The Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in central London, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “De Tower of London”, “Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress”, “Her Majesty’S Royal Palace And Fortress”, “Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London”, “Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress of The Tower of London”, “His Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress”, “Kastel Menara London”, “London Tower”, “Londonas Tauers”, “Londoner Tower”, “Londongo dorrea”, “Londonski toranj”, “Londra Kulesi”, “Londreseko dorrea”, “Londyńska Tower”, “Pałac i Twierdza Jej Królewskiej Mości”, “Tauerio tvirtovė”, “Tháp London”, “The Tower”, “The tower of London”, “Toring van Londen”, “Tower Green”, “Tower i London”, “Tower of london”, “Tower of London”, “Tower of London (London, England)”, “Tower von London”, “Towerin linna”, “Turri di Londra”, “Turris Londiniensis”, “Twr Llundain”, “White Tower”, “Лонданскі Таўэр”, “Лондонский Тауэр”, “Лондонський Тауер”, “Тоуэр”, “Тоўэр”, “ტაუერი”, “מגדל לונדון”, “מצודת העיר לונדון”, “قصر وقلعة صاحبة الجلالة”, “லண்டன் கோபுரம்”, and “พระราชวังหลวงและป้อมปราการของหอคอยแห่งลอนดอนในพระองค์ฯ”
  • Address: Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4AB
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: White Tower and Tower Bridge.

Castle
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The is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the Tower of London in England.

Bridge
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is a Grade I listed combined bascule… is situated 970 feet south of The Tower of London.

Church
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The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula is a Chapel…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.

Neighborhood
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Butler's Wharf is an historic building at Shad…

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the .

The Tower of London

Latitude
51.50813° or 51° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-0.07629° or 0° 4′ 35″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C3XGW5F+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 370870741
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6286786
Wiki­data ID
Q62378
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“The Tower of London” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Londense Tower”
  • Arabic: “برج لندن”
  • Armenian: “Թաուեր”
  • Armenian: “Լոնդոնի թաուեր”
  • Azerbaijani: “London qalası”
  • Azerbaijani: “London qəsri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tauer”
  • Balinese: “Menara London”
  • Basque: “Londresko dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Таўэр”
  • Bengali: “টাওয়ার অফ লন্ডন”
  • Bengali: “টাওয়ার অব লন্ডন”
  • Bhojpuri: “लंदन टावर”
  • Bosnian: “Londonski Tower”
  • Bosnian: “Tower of London”
  • Bulgarian: “Тауър”
  • Burmese: “လန်ဒန်ရဲတိုက်ကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Londres”
  • Cebuano: “Tower of London”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاوەری لەندەن”
  • Chinese: “伦敦塔”
  • Chinese: “倫敦塔”
  • Croatian: “Londonski Tower”
  • Czech: “Tower”
  • Danish: “Tower of London”
  • Dutch: “Tower of London”
  • Esperanto: “Turo de Londono”
  • Estonian: “Tower”
  • Finnish: “Lontoon Tower”
  • French: “tour de Londres”
  • French: “Tour de Londres”
  • Galician: “Torre de Londres”
  • Georgian: “ლონდონის ტაუერი”
  • German: “Tower of London”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Λονδίνου”
  • Gujarati: “ટાવર ઓફ લંડન”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת לונדון”
  • Hindi: “टावर ऑफ़ लंदन”
  • Hindi: “टॉवर ऑफ़ लंदन”
  • Hungarian: “Londoni Tower”
  • Icelandic: “Lundúnaturn”
  • Ido: “Turmo di London”
  • Indonesian: “Menara London”
  • Interlingua: “Turre de London”
  • Irish: “Túr Londan”
  • Italian: “Torre di Londra”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン塔”
  • Javanese: “Menara London”
  • Kannada: “ಲಂಡನ್ ಗೋಪುರ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಂಡನ್‌ ಗೋಪುರ”
  • Korean: “런던탑”
  • Kotava: “London rasek”
  • Latin: “Turris Londinii”
  • Latvian: “Tauers”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Tore de London”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono Taueris”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tower of London”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tower vu London”
  • Macedonian: “Лондонска кула”
  • Malay: “Menara London”
  • Malayalam: “ലണ്ടൻ ടവർ”
  • Maltese: “Torri ta‘ Londra”
  • Maltese: “Torri ta’ Londra”
  • Marathi: “टॉवर ऑफ लंडन”
  • Marathi: “लंडनचा टॉवर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tower of London”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tower of London”
  • Norwegian: “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: “Tower of London”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Londres”
  • Pushto: “د لندن برج”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Londrei”
  • Russian: “Тауэр”
  • Scots: “Touer o Lunnon”
  • Serbian: “Лондон тауер”
  • Serbian: “Лондонска Кула”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Londonski Tower”
  • Sicilian: “Tower of London”
  • Slovak: “Tower of London”
  • Slovenian: “Londonski Tower”
  • Slovenian: “Tower of London”
  • Spanish: “La Torre de Londres”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Londres”
  • Swedish: “Towern”
  • Tagalog: “Tore ng Londres”
  • Tamil: “இலண்டன் கோபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “లండన్ టవర్”
  • Thai: “หอคอยแห่งลอนดอน”
  • Turkish: “Londra Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Тауер”
  • Urdu: “ٹاور آف لندن”
  • Uzbek: “London minorasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Luân Đôn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tore han London”
  • 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”
  • “लंदन टावर”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Tower of London and Tower Hill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Coldharbour Gate and The Princes in the Tower.

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