Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Grab some comfy trainers as you join Historian Dan Snow on a special behind the scenes tour of one of the most iconic sites of the Medieval World, The Tower of London

00:50 The Defenses
03:20 The Portcullis
07:00 The Gate / Byward Tower
08:57 Medieval Palace
13:50 The White Tower
19:30 Armour Display
26:38 Site of Anne Boleyn's Execution
28:29 Waterloo Block
29:43 Beauchamp Tower (Prisoner Graffiti)
33:55 Cromwell's Cell
35:53 Yeoman Warder

To find out more about the Tower’s medieval palace, visit: hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-medieval-palace

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