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.

🛠️ Please be aware that our colleagues in Estates are performing necessary maintenance on the fire alarm sounders at New Hunt's House on 22 July 2025 between 13.00 - 16.00. Please plan accordingly. More info.
🛠️ Our colleagues in IT have informed us that due to planned maintenance, KEATS (Moodle) at keats.kcl.ac.uk will be unavailable due to essential maintenance on Tuesday 22 July. They have scheduled the maintenance in a window from 06.00 - 14.00. Please plan accordingly. 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:

IoPPN Library*: 🕘 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday | (Closed on Weekends and Bank Holidays)
The Maughan* (over the summer): 🕘 11.00 - 19.00 Monday to Friday | 10.00 - 18.00 on Weekends

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.