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Private tours

Beat the crowds with our range of once-in-a-lifetime Tower tours

'We could not have been more impressed with how everything turned out. Having access to the Crown Jewels and Tower grounds just for our group for those three hours was something I will never forget.'

Nick Daly at NFL Washington Commanders

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Morning Jewel House Tour

The Crown Jewels have a special significance in British public life, making them one of the nation’s most popular tourist attractions. Our private tours let you beat the crowds and experience the stories, legends and traditions that surround these magnificent regalia at your own pace.

Once your private tour has finished, you and your party are welcome to stay and enjoy the myriad other exhibitions throughout the rest of the Tower.

A Yeoman Warder giving a tour to members of the public at the Tower of London in July 2023.

On this special morning tour, the Duty Exhibitor and our expert warders will welcome you to the treasury and guide you through the Crown Jewels exhibition before it opens to the general public.

  • Price: £1,950 + VAT 
  • Time: 08:15 - 09:00 (Tuesday to Saturday); 09:15 - 10:00 (Sunday and Monday)
  • The price includes up to 15 guests. Additional guests can be added for £130 + VAT per person, up to a maximum of 30 guests in total. 

Evening Jewel House Tour

This exclusive tour is about as special as it gets. You will be met by a Yeoman Warder to escort you up to the vault for a once-in-a-lifetime private viewing of the Crown Jewels, in the erudite company of our expert warders.

  • Price: £2,250 + VAT 
  • Time: 18:30 - 20:00
  • The price includes up to 15 guests. Additional guests can be added for £150 + VAT per person, up to a maximum of 80 guests.
  • Please note this experience can only be confirmed 6 weeks in advance of the event date. We are happy to hold the date provisionally for you until then.
Low angle shot of the Jewel House, looking north. Location of the Crown Jewels exhibition.

Secrets of the Tower Tour

New Chief Yeoman Warder Rob Fuller and new Yeoman Gaoler Clive Towell standing in uniform in front of the White Tower.

On this exclusive tour, you and your party will get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life (and death) at the Tower, in the company of the Yeoman Warder himself.

With exclusive access to areas that are normally out-of-bounds, you’ll get under the skin of this ancient fortress and discover the secrets that lurk beneath the surface.

  • Price: £2,000 + VAT 
  • Time: 09:15 - 10:05 (Tuesday - Friday only) 
  • The price includes up to 10 guests (over 13 years old only)

EVENING TOUR AND CEREMONY OF THE KEYS

The Ceremony of the Keys, in which the Tower of London’s main gates are secured for the evening, has been performed every night without fail for more than 700 years. Enjoy your own external tour of the Tower, culminating in the ancient Ceremony of the Keys.

  • Price: £1300 + VAT
  • Time: 20:30 - 22:05
  • The price includes up to twenty guests. Additional guests can be included for £65 + VAT per person, up to a maximum of fifty guests in total
Ceremony of the Keys showing Peter McGowran (Chief Yeoman Warder) posing with Coldstream Guards. The Tower of London looking south towards the Bloody Tower.

'Our Yeoman Warder was superlative! He displayed all the attributes and reverence that you imagine, and yet struck just the right balance of being welcoming, charming, informative, amusing, and just a little bit scary!'

Julie and Dawn at IAE Tours

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