Photograph of the Bloody Tower, Wakefield Tower and Traitor's Gate at the Tower of London. In the foreground of the scene there are two standing male figures: a Guardsman and a civilian.  

The Bloody Tower consists of an upper and lower chamber. It derives its name from the 1560s when the two princes are believed to have been murdered by their uncle Richard III in the upper chamber. Important prisoners were also detained here including two Archbishops of Canterbury, a Lord Chancellor and Sir Walter Raleigh.

Built between 1222 and 1240, Wakefield Tower was named after William of Wakefield in 1344. It is the second largest tower in the Tower of London complex and its walls are much thicker than the other towers as it was built by Henry III to house his private apartments and to protect the inmost ward.

Traitor's Gate was built by Edward I to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower. Prisoners were brought by barge along the Thames beneath London Bridge, where the heads of recently executed prisoners were impaled on pikes. Traitor's Gate forms part of St. Thomas' Tower which provided additional accommodation for the monarch.