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Historic Royal Palaces
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Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution
Tried and sentenced to death for high treason
Henry VIII's fifth wife: young queen beheaded for adultery
It is known as an infamous prison, but it wasn't built to be one
Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?
Luxurious royal lodgings from the 1200s
Dare you visit the Tower at night and take one of our Twilight Tours? Discover secrets of the Tower's history with after-hours access.
Selected Sundays in February-April
Tower of London
19:00
Separate ticket (advanced booking required)
Learn why people ended up as prisoners in the Tower of London, in the very rooms where some of them were held.
Open daily
Included in palace admission (members go free)
Prepare to be shocked by stories of the unfortunate prisoners who were tortured within the walls of the Tower of London.
Walk in the footsteps of those condemned to execution at the Tower of London on Tower Green and the Scaffold Site.
Explore the stories of the Princes in the Tower and Sir Walter Raleigh in the infamous Bloody Tower.
Walk in the footsteps of the condemned King and stand on the spot of Charles I's execution, just outside Banqueting House.
Banqueting House