Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of WalesLibrary, Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park Cardiff UK
Post Code: CF10 3NP
Ancient India & Iran Trust23 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 2BG
Description: The Trust’s greatest asset is its library, a unique independent resource for research in the fields of the cultural heritage of ancient India, Iran, Central Asia, and the history of the Indo-Iranian languages.
Army & Navy Club36 - 39 Pall Mall London UK
Post Code: SW1Y 5JN
Art Media & Design Library, Bower Ashton Campus, University of the West of EnglandKennel Lodge Road Bristol UK
Post Code: BS3 2JT
Auckland City LibrariesAuckland City Libraries, Shortland Street Auckland 1140 New Zealand
Bath Central LibraryThe Podium, Northgate Street Bath UK
Post Code: BA1 5AN
Bath Royal Literary& Scientific Institute16-18 Queen Square Bath UK
Post Code: BA1 2HN
Bibliothecarius Aulae, Blackfriars Hall64 St. Giles Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3LY
Description: Blackfriars Priory is a community of more than twenty Dominican friars living a common life of prayer, study, and preaching in the centre of Oxford.
Birmingham Central LibraryChamberlain Square Birmingham UK
Post Code: B3 3HQ
Description: The Library of Birmingham - a new Central Library - is under construction on land adjoining The REP, with the library and theatre joining together and sharing a number of facilities to create a unique centre for knowledge, learning and culture.
Bishopsgate Foundation & Institute Library230 Bishopsgate London UK
Post Code: EC2M 4QH
Description: Bishopsgate Library's collections cover a variety of subject areas, including: London History, Labour and Socialist History, Freethought and Humanism, Co-operation, Protest and Campaigning.
Bodleian LibraryBroad Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3BG
Bolton History CentreBolton Museum & Archive, Le Mans Crescent Bolton UK
Post Code: BL1 1SE
Bolton Libraries, Museums & ArchivesBolton Central Library, Le Mans Crescent Bolton UK
Post Code: BL1 1SE
British Horological Institutec/o Croxton Lodge, Croxton, Thetford Norfolk UK
Post Code: IP24 1LN
Description: Formed in 1858 to promote horology, the BRITISH HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE today continues to provide education, standards and support to its 3,000 members around the world involved in making, repairing and servicing clocks and watches.
British MuseumGreat Russell Street London UK
Post Code: WC1B 3DG
Bromley House LibraryBromley House, Angel Row Nottingham UK
Post Code: NG1 6HL
Description: Nottingham Subscription Library was founded in 1816 and moved in 1822 to its present home, Bromley House, which is centrally situated in the city on Angel Row.
Brotherton LibraryUniversity of Leeds Leeds UK
Post Code: LS2 9JT
Camberwell College of Arts66 Montem Road London UK
Post Code: SE23 1SJ
Cambridge University LibraryCambridge University Library, West Road Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB3 9DR
Description: The Library, by virtue of the legal deposit privilege, acquires almost every book published in the UK or Ireland, irrespective of its academic level or its intended readership.
Canning House Library, Hispanic & Luso Brazilian Council2 Belgrave Square London UK
Post Code: SW1X 8PJ
Description: Canning House is a unique centre dedicated to stimulating understanding and engagement between Britain and the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian world, through dynamic debates, networking, events, and education activities.
Canterbury Cathedral LibraryThe Precincts, Canterbury Kent UK
Post Code: CT1 2EH
Description: The Library contains about 30,000 books and pamphlets printed before 1900, and an expanding collection of some 20,000 books and serials published in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Carlisle Cathedral Library3 The Abbey Carlisle UK
Post Code: CA3 8TZ
Description: Carlisle Cathedral has a fine collection of early printed books dating from the late fifteenth Century. Although Carlisle Cathedral’s medieval library collection did not survive the destruction of the Commonwealth period in the 1650’s, the cathedral’s library was re-founded in 1691.
Cathedral and Church Buildings LibraryChurch House Great Smith Street London UK
Post Code: SW1P 3NZ
Description: The Cathedral and Church Buildings Library is an invaluable specialist library for research on ecclesiastical architecture, art, design and liturgy.
Centre for Urban History, University of LeicesterMarc Fitch House, 3-5 Salisbury Road Leicester UK
Post Code: LE1 7RH
Description: Established in 1985, the Centre for Urban History (CUH) is a specialist research centre of international academic excellence which attracts MA and PhD students from around the world. The Centre maintains active links with academics and research institutions across the globe.
Chawton House LibraryChawton, Alton Hampshire UK
Post Code: GU34 1SJ
Description: Chawton House Library is a UK registered charity with a unique collection of books focusing on women's writing in English from 1600 to 1830. It aims to promote study and research in early English women's writing.
