Saint Michael's church in Coningsby has the largest single handed clock in the world. The clock face is 5 metres across and apparently the time can be read up to two miles away.
Saturday 24 April 2010
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2 comments:
"the time can be read up to two miles away"..Wow, probably the biggest clock in the world. Although we love to share photography thanks so much for this kind of information as well.
Cheers..
Oh! That is lovely but how exactly do you tell the time on it?
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