd. In November of 2020 Freij Entertainment International dismantled the wheel without warning or explanation.^[1] This was later explained as a planned refurbishment. The wheel was rebuilt in Spring of 2021 and reopened in the summer of 2021.^[2] In October 2013, the Wheel of Liverpool was struck by lightning but did not sustain any damage.