Information on opening hours and planned closures
Opening hours 2023
01 November - 23 December 2023
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 14:30
24, 25 and 26 December 2023
Closed
27 December - 31 December 2023
Daily: 09:00-16:30. Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 14.30
Opening Hours 2024
01, 04 and 05 January 2024
Closed
02 January - 09 February 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 14.30
February Half-term, 10 February - 18 February 2024
- Daily: 09:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 14.30
19 February - 29 February 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-16:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 14.30
01 March - 28 March 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
Easter holidays, 29 March - 14 April 2024
- Daily: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
15 April - 05 May 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
Bank Holiday Monday 06 May 2024
09:00-17:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
07 May - 24 May 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
Summer Half-term, 25 May - 02 June 2024
- Daily: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 14.30
03 June - 19 July 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
Summer Holidays, 20 July - 01 August 2024
- Daily: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
02 September - 30 September 2024
- Mondays and Sundays: 10:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30 - Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00-17:30
Last admission: 15:30
Last Yeoman Warder guided tour (included in your ticket): 15:30
Tower closures
The Tower of London is closed on the following dates:
24-26 December 2023
01 January 2024
04 January 2024
05 January 2024
Route Closures
The Fusilier Museum will be closed from 11:15 on 14 December for a private event.
The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula
The chapel is a working community chapel and sometimes closes during Tower opening hours. It is used for Sunday services and occasional ceremonies.
Upcoming chapel closures:
02 December – closed from 12:30 for wedding preparations
03 December – closed all day to install Christmas decorations
12 December – closed all day for choir rehearsals.
13 December – closed from 14.00 for choir rehearsals
Gun Salutes
Please note the Wharf will close at least an hour before the gun salutes and there will be no access to the parts of the Wharf during the set up and duration of the gun salutes. Gun salutes take place at 13.00 and consist of 62 rounds unless otherwise stated.
The Wharf will also close the evening before each gun salute (from 18.00 to 21.00) for rehearsals.
Please note, the 13.00 Yeoman Warder Tour will be cancelled when a gun salute is taking place. They recommence at 13.30.
See all Gun Salute datesConstable's Dues
During the middle ages successive kings believed it was their right to get tolls from vessels on the Thames. The Constable of the Tower of London was allowed to demand these tolls on the king's behalf. In 1381 King Richard issued a grant that required every galley passing the Tower to present 'two roundlets of wyne' to the Constable.
The next Constable’s Dues ceremony is to be confirmed.
The Ceremony can be viewed inside the Tower and is included in your admission ticket.