The Tower of London

[An Ard Ri]

The Tower of London

A celebration of 500 years of royal music at the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula.

Chapel Royal concerts

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London will be hosting a unique two-night fundraising event of variety acts by a cast of West End performers on Saturday 13 February and Sunday 14 February 2016.

Live at the Tower Charity Gala

 

[CyrilVladisla]

What is known about the Tower of London?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6iUU9wbM3k

 

[An Ard Ri]

Ten reasons every Londoner should visit the Tower of London

Ten reasons every Londoner should visit the Tower of London

 

[Rudolph]

Number 10 Downing Street confirmed on 7 March 2016 that HM the Queen has approved the appointment of the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen, as the 160th Constable of the Tower of London, from summer 2016

Read more: Sir Nicholas Houghton appointed next Constable of the Tower of London

 

[Rudolph]

The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon
General The Lord Dannatt, says farewell as Constable of the Tower of London. Thank you, Lord Dannatt.

https://twitter.com/TowerOfLondon/status/759003188645154816

 

[Sun Lion]

If you've never visited The Tower of London, perhaps you didn't realise there is more to it than the usual postcard shots.

Here are some photos I took when there earlier this year.

(No photos of the Crown Jewels though - not allowed.)

Mesh animals are all about, representing the creatures who used to live within the Tower's walls.

 

[Sun Lion]

There is a pub within - "The Keys" - but you have to be a yeoman to drink there.

And for those who live there, their homes are not private from the tourists walking around the internal walls looking down.

 

[M. Payton]

Beautiful pictures and wish I was back there. Visited once a long time ago and loved London with all the history around. Thank you!

 

[Sun Lion]

The view from the windows of one of the ladie's loos.

And they do a Changing of the Guard ceremony there too, which draws the crowd.

(You're very welcome M. Payton. Certainly a place full of history. Even when you're there, you can only scratch the surface, there is so much,)

 

[Sun Lion]

The central part is like a village/ village green.

 

[Sun Lion]

The Crown Jewels are housed in this building and normally the crowds are so great, people need to work their way through these barriers to get inside.

No queues today.

 

[Sun Lion]

Take the tube to Tower Hill station and you can walk through a pedestrian tunnel and avoid any traffic.

The tunnel is lined with these posters.

Part of the old Roman wall is still standing here.

And they don't take themselves so seriously, that they can't be cute for the little ones who may visit.

 

[M. Payton]

Oh to live amongst such history and be able to see it every day, what a joy that would be for me. Thank you so much Sun Lion

 

[eya]

A raven silhouette in the Tower of London!

https://scontent.fskg1-1.fna.fbcdn....=fb501e8cbcfb557e7e6e3bb7e59e25da&oe=5C5A1085

 

[eya]

Tower Remembers from up high in the sky �� A helicopter’s view of the 10,000 candles filling the moat of the Tower each night this week to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1482566818512365

 

[An Ard Ri]

Here's an interesting video on the making of Beyond the Deepening Shadow: The Tower Remembers.

 

[eya]

The Tower of London in the sunset!

https://scontent.fath3-3.fna.fbcdn....=2d7ac2c1d6c2b7dcf6d93f21208d494a&oe=5C694661

An overcast afternoon at the Tower of London!

https://scontent.fskg1-1.fna.fbcdn....=b0df1daa5f0e002dc54cbecf4d7dd7a7&oe=5CB9E5C6

The Blood Moon at The Tower of London!

https://scontent.fath4-2.fna.fbcdn....=56d4271772a56d88134b1d1280157225&oe=5CFAD5BB

 

[AdmirerUS]

So, there is a tweet today from the Keeper of the Ravens about how they are phasing out the ravens and inviting in pigeons.

 

[Mirabel]

So, there is a tweet today from the Keeper of the Ravens about how they are phasing out the ravens and inviting in pigeons.

What do you want to be there'll be people expressing their outrage?

 

[Osipi]

So, there is a tweet today from the Keeper of the Ravens about how they are phasing out the ravens and inviting in pigeons.

I heard about that too. Seems that they're going to use a wonderful breed of carrier pigeons for top secret messages. You've never heard of a pigeon being hacked have you?

 

[Oona]

So, there is a tweet today from the Keeper of the Ravens about how they are phasing out the ravens and inviting in pigeons.

The lads at the Tower actually went to the trouble of recording a video to tweet out. It's funny enough to deserve a look at:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1112603319141367808

I got a belly laugh imagining the filming and editing of the video. I'll bet the crew are a lot of fun to be around. Chris Skaife certainly is a good actor; very funny!

 

[Osipi]

Oh sheesh... that is too funny. How the heck Chris ever kept a straight face to look so serious about his new "position" escapes me. Very well done!

 

[AdmirerUS]

Oh sheesh... that is too funny. How the heck Chris ever kept a straight face to look so serious about his new "position" escapes me. Very well done!

So very good. Nothing like an excellent bit of very dry Brit wit to start the day!

 

[An Ard Ri]

A man managed to enter the Tower of London at around 10.50pm on Saturday 6 April - hours after it closed.

https://news.sky.com/story/man-illegally-enters-tower-of-london-home-of-the-crown-jewels-11719977

 

[Rudolph]

Some great pics here

The secret life of Beefeaters! How Yeoman Warders lived with their wives and children inside The Tower of London in 1951... and even had a pint in their own pub after a hard day protecting the crown jewels

 

[An Ard Ri]

Inline with guidance from Public Health England the Tower of London will close on Friday 20th March until further notice.

https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/visit/opening-and-closing-times/#gs.0wpdvq

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Tower of London will reopen to the public on July 10th.

https://secretldn.com/the-tower-of-london-will-reopen-to-the-public-next-week/

 

[Durham]

Wonderful news. One of my earliest memories as a child was going to the ceremony of the keys on a cold night. Magical!

"Halt!
Who comes here?
The keys.
Who's keys?
Queen Elizabeth's keys.
Pass, Queen Elizabeth's keys"

Made me jump as a kid.

 

[AC21091968]

The Historical Royal Palaces have launched online curator talks. Tonight 7.00pm on 7th October, the talk was about Tower Of London and the trail of Anne Boleyn

Historic Royal Palaces @HRP_palaces
We’re back for our autumn series of online curator talks! [Party popper] Tonight we're venturing into the @TowerOfLondon on the trail of Anne Boleyn...
Join our all-star lineup of HRP curators @Lucy_Worsley, @TracyBorman and Jane Spooner at 7pm BST [Right pointing backhand index] http://bit.ly/boleyn-talk
7:59 PM · Oct 7, 2020·Twitter Web App​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313765874751463425

Link to the registration, including some introduction: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/last-days-of-anne-boleyn/#gs.i5ailg

According to Historic Royal Palaces' twitter account, the recording of this talk will be available to watch for 24 hours after the recording.