The Top 20 Libraries in London

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Very beautiful and the staff are very friendly and accommodating. You must have identification Uni ID to enter. The Compass staff is nice. The library is very aware when the queue is long and they call for help instead of just letting you stand there like the post office…I also located most of the books that I…

Jnine N.

Maughan Library - King’s College London

Great «library» in whitechapel. Perfect for that afternoon in front of the laptop. Views from the 4th floor are quite good as it oversees the city. There is a small coffeeshop as well, and altough not being the ultimate trendy place to go to, it does a good job in curing that coffee craving. Overall a great…

Bruno S.

Idea Store Whitechapel

Being a student at UOL is amazing because you get to go into this library for absolutely free. It’s also pretty much essential for my course, because it has an amazing collections of arts and humanities books and is so quiet you could hear a pin drop. I’ve been relying heavily on it for my day to day reading…

Richard B.

Senate House Library

Came out of the gym earlier and noticed this 50s Bauhaus styled library next to it. What strange and something I’ve not noticed before is that there is literally a pathway that links the two buildings.

Aaron D.

Swiss Cottage Central Library

Lovely library in the middle of the Barbican Centre. Usual fare of books to loan as well as DVDs and CDs. One good thing is you can renew online now, so you do not have to make an extra trip to renew, and saves getting a fine, if you are late returning the books, because you wanted to keep it a bit longer.The…

Mei S.

Barbican Library

I really have a gripe against the British Library as it feels so alien. As a student at UCL, I often have to venture further to find the texts for class. While I can access them at the BL, this is only slightly useful as books cannot be checked out. Not only can books not be checked out, but there are very…

Kathryn S.

The British Library

London Neighborhoods

Aldgate

Alexandra Palace

Barbican

Bayswater

Belsize Park

Blackfriars

Bloomsbury

Borough

Camberwell

Camden Town

Chelsea

Clapham

Clerkenwell

Covent Garden

Crouch End

Dalston

Ealing

East Finchley

Edmonton

Euston

Fitzrovia

Fulham

Greenwich

Hampstead Heath

Holborn

Holloway

Hoxton

Kensal Rise

Kensal Town

Kentish Town

Kilburn

King's Cross

Knightsbridge

Ladbroke Grove

Leyton

Leytonstone

Muswell Hill

Notting Hill

Plaistow (South)

Soho

Southwark

St John's Wood

Sydenham

Vauxhall

Victoria

Walthamstow

Wandsworth

Westminster

Whitechapel

Wimbledon

Wood Green

Woolwich

398 places in London, ordered by rating:

Poetry Library

4.8

4 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7921 0664
Address:	Belvedere Road

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Peckham Library

4.3

4 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7525 0200
Address:	167 Peckham Hill Street

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The British Library

4.5

25 reviews

Telephone:	+44 870 444 1500
Address:	96 Euston Road

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N4 Library

4.3

4 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7527 7800
Address:	26 Blackstock Road

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Hornsey Library

4.6

7 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8489 1118
Address:	Haringey Park

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Putney Library

4.2

6 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8871 7090
Address:	1 Disraeli Road Putney

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Maughan Library - King’s College London

4.0

6 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7848 2424
Address:	Maughan Library & Information Services Centre Chancery Lane

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Idea Store Whitechapel

4.2

9 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7364 4332
Address:	321 Whitechapel Rd Whitechapel

Libraries / Education

Canada Water Library

3.8

8 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7527 2000
Address:	21 Surrey Quays Road

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Bromley Central Library

4.2

5 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8460 9955
Address:	High Street

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Hackney Central Library

4.0

8 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8356 4358
Address:	Technology & Learning Centre 1 Reading Ln

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Stoke Newington Library

4.0

5 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8356 5231
Address:	184 Stoke Newington Church Street

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Senate House Library

3.7

15 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8862 8500
Address:	Senate House Malet Street

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Westminster Reference

4.0

8 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7641 1300
Address:	35 St Martin's Street

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Wood Green Central Library

4.2

6 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8489 2700
Address:	Library in Wood Green Wood Green

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Swiss Cottage Central Library

4.0

5 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7974 6522
Address:	88 Avenue Road

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Charing Cross Library

4.0

5 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7641 1300
Address:	4 Charing Cross Road

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Lewisham Library

3.7

6 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8297 9430
Address:	199-201 Lewisham High Street Lewisham

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Getty Images Gallery

3.6

11 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 7291 5380
Address:	46 Eastcastle Street

Libraries / Art Galleries

Shoreditch Library

3.7

9 reviews

Telephone:	+44 20 8356 4350
Address:	80 Hoxton Street

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Barking

Ashtead

Kingston Upon Thames

The Top 20 Libraries

London, United Kingdom

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