The restoration project is expected to be complete by 2021. It came a step closer to completion on September 6 when the hands of the clock were restored to their original Prussian blue colour — it was only during this project that workers discovered the hands of the clock were blue and not black.

Is work on Big Ben finished?

Conservation work on London’s most famous tower is set to be complete in 2022. The Elizabeth Tower, known to many as ‘Big Ben’ has been closed and the chimes disconnected since 2017.

Are they still renovating Big Ben?

Big Ben undergoes the biggest conservation in its history This is the largest and most complex conservation project in the Tower’s history. Parliament is restoring the clock tower to its former glory, as well as modernising and upgrading facilities to make it fit for the 21st century.