What are the library opening hours?

Answer

9 June - 17 August 2025

Maintenance closures can happen throughout the year, for more details please see our Library Alerts page.

  • ❌🛠️ The New Hunt's House Library will be closed for maintenance from 06.00 on Sunday 15 June and will reopen 18.00 that same day.
Staffed hours:
(
This is when you can expect library staff to be in the library to help you.)

🕘 09.00 - 19.00   Monday to Friday
🕘 10.00 - 18.00   Saturday and Sunday

Exceptions:

IoPPN Library*: 🕘 09.00 - 17.00   Monday to Friday  |  (Closed on Weekends and Bank Holidays) 

The Wills Library** and the St Thomas' House Library** do not have library staffed hours.
Please use our Library Chat service if you require assistance.

Opening hours:
This is when you can enter the library if you have a valid KCL ID card. 
Entrance without a valid KCL ID card is strictly limited to staffed hours (excluding bank holidays).

Campus

Library

Monday - Friday

Saturday - Sunday

Denmark Hill

IoPPN

09.00 - 19.00*

Closed

Weston Education Centre (WEC)

09.00 - 01.00

Guy’s

New Hunt’s House

24 / 7*

Wills

24 / 7**

St Thomas

St Thomas’ House

24 / 7**

Strand

The Maughan*

09.00 - 01.00

Special Collections

Monday - Friday, 10.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00

Closed

Archives

Tuesday - Thursday, 10.00 - 17.00

Closed

Waterloo

Franklin-Wilkins

24 / 7

* pronounced "Mawn" like lawn

24/7 Space

*At the Weston Education Centre Library, computer rooms 1.49 - 1.52 (NHS PCs available in room 1.49) will be open 24/7 and will be accessible via the first-floor corridor of the building when the library is closed.​


 

  • Last Updated Jun 10, 2025
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