How many people live in the Tower of London today?

Today, it's a tourist attraction and most people only cross the waterless moat and walk through the gated archway during the daytime – tickets in hand, on their way to see the Crown Jewels or the Tower's famous ravens. But around 150 Londoners call the Tower home.



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The Tower of London is still home to the Yeomen Warders and their families, the Resident Governor, and a garrison of soldiers. There is a doctor and a chaplain. And there is even a pub!

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Yeoman Warder facts As of October 2023, there are currently 35 Yeoman Warders at the Tower including the Chief Yeoman Warder and Yeoman Gaoler. There are two uniforms for the Yeoman Body.

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The last state prisoner to be held in the Tower, Rudolf Hess, the deputy leader of the Nazi Party, in May 1941. The last person to be executed in the Tower, Josef Jakobs, Nazi spy, shot by a firing squad on 15 August 1941.

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Tom, the son of the ex-Chief of Defence Staff, lives in the Tower of London and a key element of his material is lifting the lid on, among other things, the all-boys boarding school environment in which he was thrust into at the age of six.

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The palace, like Windsor Castle, is owned by the reigning monarch in right of the Crown. Occupied royal palaces are not part of the Crown Estate, nor are they the monarch's personal property, unlike Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle.

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The first black Beefeater is Lawrence Watts (UK) who was sworn into the role as Yeoman Warder of Her Majesties Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, in London, UK, on 1 March 2016. The Yeomen Warders (Beefeaters) were formed in 1485 by King Henry VII.

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