What are the library opening hours?
Answer
3 January - 8 June 2025
Maintenance closures can happen throughout the year, for more details please see our Library Alerts page.
- 🕓 On the Early May Bank Holiday, Monday 5 May, the IoPPN, Archives, and Special Collections libraries will be closed. All other libraries will be open 24/7.
- 🕓 On the Spring Bank Holiday, Monday 26 May, the Western Education Centre (WEC), IoPPN, Archives, and Special Collections libraries will be closed. All other libraries will be open 24/7.
- ❌🛠️ The Franklin-Wilkins Library will be closed for maintenance from 06.00 on Saturday 7 June and will reopen 18.00 on Sunday 8 June.
| Staffed hours: (This is when you can expect library staff to be in the library to help you.) |
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🕘 09.00 - 19.00 Monday to Friday |
| Exceptions: |
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IoPPN Library*: 🕘 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday | (Closed on Weekends and Bank Holidays) |
| Opening hours: (This is when you can enter the library if you have a valid KCL ID card. Visitors without a valid KCL ID card need to strictly keep to the Staffed hours.) |
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Campus |
Library |
Monday - Friday |
Saturday - Sunday |
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Denmark Hill |
09.00 - 01.00* |
Closed |
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24 / 7 |
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Guy’s |
24 / 7 |
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| 24 / 7** | |||
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St Thomas |
24 / 7** |
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Strand |
24 / 7 | ||
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Closed |
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Closed |
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Waterloo |
24 / 7 |
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* pronounced "Mawn" like lawn
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.
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 |
| Exceptions: |
|
IoPPN Library*: 🕘 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday | (Closed on Weekends and Bank Holidays) |
| Opening hours: (This is when you can enter the library if you have a valid KCL ID card. Visitors without a valid KCL ID card need to strictly keep to the Staffed hours.) |
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Campus |
Library |
Monday - Friday |
Saturday - Sunday |
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Denmark Hill |
09.00 - 19.00* |
Closed |
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09.00 - 01.00 |
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Guy’s |
24 / 7 |
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| 24 / 7** | |||
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St Thomas |
24 / 7** |
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Strand |
09.00 - 01.00 | ||
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Closed |
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Closed |
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Waterloo |
24 / 7 |
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* pronounced "Mawn" like lawn
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.
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