Seagull eye’s view from world’s tallest moving observation deck

The view to the north over Brighton from the BA i360 Observation Tower. Visitors will be able to see 360-degree views of up to 40km – on a clear day. Glynn Kirk / AFP

A view of Brighton seafront on England's south coast from inside the i360 passenger pod as it descends. The 162m tall "vertical pier", first envisaged in 2003, opens to the public tomorrow. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

The i360 tower was designed by husband and wife architects David Marks and Julia Barfield. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

The 360 passenger pod returns to ground level. The project cost £43 million to complete. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

A view of the underside of the i360 passenger pod as it ascends. The tower is the world's tallest moving observation platform. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

A member of British Airways staff in the i360 passenger pod. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

The i360 and the West Pier from Brighton beach. The 162m tall "vertical pier" was first envisaged in 2003. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

Julia Barfield and David Marks, the designers and architects of the BA-sponsored i360 Observation Tower. Glyn Kirk / AFP/

Christian Bouvier, is the commercial director of Poma, the company responsible for the winch and cable which pulls the i360 pod up the mast. The verticle cable car ascends to a height 132 metres. Glyn Kirk / AFP

The i360 passenger pod ascends. The "vertical pier", which took 12 years to develop, opens to the public tomorrow. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

The cable which is attached to a winch that pulls the i360 pod up the mast in Brighton, on the south coast of England. Glyn Kirk / AFP

Guests look at the view from the inside the BA i360 Observation Tower, the tallest moving observation deck in the world. Glyn Kirk / AFP

The i360 tower is a new attraction on the seafront at the popular English south coast resort of Brighton. Rob Stothard / Getty Images

Guests look at the view from the inside tower. Glyn Kirk / AFP

The tallest moving observation tower in the world opens to the public tomorrow.

The British Airways i360 consists of a glass viewing pod that slowly ascends a slender 162-metre mast on the seafront in Brighton on England’s south coast.

David Marks and Julia Barfield, the husband and wife team of architects who designed the tower, also designed the London Eye. The Brighton tower to 12 years to come to fruition and is 27 metres taller than the capital’s observation wheel.

It cost £46 million (Dh225.5m) to build and will be the highest viewing platform in Britain outside of London.

Situated at the site of Brighton’s famous derelict West Pier, the i360 is designed to serve as a “vertical pier”. The architects say it will allow “visitors to ‘walk on air’ and gain a new perspective of the city, just as they ‘walked on water’ in the past and viewed the city from the sea”.

The glass viewing pod is 10 times the size of a London Eye capsule and can hold up to 200 people at a time. In the evenings, the pod becomes a Sky Bar – allowing groups to party as they take in the 360 degree views of the city by night.

On a clear day, visitors will enjoy 360 degree views for up to 40km.

Ticket prices start at £13.50 for adults and £6.75 for children from 4 to 15 years old. Under 4s go for free.

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