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Tower Twilight Tours

Discover secrets of the Tower's history with after-hours access.

Discover secrets of the Tower's history with after-hours access.

Update 5 November: In line with government guidance, the Tower of London will be closed until 2 December. Please read our FAQs

When

Cancelled until further notice

Ticketing information

Unfortunately Tower Twilight tours are currently cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Separate ticket (advance booking required)

Unfortunately Tower Twilight tours are currently cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yeoman Warders lead exclusive tours of the Tower, taking in some of the gruesome sights and extraordinary stories which make it world famous.

You will have unique after hours access to the UK’s most visited historic attraction. Take in world famous sights such as Traitors’ Gate, the Scaffold Site and outside the Bloody Tower, and be appalled and amazed by tales of prisoners and past residents, of royal gossip and of the secrets kept within these ancient walls.

Important information

This is an outdoor tour, over uneven cobbles and up spiral stone staircases, which does not include the Crown Jewels or any of the main towers. Over 12's only.

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A Yeoman Warder gives a tour to a group of visitors outside the chapel of St Peter Ad Vincula at the Tower of London
Highlights

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A visitor uses the audio guide outside the Jewel House at the Tower of London.
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Separate ticket

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The blue and gold vaulted ceiling of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace
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Walk in the footsteps of kings and queens at the Chapel Royal, which has been in continuous use for almost 500 years.

Closed

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Included in palace admission (members go free)

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