Tower of London Tickets

No trip to London is complete without a tour of Tower of London! Located in the heart of England’s capital, the Tower of London teems with tall tales and fascinating history as this iconic building nears its 1,000th birthday. Get Tower of London tickets on TodayTix.

An official UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Tower of London sits on the Thames River and has lived many lives: sturdy fortress, royal residence, and terrifying jail. Over centuries and centuries, many prolific kings — such as Richard I and Henry I — worked to expand the architecture and legacy of the tower to cement it as a symbol of English power, even as it endured battles and besiegement.

From William the Conqueror’s construction of the White Tower in 1078 to its addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1988, the Tower of London houses much of England’s most important history. See the Line of Kings (complete with resplendent battle armor), the Crown Jewels (breathtaking regalia), and the Ravens (South Lawn-dwelling Tower guardians who, legend says, if they leave, England will fall).

The Tower of London has been an armoury, menagerie, and treasury, and today, it is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. Guarded by London’s unmistakable Yeoman Warders, the property — expertly cared for by the Historic Royal Palaces — has many picture-perfect features.

Visitors can ascend the castle’s battlements: up there, you can both imagine what it was like to defend a castle at war and take sweeping views of the contemporary London landscape. Across millennia, the Tower of London has been a singular fixture in an ever-changing city. Get Tower of London tour tickets here on TodayTix.

What to Watch For

• Edward I lived in the Tower of London, which features a recreation of his 13th-century chamber housed above Traitors’ Gate. Get a sense of the scale and design of kings’ bedrooms in that era.
• Six ravens are kept in the Tower of London at any given time; if fewer than six are captive, legend says the kingdom will fall. Chat with the Ravenmaster who tends them, and see the Yeoman Warders standing by as guards.
• In British slang, being “sent to the tower” means being sentenced to imprisonment because the Tower of London historically was home to the torture and sometimes execution of political prisoners.