What are the library opening hours?
Answer
15 September - 21 December 2025
Maintenance closures can happen throughout the year, for more details please see our Library Alerts page.
- ❌🛠️ Due to planned maintenance, the Maughan Library will close at 01.00 on Saturday 29 November and re-open at 09.00 on Monday 1 December. More info.
| 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 to staffed hours: |
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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. Entrance without a valid KCL ID card is strictly limited to staffed hours (excluding bank holidays). |
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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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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.
22 December 2025 - 2 January 2026
Maintenance closures can happen throughout the year, for more details please see our Library Alerts page.
3 January - 31 May 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 |
| Exceptions to staffed hours: |
|
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. Entrance without a valid KCL ID card is strictly limited to staffed hours (excluding bank holidays). |
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Campus |
Library |
Monday - Friday |
Saturday - Sunday |
|
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.
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