Places to go
Classes, clubs & groups
382 places across London, best-loved first.
Venue Archway Library
A public library in Islington's Archway neighborhood with a redesigned 1980 building.
Venue Barking Learning Centre
Community learning facility with library, gallery, and wellness amenities.
Venue Bethnal Green Library
Historic public library in Bethnal Green with roots dating back to 1570.
Venue British Library
The UK's national library with over 200 million items spanning books, manuscripts, and recordings.
Venue British Library of Political and Economic Science
LSE's major library specializing in economics and social sciences research.
Venue Croydon Central Library
Croydon's main public library across four floors in the historic Clocktower building.
Venue Dana Research Centre and Library
Library and archives of the Science Museum Group in South Kensington.
Venue Dr Williams's Library
A historic research library focused on English Dissenters, now relocated to Manchester.
Venue Hammersmith Library
Grade II listed library building with sculptures celebrating literature and the arts.
Venue Kensington Central Library
A Grade II* listed public library opened by the Queen Mother in 1960.
Venue Lewis Carroll Children's Library
A pioneering children's library in Islington with a long history.
Venue Libraryplus Central Library
Main library for the London Borough of Bexley with local archives.
Venue LibraryPlus Leytonstone
A grade II* listed 1934 public library with art deco architecture in Leytonstone.
Venue Marcus Garvey Library
A public library branch in Tottenham with specialist Black literature collections.
Venue Marx Memorial Library
Library and archive focused on Marxist and socialist literature and history.
Venue Maughan Library
King's College London's main research library in a historic neo-Gothic building.
Venue Pancras Square Library
Library with separate children's section and free internet access in King's Cross.
Venue St Philip's Church Library
Former Victorian church converted into a medical library for Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Venue Stuart Hall Library
Special collections library and archive focused on international visual art.
Venue Swiss Cottage Library
Grade II listed public library in a distinctive modernist building from 1964.
Venue The Feminist Library
Archive of feminist literature, books, and activism materials in Peckham.
Venue The Library at Willesden Green
Public library complex with museum, arts space, and children's library.
Venue The Wellcome Library
Free library and museum exploring the history of medicine and human culture.
Venue The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
World's oldest institution dedicated to Holocaust and genocide research.
Venue Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
Local history library and archives in a converted Victorian vestry hall.
