location information
Perhaps one of the most controversial projects in UK history, is of course the Millenium Dome. Built in Greenwich at the home of the time meridan to celebrate the millenium, this mammoth structure has entered the record books as the biggest dome in the world.. Costing well over one billion pounds, funded by the british taxpayer, the objectives of the dome where to educate, inform, inspire and be a portrait of the nation. Sadly none of these objectives have been achieved, with the plans for the dome to be converted in business parks or houses.
bond connections
The Millenium Dome appears in the pre-title sequence of The World Is Not Enough. The boat chase between Bond and the Cigar Girl climaxes in front of the dome. Seeing Bond launch the Q-Boats torpedos, the Cigar Girl veers her boat to shore where she steals an ascending hot-air balloon. Bond makes his pursuit, falling ontop of the dome (actually a mock-up at Pinewood Studios) when the Cigar Girl destroys the balloon.
location directions
Exit North Greenwich tube station which wil take you direct to the dome. §
