The BBC reports that the Big Ben tower is leaning. The 96-metre tall clock tower leans about 46 cm to the left of its peak thus it is barely visible to the eye. By comparison, the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans at 3.99 degrees (and prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees).However, work isn’t expected to fix this Big Ben tilt until 2020. One professor estimates that it would take 10,000 years to reach the inclination of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
A construction expert who worked on the leaning tower of Pisa and a multi-storey carpark under the houses of parliament in central London, said there was nothing to worry about, and it would take 10,000 years to reach an angle of concern
Speaking of leaning towers: which tower has the highest angle of tilt? The Suurhusen is currently leaning at an angle of 5.1939 degrees. But if I were to ask: which building/tower has the biggest tilt, regardless of it being intentional or unintentional, then the winner would be the Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi. Remarkably, it features an 18 degree incline.
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