Chelmsford CathedralCathedral Office, New Street, Chelmsford Essex UK
Post Code: CM1 1TY
Chester Cathedral LibraryCathedral Office, 12 Abbey Square Chester UK
Post Code: CH1 2HU
Chetham's LibraryLong Millgate Manchester UK
Post Code: M3 1SB
Description: Chetham's Library was founded in 1653 and is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world. It is an independent charity and remains open to readers and visitors free of charge.
Chichester Cathedral LibraryChichester Catherdral, Chichester West Sussex UK
Post Code: PO19 1PX
Description: A printed catalogue of the complete collection, Bibliothecae Ecclesiae Cirestrensis Librorum Catalogus in Duas Partes Divisus (Chichester, 1871), with the books in the Senate House Library marked up, is available from Special Collections staff.
Christ's College LibrarySt Andrew's Street Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 3BU
Description: The College Library comprises the Arthur Peck Reading Room, the Bookstacks, the Law Library, the Annexe, and the Old Library.
Churchill Archive CentreChurchill College, Storey's Way Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB3 ODS
Description: The Churchill Archives Centre was built in 1973 to house Sir Winston Churchill's Papers - some 3000 boxes of letters and documents ranging from his first childhood letters, via his great war-time speeches, to the writings.
City Centre Library Services, Newcastle upon TyneExhibition Hall, Civic Centre Newcastle upon Tyne UK
Post Code: NE1 8PU
City of London: London Metropolitan Archives40 Northampton Road London UK
Post Code: EC1R OHB
Description: London Metropolitan Archives holds an extraordinary range of collections and records about London.
College Library, Eton CollegeEton College Windsor UK
Post Code: SL4 6DB
Description: College Library is a rare book and manuscript library of international importance. Established soon after the foundation of the college in 1440, it houses more than 150,000 items, ranging in date from the 10th to 21st centuries.
Corpus Christi CollegeMerton St. Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 4JF
Description: The Library dates to the foundation of the College by Richard Fox in 1517. The old library contains book presses dating from the late 16th/early 17th centuries. The modern library is available on a reference basis 24 hours a day to current members.
Corpus Christi College LibraryCorpus Christi College UK
Post Code: CB2 1RH
Description: The Library is a renowned international research centre, welcoming many scholars who come to study its materials.
Courtauld Institute of ArtStrand London UK
Post Code: WC2R 0RN
Description: The Courtauld is a vibrant international centre for the study of the history of art and conservation and is also home to one of the finest small art museums in the world.
Cranston Libraryc/o Surrey County Council, Mid Area Office, Bay Tree Avenue, Leatherhead Surrey UK
Post Code: KT22 7SY
Description: The Cranston Library, founded on 14 March 1701, is situated in a small chamber above the vestry in the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Reigate.
Cripps Library, Oundle SchoolChurch Street Oundle UK
Post Code: PE8 4EE
Denys Eyre Bower BequestChiddingstone Castle, Hill Hoath Road, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge Kent UK
Post Code: TN8 7AD
Dept of Plant Sciences LibrarySouth Parks Road Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3RB
Description: The Plant Sciences Library retains a large amount of older material that is still in frequent use.
Dr Williams's Library14, Gordon Square London UK
Post Code: WC1H 0AR
Description: Dr Williams's Library is the pre-eminent research library of English Protestant nonconformity. Established under the will of Dr Daniel Williams, the Library is one of the oldest open to the public still conducted on its original benefaction. It has never received any government funding.
Dunedin Public Libraries300 Princes St., 2B Dunedin 9016 New Zealand
Durham Cathedral LibraryThe College Durham UK
Post Code: DH1 3EH
Description: Each year the cathedral welcomes a wide variety of readers, borrowers and visiting groups to its libraries.
Durham University LibraryStockton Road Durham UK
Post Code: DH1 3RN
Description: Durham University Library provides an excellent range of collections, resources, and flexible study spaces across five library locations and online.
Edward Worth LibraryDr Steevens' Hospital Dublin 8 Ireland
Description: The book-collection assembled by Edward Worth (1678-1733), a notable Dublin physician, is one of the lesser-known treasures of the city’s cultural inheritance.
Emmanuel College LibraryEmmanuel College, St Andrew's Street Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 3AP
Description: The junior members' library consists of over 50,000 volumes available for loan to all current undergraduate and postgraduate students and to Fellows. The historic collections comprise over 300 manuscripts; about 18,000 works printed before 1800.
English National Ballet ArchiveMarkova House, 39 Jay Mews London UK
Post Code: SW7 2ES
Exeter Cathedral LibraryDiocesan House, Palace Gate, Exeter Devonshire UK
Post Code: EX1 1HX
Description: The Library of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral was founded in the 11th Century with books from Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter. It has gone through various changes in location, contents and status over the centuries and we are now beginning the next Chapter.
Exeter College LibraryExeter College, Turl Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3DP
Description: The Library aims to provide the books which undergraduates require for their essays and covers all the main subjects of undergraduate study.
