Castle · Tower Hamlets · London

White Tower

White Tower is a central tower, the old keep, at the Tower of London. Within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets, it is one of the places to visit. It is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: White Tower, Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Tower Hamlets

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 4%

#264 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 19–24°C

In brief

Castle in Tower Hamlets

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#264 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (19 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Tower Hamlets

White Tower is inside Tower Hamlets’ built-up area, with 339 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Tower Hamlets has 923 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

Warm weather in Tower Hamlets runs May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.

Jan9° / 3°57 mm

Feb9° / 3°43 mm

Mar12° / 5°37 mm

Apr15° / 6°42 mm

May19° / 9°46 mm

Jun22° / 12°50 mm

Jul24° / 14°48 mm

Aug24° / 14°59 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°66 mm

Nov12° / 6°63 mm

Dec9° / 4°58 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Tower Hamlets, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Tower Hamlets. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Tower Hamlets’ full climate →

About

White Tower

Articles on it exist in 19 languages. Close by, Tower of London is 100 m away, one of 588 within 15 km.

Tower Hamlets’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 19 languages
Town: in Tower Hamlets

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting to White Tower

Numbered points are the places near White Tower, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

In size, Lambeth comes first of the 8, with 317,108 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Tower Hamlets

311,072 people · 430 places to visit

2 · 200 m northwest of it

City of London

7,820 people · 432 places to visit

3 · 300 m south of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Islington

216,309 people · 425 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where White Tower is	People	Places to visit
Tower Hamlets	It’s in town	311,072	430
City of London	200 m northwest of it	7,820	432
Southwark	300 m south of it	307,076	471
Islington	1.4 km northwest of it	216,309	425
Hackney	1.4 km north of it	258,464	407
Camden	2.1 km northwest of it	209,342	458
Lambeth	2.2 km southwest of it	317,108	450
Westminster	2.5 km west of it	203,571	461

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near White Tower

Choose from 588 places within 15 km, such as 2 cathedrals, 2 attractions and a castle.

Big drawCastleTower of London100 m away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum3.7 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral1.7 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryTate Modern1.6 km away · 1.2M visitors a year (2021)5

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey3.7 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower3.5 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye3.1 km away 8

Historic houseBuckingham Palace4.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is White Tower?

White Tower is in Tower Hamlets, London, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is White Tower?

Central tower, the old keep, at the Tower of London.

When is the best time to visit White Tower?

May to September are the warmest months in Tower Hamlets, with afternoon highs of 19–24°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is White Tower a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near White Tower?

Within 15 km: Tower of London (100 m), British Museum (3.7 km), St Paul's Cathedral (1.7 km) and Tate Modern (1.6 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)

White Tower: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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

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