VIP Tower of London night tour:
The fortress after the gates close
Destination
London, UK
Duration
1.6 hours
Tour size
Max 20
Language
English
Overview
The Tower of London receives over three million visitors a year. By evening, they've all gone home. This Tower of London night tour puts you inside the walls after dark, led by a Yeoman Warder, and ends with the Ceremony of the Keys.
- •Step through the gates of the Tower of London after closing, when the floodlit walls belong to your group
- •Hear the Tower's darkest stories told by a Yeoman Warder who lives within the fortress walls
- •Stand at Traitor's Gate, where condemned prisoners arrived by river on their way to the block
- •Enter the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, where Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey are buried beneath the altar stones
- •Witness the Ceremony of the Keys, performed every night for over 700 years, as the Chief Warder formally locks the Tower
What's included
- After-hours access to the Tower of London grounds
- Entry to the Ceremony of the Keys
- Yeoman Warder (Beefeater) guide
You will visit
- Tower of London grounds after hours
- Traitor's Gate
- Execution Square
- Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
- The Bloody Tower (exterior)
- The White Tower (exterior)
- Ceremony of the Keys
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What to expect
The Tower after dark: led by a guide who lives inside the walls
Your evening begins at the gates of the Tower of London after the last public visitors have left. The grounds are lit but quiet. Your guide is a Yeoman Warder, one of the ceremonial guardians who have watched over this fortress for centuries, and who lives with their family inside the Tower walls.
Traitor's Gate and the walk to the block
The Warder leads you through the grounds, stopping at Traitor's Gate, the river entrance where prisoners arrived by boat knowing they were unlikely to leave. You'll follow their path toward Execution Square, where three English queens and two saints were put to death.
"During the Blitz, the ceremony got interrupted by a bomb. They dusted off and finished it. The report said the Keys were locked seven minutes late."
Charley,
WalksDevour London tour designer
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