Fellows' Library, Jesus College OxfordTurl Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3DW
Description: The Fellows' Library contains bookcases that are decorated with strapwork dating from around 1628, which were taken from a library elsewhere in the College. The Library contains around 11,000 antiquarian printed volumes.
Folkestone Library2 Grace Hill, Folkestone Kent UK
Post Code: CT20 1HD
Foyle Special Collections LibraryKing's College London, Strand London UK
Post Code: WC2R 2LS
Description: The Foyle Special Collections Library houses over 150,000 printed works, as well as maps, slides, sound recordings and manuscript material.
Franciscan International Study CentreGiles Lane, Canterbury Kent UK
Post Code: CT2 7NA
Geological Society LibraryBurlington House, Piccadilly London UK
Post Code: W1J OBG
Description: The Geological Society Library was founded in 1809 and contains over 300,000 volumes of books and serials. It takes around 700 current serial titles and has a collection of over 35,000 maps.
Gladstone's LibraryChurch Lane, Hawarden Flintshire UK
Post Code: CH5 3DF
Description: Gladstone's Library is a residential library dedicated to dialogue, debate and learning for open-minded individuals and groups who are looking to explore pressing questions and to pursue study and research in an age of distraction and easy solutions.
Goldsmiths College LibraryFlat 6, 20 Devonshire Road London UK
Post Code: SE23 3SR
Description: We have an extensive collection of printed and electronic resources, Special Collections and archives covering a range of 20th-century creative and performing arts, humanities, education and social sciences.
Guildford InstituteWard Street Guildford UK
Post Code: GU1 4LH
Description: The Library has occupied the same room in the Guildford Institute's Ward Street site since 1893. It accommodated the large collection of books which the Institute had accumulated during the latter part of the 19th century.
Guildhall LibraryCity of London, Guildhall, PO Box 270 London UK
Post Code: EC2P 2EJ
Description: The original Library at Guildhall was founded in the 1420s under the terms of the will of Richard Whittington. Today, it is a major public reference library which specialises in the history of London.
Henry Moore Institute74 The Headrow Leeds UK
Post Code: LS1 3AH
Description: The library's collecting priority is modern (post-1875) and contemporary British sculpture, the aim being to acquire all significant works to enable in-depth research in this field.
Hereford Cathedral Libraryc/o 5 Cathedral Cloisters, Cathedral Close Hereford UK
Post Code: HR1 2NG
Description: Hereford Cathedral Library & Archives provide a unique research facility for readers and scholars.
Heritage Centre Royal College of Physicians Library11 St Andrews Place London UK
Post Code: NW1 4LE
Description: The Royal College of Physicians is the oldest medical college in England. Since its foundation by Henry VIII the RCP has built up a magnificent collection of books, manuscripts, portraits and medical artefacts.
Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution Library11 South Grove, Highgate London UK
Post Code: N6 6BS
Description: The Library has nearly 25,000 books, which are constantly updated. We have a strong emphasis on biography, literature, history, and general fiction, and also have a very popular crime fiction section.
Historical Archive, Northampton General HospitalOverstone Lane, Overstone Northamptonshire UK
Post Code: NN6 0AA
Horniman Museum100 London Road London UK
Post Code: SE23 2PQ
Description: The Museum holds in total some 350,000 objects and related items. It has three main collections, Anthropology, Natural History and Musical Instruments.
Hudson Library, St Alban's CathedralSumpter Yard, Holywell Hill, St Albans Herts UK
Post Code: AL1 1BY
Description: The library of St Albans Abbey was one of the finest in Europe, but the collection was broken up at the dissolution of the monastery in 1539.
Innerpeffray LibraryCrieff Perthshire UK
Post Code: PH7 3RF
Description: Step back in time to Enlightenment Scotland and explore Scotland’s cultural heritage through the books read by local people in this beautiful and tranquil setting, just a short, ten minute drive from Crieff or Auchterarder.
Institute of Classical Studies LibrarySenate House, Malet Street London UK
Post Code: WC1E 7HU
Description: A major resource for those working on research in the languages, literature, history, art, archaeology and philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
Institute of Historical Research LibrarySenate House, Malet Street London UK
Post Code: WC1E 7HU
Description: The collection encompasses the historical period from around the middle of the fifth century AD to the present. It covers the history of Western Europe and its expansion overseas from the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Ironbridge Gorge Museum TrustCoach Road, Coalbrookdale Telford UK
Post Code: TF8 7DQ
Island Archives, GuernseySt Barnabas, Cornet Street St Peter Port, Guernsey UK
Post Code: GY1 1LF
Description: The Island Archives were established in 1986 under the aegis of the States Heritage Committee. The Archives hold records on behalf of the States and the Royal Court, and other historical collections acquired from institutions and individuals.
J.B. Priestley LibraryUniversity of Bradford, Bradford Yorkshire UK
Post Code: BD7 1DP
Description: The J.B. Priestley Archive is one of the largest and most popular of the Special Collections at Bradford. Most of the material has been kindly donated by the Priestley Estate.
