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 Franklin-Wilkins Library will close at 06.00 on Saturday 8 November and re-open at 18.00 on Sunday 9 November. More info.
- 🚧 The City of London has informed us that there will be road closures around the Maughan Library on Saturday, 8 November and Sunday, 9 November. These are to enable the annual Lady Mayor's Show [Saturday] as well as acts of memory for Remembrance Sunday [Sunday]. In practice, this means the Maughan Library will only be reachable on foot during those days with buses running alternative routes. You will not be able to reach the Maughan Library by bike, car, or taxi. More info.
- ❌🛠️ Due to planned maintenance, the New Hunt's House Library will close at 06.00 on Saturday 15 November and re-open at 18.00 on Sunday 16 November. 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 |
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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.
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