Tower of London is in United Kingdom, in London Borough of Tower Hamlets. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision, when it dates from (1066) and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
Museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country
United Kingdom
City or region
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Origin (P571)
1066
Coordinates
51.5082 N, 0.0762 W
UNESCO World Heritage
Yes (site or site component)
Visitors per year (P1174)
2,741,126
Notability (sitelinks)
88
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
HMS Belfast
United Kingdom
0.4
Monument to the Great Fire of London
United Kingdom
0.7
Mansion House
United Kingdom
1.1
Tate Modern
United Kingdom
1.6
Barbican Centre
United Kingdom
1.9
The closest neighbor is HMS Belfast, 0.4 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Torre de Londres
English
Tower of London
Español
Torre de Londres
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 51.5082 N, 0.0762 W and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Tower of London: 88 sitelinks; closest neighbor HMS Belfast at 0.4 km