When in use, the clock tower at Westminster Palace, Elizabeth Tower, strikes a total of 28 times at twelve o'clock. It plays an eight-note melody twice, after which Big Ben, the largest of its five bells, strikes twelve times to indicate the hour.
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As the clock hands hit midnight on New Year's Eve, Big Ben will be struck 12 times sounding the bongs which mark the moment a new day and a new year will begin.