Please Note: The Library Hall and current exhibitions close at 15:00 on November 7 due to a special event.
The round tower is an old tower with many hidden nooks and crannies, so sometimes things are not exactly where you think they would be.
Join us for a quick virtual tour to the tower platform, 34.8 metres above street level.
The only leaning tower in the world is not the one in Italy. For while the Leaning Tower of Pisa is known to be leaning but is also round, the Round Tower is known to be round but is, in fact, also leaning.
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