Joule Library, University of ManchesterSackville St. Building, PO Box 88 Manchester UK
Post Code: M60 1QD
Description: Built in the 1890s, the John Rylands Library is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world; both the building and its collections are of outstanding international significance.
Julia Margaret Cameron TrustDimbola Lodge, Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight UK
Post Code: PO40 9QE
Kimberlin Library De Montfort UniversityThe Gateway Leicester UK
Post Code: LE1 9BH
King's College London LibrariesStrand London UK
Post Code: WC2R 2LS
Description: The collection encompasses over two million books and thousands of journals.
Knightbridge LibraryChelmsford Cathedral, New Street Chelmsford UK
Post Code: CM1 1TY
Description: The Knightbridge Library is a small historical library which includes the Knightbridge collection of books from the 17th century. There are also Cathedral archives and material relating to the history of Essex churches.
Lambeth Palace LibraryLambeth Palace London UK
Post Code: SE1 7JU
Description: Founded in 1610, the Library is one of England's oldest public libraries, and has had a rich and varied history.
Leadhills Miners Library15 Main Street, Leadhills Lararkshire UK
Post Code: ML12 6XP
Description: The surviving book stock from Leadhill's Miners Library amounts to more than 3000 volumes. The majority of the books were acquired prior to 1970 when the library ceased to function.
Wolfson College Lee LibraryWolfson College, Barton Road Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB3 9BB
Description: The Lee Library is open to all Wolfson Members, and provides a light and pleasant atmosphere in which to work at all times of the year.
Library & Information Services, Natural History MuseumCromwell Road London UK
Post Code: SW7 5BD
Description: The Natural History Museum has the world’s richest and most comprehensive resource for the current and historical literature on natural history-related subjects.
Library of Royal Botanic Gardens, KewRoyal Botanic Gardens, Richmond Surrey UK
Post Code: TW9 3AB
Description: Library, Art & Archives contains more than half a million items, including books, botanical illustrations, photographs, letters and manuscripts, periodicals, biographies and maps.
Library of Society of Antiquaries of LondonBurlington House London UK
Post Code: W1V 0HS
Description: Having acquired material since the early eighteenth century, the Library's present holdings number more than 100,000 books and around 800 currently received periodical titles .
Library of the Glasgow School of Art167 Renfrew Street Glasgow UK
Post Code: G3 6RQ
Library of the Religious Society of Friends in BritainLibrary of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain, Friends House, 173 Euston Road London UK
Post Code: NW1 2BJ
Description: The Library is one of the largest collections in the world relating to Quakers. It is an inspiring resource for understanding peace, prison reform, humanitarian assistance, the anti-slavery movement and Quaker history, faith, thought and practice.
Library Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow232-242 St Vincent Street Glasgow UK
Post Code: G2 5RJ
Library, Beauchamp Community2111 South Salina St. Syracuse NY 13205
Library, The Royal Observatory EdinburghBlackford Hill Edinburgh UK
Post Code: EH9 3HJ
Description: The Royal Observatory possesses one of the most comprehensive collections of astronomical literature in existence. The library system, which serves the UK ATC, the IfA of the Unversity of Edinburgh and other bona fide researchers comprises the Main Library, the Crawford Library and Archives.
Lichfield Cathedral Library19 The Close Lichfield UK
Post Code: WS13 7LD
Description: The National Archives is the UK government's official archive, containing over 1,000 years of history. We give detailed guidance to government departments and the public sector on information management.
Lincoln Cathedral LibraryMinster Yard Lincoln UK
Post Code: LN2 1PX
Description: The Library holds a remarkable collection of 260 medieval manuscripts, including illuminated psalters, books of hours, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and the earliest rhyme of Robin Hood.
Lincoln CollegeTurl Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3DR
Description: The Library has been an important part of College life since the foundation in 1427 and it continues to support the academic study of College members today.
Literary and Philosophical Society23 Westgate Road Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
Post Code: NE1 1SE
Description: The Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) is the largest independent library outside London, housing over 150,000 books.
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne23 Westgate Road Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
Post Code: NE1 1SE
Description: The Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) is the largest independent library outside London, housing over 150,000 books.
Llandaff Cathedral Library, St Michael's College54, Cardiff Road, Llandaff Cardiff UK
Post Code: CF5 2YJ
Description: St Michael's College has an in-house theological library, open 24 hours and containing approximately 12,000 books. The collection includes 25 journals, newspapers and other periodicals, some of which are also available in electronic format.
Lloyds Register71 Fenchurch Street London UK
Post Code: EC3M 4BS
Description: The Lloyd’s Register Group comprises charities and non-charitable companies, with the latter supporting the charities in their main goal of enhancing the safety of life and property for the benefit of the public and, ultimately, the environment.
London Library14 St James's Square London UK
Post Code: SW1 4LG
Description: The London Library has long played a central role in the intellectual life of the nation, serving generations of readers and writers throughout the country.
