Gardens · London
Jewel House
Jewel House — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Richard Humphrey — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Jewel House is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
The Jewel House is a vault housing the British Crown Jewels in the Waterloo Block (formerly a barracks) at the Tower of London. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 and refurbished in 2012. Regalia have been kept in various parts of the Tower since the 14th century after a series of successful and attempted thefts at Westminster Abbey.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Visiting
In 2012, the exhibit was given a £2.5 million revamp to include a new introduction area with a video showing the history of the Crown Jewels and explaining how they are used in the coronation ceremony. The jewels themselves are displayed in the order they are used in the ceremony, and Handel's coronation anthems can be heard as visitors tour the exhibition. Brighter lights were installed to present the jewels in a more natural way, and a new lift provides disabled access to the viewing platform. The Princess Royal officially reopened the Jewel House on 29 March 2012. The underground vault built in 1967 is home to 25,000 architectural drawings of historic royal palaces.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5081, -0.0761
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Parish
- Tower Hamlets, unparished area
- Postcode
- EC3N 4AB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Official site
- www.hrp.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1688607 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Jewel House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Jewel House?
- Jewel House is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5081°, -0.0761°.
- Is Jewel House wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — Jewel House is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.