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St Katharine's & Wapping in Tower Hamlets in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Tower Hill Passageway: Queen’s Guard

 
 
Tower Hill Passageway: Queen’s Guard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 11, 2026
1. Tower Hill Passageway: Queen’s Guard Marker
Inscription. The Tower of London is both a royal palace and a fortress. Its most important buildings, the Queen’s House and the Jewel House (containing the Crown Jewels) are always guarded by sentries from Her Majesty’s Armed Forces. Every night at 22.00, the sentries and Yeoman Warders lock the Tower’s gates in the ‘Ceremony of the Keys’.
 
Erected 2001 by The Tower of London.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Law Enforcement.
 
Location. 51° 30.578′ N, 0° 4.562′ W. Marker is in Tower Hamlets, England, in Greater London. It is in St Katharine's & Wapping. It can be reached from Tower Hill west of Tower Bridge Approach, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 134 Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, England EC3N 4AB, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
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Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tower Hill Passageway: Panoramic View of the Tower (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Crown Jewels — St Edward's Crown (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Jousting and Tournaments (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Elizabeth I (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Wakefield and St Thomas's Tower (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Chapel Royal and Scaffold Site (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Queen's House (here, next to this marker); Tower Hill Passageway: Charles II (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tower Hamlets.
 
Tower Hill Passageway: Queen’s Guard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 11, 2026
2. Tower Hill Passageway: Queen’s Guard Marker
This inscription is one of a series found in the Tower of London underpass.
Queen’s Guard, by Stephen B Whatley image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 11, 2026
3. Queen’s Guard, by Stephen B Whatley
Yeoman Warders image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 11, 2026
4. Yeoman Warders
The Jewel House is guarded by members of His Majesty's Armed Forces.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 26, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 28, 2026