The Tower of London
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Castle in central London, United Kingdom
- Address: Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4AB
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Bob Collowân, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Tower Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 300 metres south of The Tower of London.
White Tower
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The White Tower is a central tower, the old keep, at the Tower of London in England.
Church of St Peter ad Vincula
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula is a Chapel Royal and the former parish church of the Tower of London.
Localities in the Area
Butler's Wharf
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
Aldgate Ward
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London.
The Tower of London
- Categories: castle, museum, archaeological site, independent museum, tourism and historic site
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50813° or 51° 30' 29" northLongitude
-0.07629° or 0° 4' 35" westElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open Location Code
9C3XGW5F+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 370870741OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6286786Wikidata ID
Q62378The Tower of London Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Londense Tower
- Afrikaans: Toring van Londen
- Afrikaans: Tower of London
- Arabic: Tore han London
- Arabic: برج لندن
- Arabic: قصر وقلعة صاحبة الجلالة
- Armenian: Թաուեր
- Armenian: Լոնդոնի թաուեր
- Avaric: London rasek
- Azerbaijani: London qalası
- Azerbaijani: London qəsri
- Azerbaijani: Tauer
- Basque: London Tower
- Basque: Londongo dorrea
- Basque: Londreseko dorrea
- Basque: Londresko dorrea
- Basque: Tower of London
- Belarusian: Лонданскі Таўэр
- Belarusian: Таўэр
- Bengali: টাওয়ার অফ লন্ডন
- Bengali: টাওয়ার অব লন্ডন
- Bhojpuri: लंदन टावर
- Bosnian: London Tower
- Bosnian: Londonski Tower
- Bosnian: Tower of London
- Bulgarian: Лондонска кула
- Bulgarian: Тауър
- Burmese: လန်ဒန်ရဲတိုက်ကြီး
- Catalan: Torre de Londres
- Catalan: Tower of london
- Cebuano: Tower of London
- Central Kurdish: تاوەری لەندەن
- Chinese: 伦敦塔
- Chinese: 倫敦塔
- Croatian: London Tower
- Croatian: Londonski Tower
- Croatian: Londonski toranj
- Croatian: White Tower
- Czech: Tower
- Czech: Tower of London
- Danish: Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of The Tower of London
- Danish: The Tower of London
- Danish: Tower
- Danish: Tower of London
- Dutch: De Tower of London
- Dutch: The tower of London
- Dutch: Tower of London
- English: Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress
- English: His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress
- English: The Tower
- English: Tower of London (London, England)
- English: Tower of London
- Esperanto: Tower
- Esperanto: Tower of London
- Esperanto: Turo de Londono
- Estonian: Tower
- Finnish: Lontoon Tower
- Finnish: Tower
- Finnish: Towerin linna
- Finnish: Tower of London
- French: Tour de Londres
- French: tour de Londres
- Galician: Torre de Londres
- Georgian: ლონდონის ტაუერი
- Georgian: ტაუერი
- German: Londoner Tower
- German: The Tower
- German: The Tower of London
- German: Tower of London
- German: Tower von London
- Greek: Πύργος του Λονδίνου
- Gujarati: ટાવર ઓફ લંડન
- Hebrew: מגדל לונדון
- Hebrew: מצודת העיר לונדון
- Hebrew: מצודת לונדון
- Hindi: टावर ऑफ़ लंदन
- Hindi: लंदन टावर
- Hungarian: Londoni Tower
- Icelandic: Lundúnaturn
- Icelandic: Tower of London
- Ido: Turmo di London
- Indonesian: Kastil Menara London
- Indonesian: Menara London
- Indonesian: Tower of London
- Interlingua: Turre de London
- Irish: Túr Londan
- Italian: Torre di Londra
- Japanese: ロンドン塔
- Japanese: 倫敦塔
- Javanese: Menara London
- Kannada: ಲಂಡನ್ ಗೋಪುರ
- Korean: 런던탑
- Kotava: London rasek
- Latin: Turris Londiniensis
- Latin: Turris Londinii
- Latvian: Londonas Tauers
- Latvian: Tauers
- Latvian: Tower of London
- Lingua Franca Nova: Tore de London
- Lithuanian: Londono Taueris
- Lithuanian: Tauerio tvirtovė
- Luxembourgish: Tower of London
- Luxembourgish: Tower vu London
- Macedonian: Лондонска кула
- Malay: Menara London
- Malayalam: ലണ്ടൻ ടവർ
- Maltese: Torri ta' Londra
- Maltese: Tower of London
- Marathi: टॉवर ऑफ लंडन
- Norwegian: Tower of London
- Norwegian Bokmål: The Tower of London
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tower Green
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tower i London
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tower of London
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Tower of London
- Occitan (post 1500): Tor de Londres
- Occitan (post 1500): Torre de Londres
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lundenturr
- Persian: برج لندن
- Polish: Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress
- Polish: Londyńska Tower
- Polish: Pałac i Twierdza Jej Królewskiej Mości
- Polish: The Tower
- Polish: The Tower of London
- Polish: Tower of London
- Portuguese: London Tower
- Portuguese: Torre de Londres
- Portuguese: Torre de Londres nas rodas
- Portuguese: Tower of London
- Pushto: د لندن برج
- Romanian: Turnul Londrei
- Russian: Лондонский Тауэр
- Russian: Тауер
- Russian: Тауэр
- Russian: Тоуэр
- Scots: Touer o Lunnon
- Serbian: Tower of London
- Serbian: Лондонска Кула
- Serbian: Лондон тауер
- Serbian: Тауер
- Serbo-Croatian: Londonski Tower
- Sicilian: Tower of London
- Sicilian: Turri di Londra
- Slovak: Tower of London
- Slovenian: Londonski Tower
- Slovenian: Tower of London
- Spanish: La Torre de Londres
- Spanish: Torre de Londres
- Spanish: Tower of London
- Swedish: The Tower
- Swedish: Towern
- Swedish: Tower of London
- Tagalog: Tore ng Londres
- Tamil: இலண்டன் கோபுரம்
- Tamil: லண்டன் கோபுரம்
- Telugu: లండన్ టవర్
- Thai: พระราชวังหลวงและป้อมปราการของหอคอยแห่งลอนดอนในพระองค์ฯ
- Thai: หอคอยแห่งลอนดอน
- Turkish: Londra Kalesi
- Turkish: Londra Kulesi
- Turkish: Tower of London
- Ukrainian: Лондонський Тауер
- Ukrainian: Тауер
- Urdu: ٹاور آف لندن
- Uzbek: London minorasi
- Vietnamese: Tháp London
- Vietnamese: Tháp Luân Đôn
- Waray (Philippines): Tore han London
- Welsh: Twr Llundain
- Welsh: Tŵr Llundain
- Western Frisian: Toer fan Londen
- Western Panjabi: ٹاور آف لندن
- Wu Chinese: 伦敦塔
- Yiddish: טורעם פון לאנדאן
- Yue Chinese: 倫敦塔
- Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London
- टावर ऑफ़ लण्डन
Localities in the Area
- Tower of LondonLocality
- Tower LibertyNeighbourhood
- Upper PoolLocality
- East SmithfieldNeighbourhood
- The City QuaysNeighbourhood
Places in the Area
- White TowerGift shop
- Entrance to the Crown JewelsClock
- Scaffold SiteMemorial
- RavensGift shop
- cannonWork of art
Popular Destinations in England
Escape to a Random Place
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