Tower Green and the scaffold site 5 min read
Anne Boleyn's last seventeen days
She arrived by river to the same rooms where she had prepared for her coronation three years earlier. This time the barge was not a procession.
Inner ward
Tower Green and the scaffold site
The lawn in front of the Chapel Royal where a handful of high-status prisoners were executed in private, among them three queens. A glass memorial marks the spot.
- Time here
- 10–15 min (our estimate)
- Access
- Step-free · No stairs
- Where
- Inner ward · outdoors
What you can see
- Brian Catling's 2006 glass memorial pillow and the inscribed names
- The Queen's House (not open) where Anne Boleyn was lodged before her death
- Benches with back rests: one of the few places to sit inside the walls
Practical considerations
- Step-free
- No stairs
- Grass and paving; open to the weather
- Seating available here
Checked 10 Sept 2026
Access details from Historic Royal Palaces' accessibility page. Time estimates are ours unless marked official.
Stories at this place
Tower Green and the scaffold site 5 min read
The countess who walked her husband out of the Tower
The night before his execution in 1716, the Earl of Nithsdale left the Tower in a woman's cloak. His wife had planned every step, and then wrote it all down.