Tower of London
Castle in central London, United Kingdom.
Castle in Tower Hamlets
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#2 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (88 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Tower Hamlets
Tower of London is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
World Heritage Site
On the official list of protected heritage; Tower Hamlets has 923 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Warmest: May to September
Afternoon highs of 19–24°C, on the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages for Tower Hamlets. When to go ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Tower Hamlets, and rain in a month. Green months are the warmest.
Tower of London
Castle in central London, United Kingdom.
In Tower Hamlets, inside the town’s built-up area.
About 2.7M visitors a year, in 2016.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- World Heritage Site
- Visitors
- 2.7M visitors a year (2016)
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 88 languages
- Town
- in Tower Hamlets
- Official site
- hrp.org.uk/toweroflondon
Where Tower of London is
Orange: Tower of London. Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Tower Hamlets’ built-up area.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Tower of London
The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out. Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Also near Tower of London
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)2
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.6 km away3
Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.6 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)4
Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.7 km away5
AttractionElizabeth Tower3.4 km away6
AttractionLondon Eye3 km away7
Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.6 km away8
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery3.6 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)Visiting Tower of London
Where is Tower of London?
Tower of London is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Tower of London?
Castle in central London, United Kingdom.
How many people visit Tower of London?
About 2.7M visitors a year, in 2016 (the latest count on Wikidata).
When is the best time to visit Tower of London?
May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Tower of London a listed building?
Yes: World Heritage Site.
What else is there to see near Tower of London?
Within 15 km: British Museum (3.7 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.6 km), Tate Modern (1.6 km) and Westminster Abbey (3.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Modern: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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