London Metropolitan Archives40 Northampton Road, Clerkenwell London UK
Post Code: EC1R 0HB
Description: London Metropolitan Archives holds an extraordinary range of collections and records about London. This site offers an insight into the archives, and practical advice on how to research and use them, both at LMA and online.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LibraryKeppel Street London UK
Post Code: WC1E7HT
Longleat LibraryLongleat, Warminster Wilts UK
Post Code: BA12 7NW
Description: The archive includes material from the early Middle Ages to the present day and is still actively used in the management of the House, collections, grounds and estate.
Magdalen College LibrariesMagdalen College Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 4AU
Description: There are five libraries in Magdalen College: New Library, Law Library, Daubeny Library, McFarlane Library, Old Library.
Manchester Central LibrarySt Peters Square Manchester UK
Post Code: M2 5PD
Description: Central Library is currently closed as it undergoes a major programme of renovation and refurbishment. The library is due to reopen in 2013
Manchester Metropolitan University Library85 Primrose Avenue, Haslington, Crewe Cheshire Cheshire
Post Code: CW1 5QA
Description: MMU Library aims to provide you with a full range of services and resources to help you to complete your studies and research successfully.
Marlborough CollegeMarlborough College, Marlborough Wiltshire UK
Post Code: SN8 1PA
Description: The Memorial Library has accommodation for over 40 pupils and provides an atmosphere conducive to quiet study and intellectual inquiry. The library contains some 36,000 items, of which three quarters are on open access.
MCC LibraryMarylebone Cricket Club, Lord's Ground London UK
Post Code: NW8 8QN
Description: The MCC Library contains the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of books and publications dedicated to cricket.
Middlesborough Reference LibraryVictoria Square Middlesborough UK
Post Code: TSI 2AY
Description: The library holds a book collection of over 20,000 volumes on local and family history including; electoral registers, trade directories and a selection of parish registers for England and Wales.
Muniment Room and LibraryWestminster Abbey London UK
Post Code: SW1P 3PA
Description: The Library now holds around 14,000 pre-1801 printed books, about 60 manuscripts (mostly medieval) and a collection of printed and manuscript music.
Murray Edwards College LibraryHuntingdon Road Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB3 0DF
Description: The Rosemary Murray Library has an excellent working collection of 60,000 books, videos and CD-ROMs, housed on four floors in a striking vaulted building designed by the architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon.
Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex UniversityCat Hill, Barnet Herts UK
Post Code: EN4 8HT
National Army MuseumRoyal Hospital Road London UK
Post Code: SW3 4HT
Description: The National Army Museum's Collection comprises a large number of items dating back to the very origins of the British Army. The Picture Library offers a service that enables you to purchase images of items for study, publication, commercial use and personal enjoyment.
National Library of the Czech RepublicKlementinum 190 110 00 Praque 1 Czech Republic
Description: The National Library's collection includes over 6,5 million volumes and yearly, it acquires about 80 thousand of new titles.
National Portrait GallerySt Martin's Place London UK
Post Code: WC2H OHE
Natural History Society of NorthumbriaHancock Museum, Great North Rd Newcastle upon Tyne UK
Post Code: NE2 4PT
Description: The Society library holds a collection of over 12,000 volumes of natural history books and journals.
New College, OxfordHolywell Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 3BN
Description: Opened in 1939, the library is built on two floors and houses almost all its modern material on open access. The total stock of modern and antiquarian collections numbers approximately 100,000 volumes.
Nicholas Wood Memorial LibraryNorth of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, Neville Hall, Westgate Road Newcastle upon Tyne UK
Post Code: NE1 1SE
Description: The Nicholas Wood Library contains a variety of materials, mostly published pre-1920, which includes transactions from various institutes, journals, geological surveys and books relating to mining, metallurgy railways and geology.
Norwich Cathedral Library12, The Close Norwich UK
Post Code: NR1 4DH
Description: Norwich Cathedral Library incorporates the library of the Lincoln Theological Institute and the Dean & Chapter's historic collection
Ornithology and Rothschild LibrariesThe Walter Rothschild Building, Akeman Street, Tring Hertfordshire UK
Post Code: HP23 6AP
Description: A unique collection of published and unpublished books, papers, drawings, watercolours and photographs from the Library of the Natural History Museum at Tring.
Pembroke College LibraryPembroke College, Trumpington Street Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 1RF
Description: The Library houses approximately 36,000 books on the open shelves and some 30,000 rare books in secure and appropriate conditions.
Plymouth Proprietary Library111 North Hill Plymouth UK
Post Code: PL4 8JY
Queens' College CambridgeQueens' College Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB3 9ET
Description: Queens' has two libraries. The War Memorial Library supports junior members, providing core resources across the range of tripos subjects. The Old Library houses the College's manuscripts, rare books and other special collections and documents.
