1. Films or scenes shot at the Tower of London include A Man For All Seasons (1966), The Jokers (1967), Elizabeth (1998) and The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex (1939).

2. In a 2003 episode of The Simpsons, Homer was incarcerated in the Tower during a visit to London.

3. During the second world war, the Tower’s moat was used for growing vegetables.

4. The Duke of Wellington was Constable of the Tower from 1826-1852.

5. Its first official guidebook was published in1841.

6.  When the moat was drained in 1830, prior to being filled, human bones were found among the rubbish collected at the bottom.

7. According to Shakespeare’s Richard III, Julius Caesar built the first Tower of London.

8. The Tower used to have a small zoo, open to the public; its animals were moved to the new London Zoo in 1835.

9. The last execution at the Tower took place in 1941, when German spy Josef Jakobs was shot there.

10.  In 1952, the infamous Kray Twins, Reggie and Ronnie, were briefly held at the Tower for failing to report for National Service in the Army.