Home Educators

Use this link to book. Places must be pre-booked in advance.  

Our registration desk at the Schools and Communities Welcome Point on Tower Hill (located just past the ticket office) will open to admit visitors from 10am. Your entry timeslot will be on your ticket. Please visit the Welcome Point to register and collect wristbands and resources before entering the site.

Please arrive at the Schools and Communities Welcome Point on Tower Hill (located just past the ticket office). You will collect wristbands (which will give you access to home educator only activities), printed maps, and resources to support your visit, and then will be able to enter the Tower. 

You will have the chance to meet three fascinating characters related to the Tower of London’s history. These are  Phillis Wheatley, Guy Fawkes, and Colonel Blood.  Through Q&As you will discover what life was like for people in their position at that point in history. In addition, you will discover more about life at the Tower through object handling sessions and provisional activity timetable is available in the Essential Information Pack.

You are also welcome to explore the rest of the Tower, including the White Tower and the Jewel House, in which the Crown Jewels are displayed.  Please note that there may be a long queue for the Crown Jewels exhibition. School visits will not take place on this date, so the site will be quieter than usual, however the site will still be open to members of the public.

We advise arriving before 2pm to ensure that you have time to explore the site and can join in planned activities. Last admission to the event is at 3pm, and the Tower closes at 4.30pm.

Prior to your visit, you can explore our website to learn more about the history of the Tower of London. Search our learning resources for games, quizzes, timelines and videos on the Tower’s history.  

You may also find our visual story resource helpful.

The Tower of London welcomes all visitors, and we endeavour to ensure visitors with disabilities enjoy the full experience. Our accessibility guide provides more detailed information.  

All activities running for home educated families as part of this event are in accessible spaces. Object handling and art workshop sessions will take place on the first floor of the New Armouries building, which can be accessed via a lift. In the event of an evacuation, there are evac chairs and refuge points.

In addition, there are sights and sounds around the site that might trigger those in your group who have sensory issues. This includes:  

• Audio and film projections   

• Hard surfaces that can make some spaces echoey   

• Dramatic lighting changes  

• Light open spaces and darker, enclosed rooms  

• Content of some of the displays might be triggering or distressing (in particular; the ‘Torture at the Tower’ display in the lower Wakefield Tower; the ‘Princes in the Tower’ presentation in the Bloody Tower; objects relating to execution in the White Tower; and the ‘Imprisonment in the Tower’ display in the Beauchamp Tower)  

• Guards and Yeoman Warders may shout in the course of their duties.   

Three lunchrooms (Lower Bowyer, Cradle Tower and Fusiliers) will be open throughout the day as a dedicated breakout space for home educated families. Please note that the Cradle Tower lunchroom is not accessible. You may wish to eat your lunch in these spaces. They will be quieter than other areas of the Tower as they are reserved for home educator families on this date. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer a dedicated space for prayer. 

Please get in touch with the learning team [email protected] or on 020 3166 6646 (phone opening times vary) with any access needs to allow us to make arrangements to maximise your enjoyment of the day. Access lanyards will be available on request for attendees with disabilities or who are neurodiverse, allowing you to skip queues during the event. 

You are welcome to feed anywhere on site. However, if you prefer a more secluded location you may want to use the breakout spaces.  

There are baby changing facilities in all of the toilets at the Tower.    

Our standard audio guides can be collected just off the main entrance for an additional charge. They offer 8 different languages, including a BSL version. The guides have a neck strap making them easy to carry. Sound can be controlled, and they have an induction loop facility.  

Three lunchrooms (Lower Bowyer, Cradle Tower and Fusiliers) will be open throughout the day as a dedicated breakout space for home educated families. Please note that the Cradle Tower lunchroom is not accessible. You may wish to eat your lunch in these spaces. They will be quieter than other areas of the Tower as they are reserved for home educator families on this date.  

You are welcome to picnic around the site but we ask you to remain aware of our entrances and exits. There are plenty of bins across the site for litter. Please follow the advice of the Yeoman Warder should they ask you to relocate somewhere else. In the event of bad weather, there are sheltered areas in the deep-set archways opposite the raven cages. 

Friday 26 February at Hampton Court Palace (tickets to go on sale on Monday 7 December 2026) and Tuesday 17 July at Kensington Palace (tickets to go on sale on Monday 8 March 2027).

If you have booked but found that you can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing us at [email protected] . As per our booking terms and conditions, we will be unable to refund or exchange your ticket but we will be able to offer your place to another family on our waiting list.   

If you find you cannot attend on the day itself, please call us on 07815 721 540.