Traitors' Gate
The grim river watergate of the Tower of London, through which condemned prisoners were brought by boat, viewable for free from the Thames Path.
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The lowdown
You do not need to pay to enter the Tower of London to see one of its most chilling features. Traitors' Gate is the great arched watergate on the river frontage, through which prisoners accused of treason were rowed in secret from Westminster, passing under London Bridge with its display of severed heads on the way.
Anne Boleyn, Thomas More and the young Princess Elizabeth all entered the Tower this way, many never to leave. From the Thames Path you can look across at the gate for free, the dark water still lapping at the steps where so many walked to their fate, a genuinely sobering free view.
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