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
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
For enquiries that relate specifically to Special Collections please email: specialcollections@londonmet.ac.uk
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.
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.
Special Collections including TUC Library
16 Goulston Street
London E1 7TP
Nearest underground (Tube): Aldgate East (Circle and Hammersmith & City) and Aldgate (Metropolitan)
Nearest Bus(es): 415, 25, 67, 115, 205, 254
Parking Details: Parking is very restricted.
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