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Visitor Information
Opening
Hours
Mon to Sat 09.30-17.00.
Facilities
For The Disabled:
Please ring for advice as there are several unavoidable steps.
Adapted lavatory and wheelchair space.
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The
Tower of London built by William the Conqueror in 1078 to guard
the river approach to London. It was restored in 1700, but the
original part of the White Tower (so named because Henry III had
it whitewashed both inside and out) still stands.
From 1322 onwards the Tower held prisoners suspected of plotting
the downfall of the Monarch. Amongst the most famous prisoners
held there were Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey, the
Earl of Essex and the young princes, Edward V and Richard of York.
The last prisoner was the Nazi, Rudolph Hess. He was held
from 17-21 May 1941.
Today, the Tower is probably best known as the home of the Crown
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