Dare to take an evening tour
Yeoman Warders will lead exclusive tours of the Tower,
taking in some of the gruesome sights and spooky stories which make it world
famous.
You will have unique after hours access to the UK’s most
visited historic attraction, and can enjoy it at its most tranquil (and its
most spooky!) Take in world famous sights such as Traitors’ Gate, the Scaffold
Site and the Bloody Tower, and be appalled and amazed by tales of prisoners and
past residents, of royal gossip and of the secrets kept within these ancient
walls.
Although largely spent outdoors, the tour also includes a brief look in the Bloody Tower, where two young princes disappeared from their beds while under the care of their Uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Two centuries later, workmen at the Tower dug up a wooden box containing two small human skeletons.
Another highlight of the tour is the chance to hear ghost stories at Tower Green, a historical burial ground and the site where three English Queens (Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Jane Grey) were beheaded. If you feel tired, you can rest your legs in the Chapel where their headless bodies lie. Rumour has it that there might be some more right beneath your feet…
Finally, you’ll head to the bottom of the Wakefield Tower where hundreds of prisoners were held at one time and where you can see three terrifying instruments used to torture traitors. Not one for the faint-hearted!
The tour is interspersed with tales of apparitions appearing in photographs, mirages passing through bodies and unknown guests being seen on tours…
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