Radley College LibraryAbingdon Oxford UK
Post Code: OX14 2HS
Description: The Library contains materials in all formats, with a large proportion of the budget assigned to online, digital resources.
RCB LibraryBraemor Park, Churchtown Dublin 14 Republic of Ireland
Description: In the late 1930s the Library became the focus for the work of the Ecclesiastical Records Committee of the General Synod which, among other tasks, provided a home for stray church records.
Regent's Park CollegePusey Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 2LB
Description: There are three libraries in Regent's Park College: the Main Library, the Angus Library and the David Nicholls Memorial Collection.
Richard Powell LibrarySidney Sussex College, Sidney Street Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 3HU
Description: The library aims to maintain a comfortable and supportive environment for study, with access to a substantial range of textbooks and electronic resources, open to all Members of College.
Rochester Cathedral LibraryGarth House, the Precinct, Rochester Kent UK
Post Code: ME1 1SX
Royal Academy of Arts LibraryBurlington House, Piccadilly London UK
Post Code: W1J 0BD
Description: The collection focuses on British art and artists and predominantly ranges from the 18th century to the present day.
Royal Aeronautical Society Library4 Hamilton Place London UK
Post Code: W1J 7BQ
Description: Over 10,000 books and other publications formerly stored in the basement at Hamilton Place have now been moved to The Hub archive.
Royal Artillery Museum, WoolwichRoyal Arsenal, Woolwich London UK
Post Code: SE18 6ST
Description: The Royal Artillery Museum - one of the world's oldest military museums, located in the historic Royal Arsenal, Woolwich by the side of the River Thames.
Royal Asiatic Society14 Stephenson Way London UK
Post Code: NW1 2HD
Description: The Library consists of around 80,000 volumes. The geographical scope is all of Asia including the Middle East but there is also a certain amount of material on Islamic North Africa.
Royal College of Physicians9 Queen Street Edinburgh Scotland
Post Code: EH2 1JQ
Royal College of Psychiatrists17 Belgrave Square London UK
Post Code: SW1X 8PG
Description: The Library and Information Service is located in the heart of the College building on Belgrave Square and is open to all College members.
Royal Engineers LibraryThe Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham Kent UK
Post Code: ME4 4UG
Description: The RE Museum and Library hold over 500, 000 objects relating to the history of the Corps of Royal Engineers and the development of military engineering.
Royal Entomological Society LibraryRoyal Entomological Soceity, The Mansion House, Chiswell Green Lane St Albans UK
Post Code: AL2 3NS
Description: The Library's strengths are in general biology and taxonomy of insects, particularly with reference to the Western Palaearctic Region. The stock in the Library includes some 11,000 books and 750 journal titles, of which 160 are taken currently.
Royal Society Library6-9 Carlton House Terrace London UK
Post Code: SW1Y 5AG
Description: The library contains papers documenting the history of the Society, portraits, busts and photographs, books and journals dating back to 1660, the details of every past Fellow of the Royal Society and heir published works.
Royal Society of Medicine1 Wimpole Street London UK
Post Code: W1G 0AE
Description: One of the finest postgraduate medical libraries in Europe.
Sackler & Taylorian Libraries, Oxford UniversitySackler Library, 1 St John Street, Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 2LG
Description: The Sackler Library is one of the principal research libraries of the University of Oxford and specialises in Archaeology, Art History, and Classics (Ancient History and Literature).
Saffron Walden Town Library Soc2 King Street, Saffron Walden Essex UK
Post Code: CB10 1ES
Description: The Town Library contains more than 25,000 volumes, and is a major resource for the study of the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of CambridgeLensfield Road Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 1ER
Description: SPRI has the world's most comprehensive polar Library and Archives. Our new extension, The Shackleton Memorial Library was opened in November 1998.
Sherborne School LibraryAbbey Road, Sherborne Dorset UK
Post Code: DT9 3AP
Description: These beautiful rooms are a combination of the former Benedictine Guesten Hall, store cellars and Undercroft. The Library contains over 35,000 books including a large fiction section, magazines, comics and periodicals.
Description: The Signet Library in the centre of Edinburgh's old town is synonymous with prestige and Georgian elegance.
Sir John Soanes Museum Library13 Lincolns Inn Fields London UK
Post Code: WC2A 3BP
Description: The Research Library contains Soane's collection of 30,000 architectural drawings and 10,000 books along with a small working Library of modern books and information files on Soane, Robert Adam and other relevant architects or areas of interest.
Society of Antiquaries LibraryBurlington House, Piccadilly London UK
Post Code: W1J 0BE
Description: The Society's Library is the major archaeological research library in the UK. Having acquired material since the early eighteenth century, the Library's present holdings number more than 100,000 books and around 800 currently received periodical titles .
Somerville College LibraryWoodstock Road Oxford UK
Post Code: OX2 6HD
Description: One of the largest college libraries in Oxford, with a bookstock of some 120,000 volumes.
