Library locations and opening hours

Holloway Road and Aldgate libraries

Term time opening

Monday to Friday 8am* to 11.30pm

Library staff available: 9am to 7pm

Library chat and email support: 10am to 6pm

*Aldgate Library opens at 9am

 

Weekend opening (term time)

Saturday and Sunday 11am to 6.30pm

Library staff available: 12pm to 4pm

Library chat and email support: 12.30pm to 3.30pm

 

Easter vacation opening

Monday 25 March to Tuesday 26 March 8am* to 11.30pm

Wednesday 27 March 8am* to 5pm

Thursday 28 March to Tuesday 2 April CLOSED

Wednesday 3 April to Friday 5 April 8am* to 11.30pm

Saturday 6 to Sunday 7 April 11am to 6.30pm

*Aldgate Library will open at 9am

 

For Library related support, please use library chat or email during hours shown above for weekdays and weekends.

For basic library support outside of these hours, please use the ITS online portal for chat or phone 020 7133 4444 outside of core hours.

This shared Library and ITS out of hours support is an external service provided by Norman Managed Services (University of Northumbria at Newcastle).

 

For IT-related issues, IT TechSmart staff will be available in both libraries, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, or please use their help page to log a job or chat with them online. 

  

The Special Collections Reading Room (Wash Houses, Aldgate)

Tuesdays 10am to 5pm

Thursdays 10am to 5pm (from 11 January 2024)

Fridays 10am to 5pm

Please note: The Special Collections reading room will close at 5pm on Tuesday 26 March and reopen on Thursday 4 April.

  

For enquiries that relate specifically to Special Collections please email: specialcollections@londonmet.ac.uk

Aldgate Library

Calcutta House

Old Castle Street
London E1 7NT

Room: Access is on the ground floor

The library is on the ground, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors in Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT 
Access is on the ground floor. 

  • Nearest mainline railway station: Liverpool Street. 
  • Nearest underground (Tube): Aldgate (Metropolitan/Circle), Aldgate East (District/Hammersmith & City). 
  • Parking Details: No parking available, NCP within walking distance.

Holloway Road Library

Learning Centre

236–250 Holloway Road
London N7 6PP

Room: 236-250 Holloway Road

236-250 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PP 

Nearest underground (Tube): Holloway Rd (Piccadilly Line). 
Nearest Bus(es): 43, 153, 271 and 393 stop outside. Routes 29 and 253 cross Holloway Rd at Seven Sisters Road. 
Parking Details: Parking is very restricted, expensive and heavily policed.

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