Library
St Bride Library
Library devoted to printing, typography, and graphic design history.
📍 St Bride Institute Bride Lane, London, EC4Y 8EQ City of London
About
St Bride Library is a free-access library in the City of London housing approximately 65,000 books and pamphlets related to printing, book arts, typography, and graphic design, along with historical collections from notable designers and foundries.
Things to do here
Browse the printing and typography collection in the reading roomAttend talks, lectures, and exhibitions throughout the yearVisit the annual Wayzgoose (printers' fair) in late April or early MayView Eric Gill, William Addison Dwiggins, and Beatrice Warde collectionsExplore historical printing types and foundry punches
Getting there
Stations
Blackfriars · 3 min walk
CircleDistrict
St. Paul's · 7 min walk
Central
Temple · 9 min walk
CircleDistrict
Buses
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Strand · Aldgate · Stepney Green · Limehouse · Blackwall
26
Victoria · Spitalfields · Haggerston · London Fields · Hackney Wick
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Northumberland Park · West Green · Clissold · Angel · Lambeth
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Tottenham Lea Valley · Stamford Hill · Canonbury · Shoreditch · Lambeth
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Fitzrovia · Shadwell Basin · Plaistow Park · South Park · Central Romford
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Strand · Deptford · Culverley Green · Widmore · Orpington
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Strand · Burgess Park · Lewisham · Avery Hill · Barnehurst
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Chingford Green · Walthamstow · Hackney Wick · Haggerston · Victoria
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