Southwell Minster Historic Libraryc/o Minster Office, Church Street, Southwell, Notts Southwell UK
Post Code: NG25 OHD
Description: The present historic library has some 1200 titles, dating mainly from the late C16th to the C19th. Many contain the names of the donors.
Spalding Gentlemen's Society LibraryBroad Street, Spalding Lincs UK
Post Code: PE11 1TB
Description: The library contains extensive sections on archaeology, numismatics, natural history, history, genealogy, heraldry and theology as well as numerous works of reference. There is a comprehensive Lincolnshire collection.
Special Collections, Edinburgh University LibraryGeorge Square Edinburgh UK
Post Code: EH8 9LJ
Description: Special Collections include manuscripts and archives, rare books, photographs, printed and handwritten music, theses and microforms. In total we have about 35 kilometres of historic material, much of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
St Asaph CathedralThe Diocese of St. Asaph, High Street St Asaph UK
Post Code: LL17 0RD
St Catharine's College LibrarySt Catharine's College, South Green Road Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 1RL
Description: We have over 60,000 books split over three locations, serving the needs of students, Fellows, staff and researchers.
St George’s Chapel Archives & Chapter LibraryThe Vicar's Hall Undercroft, The Cloisters, Windsor Castle Windsor Berks, UK
Post Code: SL4 1NJ
Description: The Chapter Library, containing over 6,000 rare books, has always been an integral part of the life of St George's. Its treasures, which date from the 12th century, include one of the first books to be printed in England.
St John's College LibrarySt John's College Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 1TP
Description: The Library's aim is to provide a modern, efficient and welcoming Library service for all members of the College, and for all others with valid reasons to make use of the College's library collections and facilities, so enabling the College to fulfil its statutory and strategic aims.
St Mary's College, Oscott LibraryChester Road, Sutton Coldfield West Midlands UK
Post Code: B73 5AA
St Paul's Cathedral LibraryChapter House, St Paul's Churchyard London UK
Post Code: EC4M 8AE
Description: Current acquisitions are restricted to major works on the history of the Church in England, on Wren and the building of the Cathedral, the Church in the City, and 'alumni' material.
St Paul's School LibraryLonsdale Road, Barnes London UK
Post Code: SW13 9JT
Description: The Walker Library is a warm and welcoming hub in the school’s academic life. The extensive collection of books, journals and magazines supports the teaching of all our departments as well as the special interests of staff and students.
St. Columb's College23 Buncrana Road Derry City Northern Ireland
Post Code: BT48 8NH
Surrey Record OfficeSurrey Heritage, Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking Surrey UK
Post Code: GU21 6ND
Tavistock Subscription LibraryLongash, Merrivale, Princetown Devonshire UK
Post Code: PL20 6ST
The Athenaeum107 Pall Mall London UK
Post Code: SW1Y 5ER
Description: The Athenaeum is building a set of online tools for studying the humanities.
The British Library Newspaper LibraryColindale Avenue London UK
Post Code: NW9 5HE
Description: The British Library's newspaper collections are founded on two special collections: the Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts and the Burney Collection of Newspapers.
The Garrick Club Library15 Garrick Street London UK
Post Code: WC2E 9AY
The Hurd LibraryHartlebury Castle, Hartlebury Kidderminster Worcestershire, UK
Post Code: DY11 7XZ
Description: The Hurd Library was built in 1782/3 by Richard Hurd, Bishop of Worcester, for his very fine collection of books.
The John Rylands University Library University of Manchester150 Deansgate Manchester UK
Post Code: M3 3EH
Description: Built in the 1890s, the John Rylands Library is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.
The Law Society Library113 Chancery Lane London UK
Post Code: WC2A 1PL
Description: We have primary and secondary legislation as well as local and personal acts for England and Wales. We also hold primary legislation from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
The Leeds Library18 Commercial Street Leeds UK
Post Code: LS1 6AL
Description: The Leeds Library is one of the country’s newest charities with a wonderful collection of books and periodicals housed in a fine two hundred year-old building.
The Library, Christ ChurchChrist Church College Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 1DP
Description: Christ Church Library contains what is probably the largest and richest collection of early printed books and manuscripts in Oxford after the Bodleian Library.
The Library, National University of Ireland MaynoothNational University of Ireland, Maynooth Maynooth Co. Kildare
The Library, Wimborne MinsterChurch House, High Street, Wimborne Dorset UK
Post Code: BH21 1HT
Description: The Library was founded in 1686 and is the second largest Chained Library in the Country and also one of the first public libraries.
The Linen Hall Library17 Donegall Square Belfast Northern Ireland
Post Code: BT1 5GD
Description: The Linen Hall Library is renowned for its unparalleled Irish and Local Studies Collection, ranging from comprehensive holdings of Early Belfast and Ulster printed books to the 250,000 items in the Northern Ireland Political Collection, the definitive archive of the recent troubles.
