TOWER OF LONDON QUESTION
 

Is Photography permitted inside the Tower of London, specifically in the Armoury area? Also, how much time to be allocated for a tour of the entire tower - is 3 hours enough?
Thanks in advance for any input

There are details of photography allowed on the website:

http://www.historicroyalpalaces.org/...tent.asp?ID=34

<font color="blue">You are free to take photographs within most of the Tower of London but we regret that photography and filming is not permitted inside the Jewel House, White Tower or in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula.</font>

I would say that you should allow about 3 hours inside the Tower. Make sure you go on a beefeater tour too as that's the best way to see much of the Tower.

Is there a separate charge for the Beefeater tours or is it included in the ticket?

The Beefeater tour is included in the ticket price.

When will you be visiting the Tower? I ask because you may be able to get 2 for 1 tickets if it's before the end of May.

Are you someone who has to go into every nook and cranny? Read every sign? Take every pictures? If you're like me and need to do 2 of the 3, then 3 hours *might* be too little.

I had budgetted 3 hours for our visit there my first time. Let's just say we missed our bus to Heathrow Airport.

Also, depending on when you're going, you might still be able to get tickets for the Ceremony of the Keys. I put in my request in mid-April for July, and received my pass 2 days ago. Super fast!

The photography prohibition has always been enforce for the Crown Jewels - but the White Tower ban is fairly new. The White Tower is where the armory exhibits are.

Three hours will usually be enough if you go at opening time. Arrive later and you can spend more than an hour just waiting in the queue at the Jewel House.

It is best to get there early, <u>bypass</u> the Yeoman Warder (Beefeater) who will be assembling a group as you enter, walk directly to the Jewel House and you will basically have the Crown Jewels to yourselves. No line at all. Then AFTER the Crown Jewels walk back to where you came in and hook up w/ the next beefeater tour. Then after the tour you will have a good idea where everything is and can wander through the White Tower and everything else.

The Beefeater tour is free - but do have a &pound; coin or two to tip him at the end as you leave the chapel.