There’s no parking at the Jewel Tower. The nearest, charged parking is the Abingdon Street underground car park (not managed by English Heritage), around 400m away.

There is a cafe selling a selection of hot drinks as well as sandwiches, biscuits, crisps, cakes and ice creams. The cafe is wheelchair accessible.

You can find allergen and nutritional information here.

 

There are benches and tables offering views of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.

The gift shop sells a small range of English Heritage souvenirs and gifts, including books, bags, wooden weaponry and Medieval-, Royal- and London-themed items. The gift shop is located on the ground floor of the tower and is wheelchair accessible.

There are no toilets on the site. The closest WC is at Westminster underground station, exits 1 and 6 (5 minutes’ walk away).

No dogs allowed, although assistance dogs are welcome.

There are two exhibitions at the Jewel Tower. 'Parliament Past and Present' is about the history of Parliament. The second exhibition is the story of this small but important building. Artefacts on display include speaker's robes, an Anglo-Saxon sword, historic weights and measures and Norman stone capitals. Note: the upper floor is not wheelchair accessible and can only be reached by a steep spiral staircase of roughly 40 steps.

There are some small grassy areas surrounding the building with benches and tables, although no 'grounds' as such. The remains of a moat and medieval quay are still visible outside.

Push Chairs Allowed

Pushchairs are allowed, although they cannot be taken up the spiral staircase to the second floor and must not have bags attached to them (parliament security restrictions). They can however be left with staff in the shop.

English Heritage welcomes all photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures with us on Flickr and Facebook. We do have some restrictions at certain locations, so if photography is your main reason for visiting, please call the site ahead of your visit to check if any parts of the site are restricted. We are keen to promote the use of our sites to location managers. If you are interested please go to (Filming Locations) for more information and contacts. English Heritage does not permit drone flying from or over sites in our care, except by contractors or partners undertaking flights for a specific purpose, who satisfy stringent CAA criteria, have the correct insurances and permissions, and are operating under controlled conditions.