Enquiries, access and opening times
Barbican
Mobile Library
Shoe Lane
City Business Library
Guildhall Library
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designed to make it easier for deaf or hearing impaired individuals
to contact us.
Provided they have a textphone, callers are able to communicate
clearly with our staff by typing what they want to say and
receiving a reply on the screen of their textphone. To contact any
of our libraries dial 020 7332 3803.
24 hour renewals (touch tone phones only) 020 7638
0568
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Barbican Library
Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
General enquiries tel 020 7638 0569
Enquiries to Music Library - tel 020 7638 0672
Enquiries to Children's Library - tel 020 7628 9447
Fax 020 7638 2249
Textphone 020 7332 3803
Email
barbicanlib@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Map showing the location of Barbican
Library
Barbican Library webpage
The library is fully accessible by wheelchair and a variety of
access facilities including hearing induction loops, a reading
magnifier machine and enhanced computer screen viewing and
listening facilities are available.
For information on disabled access to the
Barbican Library visit Disabled Go.
Opening hours
Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday opening hours
The Library will be closed on:
Monday 4 June
Tuesday 5 June
Monday, Wednesday - 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday, Thursday - 9.30am - 7.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 2.00pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 4.00pm
The out of hours returns unit is situated just outside the
library. You will need to know your borrower number to use this
facility.
Getting there
Nearest tube stations are Barbican, Moorgate, Liverpool Street
and St Paul's (not wheelchair accessible). Bank station has lift
access from Docklands Light Railway to street level only.
Rail stations are Farringdon, Barbican and Moorgate (not wheelchair
accessible). Liverpool Street is accessible. Bus routes 8, 11,
26, 35, 42, 47, 48, 55, 56, 76, 78, 100, 133, 141, 214, 242, 271
(seven days a week), 243 (Monday - Saturday), 21, 23, 25, 172, 501,
505, 521 (Monday - Friday).
More information on the accessibility of tube stations and buses
is available on the
Tube website and the
Transport for London site.
Mobile Library
Opening hours and locations:
Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday opening hours
The Library will be closed on:
Monday 4 June
Tuesday 5 June
- Monday 10.00am - 4.00pm at Devonshire Square
- Tuesday 10.00am - 5.00pm at Little Somerset Street
- Wednesday 10.00am - 4.00pm at Stoney Lane
- Thursday 10.00am - 4.00pm at America Square
- Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm at Devonshire Square
Shoe Lane
Hill House, Little New Street, London EC4A 3JR
Tel 020 7583 7178
Textphone 020 7332 3803
24 hour renewals (touch tone phones only) 020 7638
0568
Email
shoelane@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Map showing the location of Shoe Lane
Library
Shoe Lane Library webpage
The library is fully accessible for people with
disabilities.
Opening hours
Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday opening hours
The Library will be closed on:
Monday 4 June
Tuesday 5 June
Monday, Wednesday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm
Tuesday 9.00am - 6.30pm
For information on disabled access to
the Shoe Lane Library visit Disabled Go.
City Business
Library
Contact details: 020 7332 1812;
cbl@cityoflondon.gov.uk
City Business Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH
Map showing the location of
CBL (535kb)
City Business Library webpage
The library has an internal stair lift and a wheelchair
accessible toilet.
Focus Research in the City
Tel 020 7600 1461
focus@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Opening hours
Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday opening hours
The Library will be closed on:
Monday 4 June
Tuesday 5 June
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.00pm
Closed Bank Holidays
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury, EC2V 7HH
Map showing the location of Guildhall
Library
Guildhall Library webpage
The library has an internal stair lift and a wheelchair
accessible toilet.
Tel 020 7332 1868 / 020 7332 1870
Textphone 020 7332 3803
Email
guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Opening hours
Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday opening hours
The Library will be closed on:
Saturday 2 June
Monday 4 June
Tuesday 5 June
Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.00pm
Items from the Store cannot be retrieved between 12.00
noon and 2.00pm on Saturdays.
Closed Bank Holiday weekends including Saturdays
Getting there
Bus routes 242, 25, 8 and 501 (to Cheapside), 11,15, 23 and 26
(to Queen Victoria Street),
43, 76, 133, 141, 214, 271 (to Moorgate), 172 (to London Wall).
Nearest tube stations are Bank, St Paul's, Mansion House (Bow Lane
exit), and Moorgate. Rail stations are Farringdon, Barbican and
Moorgate (not wheelchair accessible). Liverpool Street station is
wheelchair accessible.
For blue/orange badge holders there are
parking bays in Basinghall Street, Gresham Street and
Aldermanbury.
For information on disabled access to the
Guildhall Library visit Disabled Go.