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Home Educators

Home education visits include

  • Tower of London admission, including all visitor routes open on the day.
  • Jewel House and Crown Jewels.
  • Self-led activity trails for key stages 1-4
  • If you’re looking for inspiration for your lessons at home, we provide a range of free learning resources on a host of topics. 

Important information for your booking

Home education visits must be pre booked and paid for in advance and are available to UK based home educators only.  Once purchased all tickets are non-refundable.

The subsidised rate is only available Monday to Friday during UK term time, it is not available during school holidays or on bank holidays.

NEW pricing for Home Educator visits between Autumn 2024 - Summer 2025

Children

Under 5s: Free
Age 5-18: £4.10 

Adults

Up to 1 : 3 ratio: Free (One free adult ticket will be provided for every 3 children. This includes under 5’s).
Additional Adults: £32.10 

Please bring evidence that you are a home-educator with you to present at our schools desk on the day of your visit. We appreciate that not all home educators will have a Local Authority letter, or membership of a Home Education group. In this case please contact us via email in advance of your visit to confirm your eligibility for this subsidised rate.

Key stage 1 (age 4-7) = 1:5

Key stages 2, 3 and 4 (age 7-15) = 1:10

Visits available Monday - Friday during UK term time.

Autumn 2024  

2 September - 25 October
4 November – 18 December 

Spring 2025 
8 January – 14 February  
24 February – 4 April  

Summer 2025 
22 April – 23 May 
2 June – 24 July  



Our term dates reflect those of the local authority, Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

Make a booking

book online

Complete a booking request form and submit it. All bookings at the home educator rate must be made and paid for in advance. Payment is due immediately upon receipt of your invoice. 

If you have any questions, wish to check availability or amend a booking request form you have already submitted please contact the schools' team via email at [email protected]. 

Booking Request Form

Terms and conditions

Please review our NEW terms and conditions for all Home Educator visits.

Terms and conditions

£1 tickets for the Tower of London

£1 tickets for a day visit to the Tower of London are available to anyone in receipt of the following: 

  • Universal Credit 
  • Working Tax Credit 
  • Child Tax Credit 
  • Pension Credit 
  • Employment and Support Allowance 
  • Income Support 
  • Jobseeker’s Allowance 
  • You can claim £1 tickets for up to six people per household. Only one person per household needs to show supporting documents. 

Tickets must be booked online in advance to guarantee entry and avoid disappointment. Visitor numbers are limited and many dates and timeslots are sold out in advance. 

If you can't find £1 tickets for the date you wish to book, this date is sold out but further dates are available. 

Find out more

Helpful Resources

Helpful resources for Home Educator Visits to the Tower of London.

Tower Of London Visitor Map Walking routes to the Tower of London from nearby stations Tower Accessibility Guide

Tower Hamlets residents visit for just £1

Local residents within the borough of Tower Hamlets can visit the for only £1.00.

The offer is valid all year round. Only one ticket per adult can be purchased per day. Adults can purchase additional tickets for up to 3 children for £1.00. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets can only be purchased on the day from our ticket office for the next available timeslot. During peak times such as school holidays and events, there may be limited capacity. If a timeslot is full, you will be put on the next available timeslot.

Adults need to bring proof of address (utility bill, council tax bill, driver’s licence etc) with them to the ticket office. Please note this offer cannot be used for event tickets such as Ceremony of the Keys.

Preview image of learning resource

Tower of London Significant People Biographies and Key Facts

Download short editable biographies of significant people at the Tower of London. Use key facts, activities and historic sources to explore who lived and worked at the Tower of London.