What are the library opening hours?

Answer

3 January - 7 June 2026
8 June - 23 August 2026

3 January - 7 June 2026

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

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 to staffed hours:

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.
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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 - 01.00*	Closed
	Weston Education Centre (WEC)	24 / 7*
Guy’s	New Hunt’s House	24 / 7
	Wills	24 / 7**
St Thomas	St Thomas’ House	24 / 7**
Strand	The Maughan*	24 / 7*
	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

8 June - 23 August 2026

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

📡🛠️ Our colleagues in IT have informed us that they will be performing essential maintenance on the King's Network in the evening of Wednesday, 10 June 2026. Please note that the Wi-Fi service may be interrupted at all libraries for up to 15 minutes during the 20.00 - 22.00 maintenance period. More info.
❌🛠️ The Franklin-Wilkins (FW) Library will be closed for essential maintenance from 06.00 on Saturday 13 June and will reopen at 18.00 on Sunday 14 June. More info.
🏖️ During the summer months, the Maughan Library will operate a reduced Information Point Service. From Monday, 15 June - Sunday, 23 August the desk will open from 11.00 - 19.00 on weekdays and 10.00 - 18.00 on weekends. More info.
❌🛠️ The New Hunt's House (NHH) Library will be closed for essential maintenance from 06.00 on Saturday 20 June and will reopen at 18.00 on Sunday 21 June. More info.

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 to staffed hours:

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.