The Linnean Society of LondonBurlington House London UK
Post Code: W1J 0BF
Description: Linnaeus' collections comprise specimens of plants, fish, shells and insects collections. The collections also include the library of Linnaeus (some 1600 volumes) and around 3000 letters and manuscripts.
The National ArchivesKew, Richmond Surrey UK
Post Code: TW9 4DU
Description: The National Archives is home to millions of documents, files and images that cover 1,000 years of history.
The Paul Hamlyn LibraryBritish Museum, Great Russell Street London UK
Post Code: WC1B 3DG
Description: The Paul Hamlyn Library contains 50,000 books and journals aimed at helping visitors find out more about the Museum's collection and the cultures it represents. The subject matter is very wide ranging.
The Portico Library and Gallery57 Mosley Street Manchester UK
Post Code: M2 3HY
Description: The Portico Library and Gallery opened in 1806 as a Library and Newsroom and still occupies its original site. Its mainly 19th century collection is accessed by Members as well as researchers in the UK and abroad.
The Queen's College LibraryHigh Street Oxford UK
Post Code: OX1 4AW
Description: Queen’s has one of the best-stocked college libraries in Oxford, with around 50,000 volumes in the current lending collection.
The Royal Institution21 Albemarle Street London UK
Post Code: W1S 4BS
Description: The Royal Institution has important collections of iconographical material in various media, books, scientific instruments, historic furniture as well as a large administrative archive, covering all aspects of the work of the Royal Institution.
The Royal LibraryWindsor Castle Windsor Berkshire, UK
Post Code: SL4 1NJ
The Travellers Club106 Pall Mall London UK
Post Code: SW1Y 5EP
Trinity College LibraryTrinity College Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 1TQ
Description: Trinity College Library is the largest of the Cambridge college libraries with a total bookstock of some 300,000 volumes. The modern student library serves the needs of members of the College.
Trinity Hall LibraryTrinity Hall, Trinity Lane Cambridge UK
Post Code: CB2 1TJ
Description: There are three libraries in Trinity Hall College: Jerwood Library, Old Library and College Archive.
UCL Library ServicesUniversity College London, Gower Street London UK
Post Code: WC1E 6BT
University of Birmingham,Special CollectionsSusan Worrall, Head of Special Collections and University Archivist, Main Library, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, UK
Post Code: B15 2TT
Description: The foundations of Special Collections were laid by Dr K W Humphreys who became Librarian in 1952. Our collecting policy focuses in particular on religious and political archives, together with papers of women, literary papers, public administration and items of local interest.
University of Bristol Theatre CollectionDrama Dept., Cantocks Close Bristol UK
Post Code: BS8 1UP
University of Liverpool LibraryUniversity of Liverpool Liverpool UK
Post Code: L69 3BX
Description: The Special Collections &Archives includes manuscripts and archives, medieval to modern; early and finely printed books, and science fiction collections.
University of Massachusetts Amherst LibraryBartlett Hall 452, Dept. of English Amherst Massachusetts
Post Code: MA 01003
University of Toronto Library711-25 Scrivener Square Toronto Canada ON
Post Code: M4W 3Y6
University of Wales, Trinity St. David LibrariesLlanbedr Pont Steffan - Lampeter Ceredigion UK
Post Code: SA48 7ED
Description: The Roderic Bowen Library & Archives, houses the Special Collections of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the University's oldest printed books, manuscripts and archives and is one of the principal resources for academic research in Wales.
University of Worcester LibraryHenwick Grove Worcester UK
Post Code: WR2 6AJ
University of York LibraryHeslington York UK
Post Code: YO10 5DD
Uppingham SchoolUppingham Rutland UK
Post Code: LE15 9QE
V&A MuseumV&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road London UK
Post Code: SW7 2RL
Description: The world's greatest museum of art and design.
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, EFDSS2 Regents Park Road, City of London London UK
Post Code: NW1 7AY
Description: The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is England's national folk music and dance archive, a one stop shop for anybody interested in the folk arts - 'the most important concentration of material on traditional song, dance and music in the country'.
Wakefield MuseumWood Street Wakefield UK
Post Code: WF1 2EW
Description: The Wakefield Museum was founded in 1974.
Wellcome Library210 Euston Road London UK
Post Code: NW1 2BE
Description: Collections of books, manuscripts, archives, films and pictures on the history of medicine from the earliest times to the present day.
Wells Cathedral LibraryCathedral Offices, Chain Gate, Cathedral Green,Wells Somerset UK
Post Code: BA5 2UE
Description: It houses the book collection of the Chapter in two areas: the Chained Library and the Reading Room. The earliest records of the Cathedral are housed in the Muniment Room at the southern end of the Library.
Westminster School Library17, Dean's Yard London UK
Post Code: SW1P 3PF
Description: The Library has over 20,000 books in its collection – resources are selected to stimulate the learning, research and recreational requirements of the school community.
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre51 Redland, Chippenham Wiltshire UK
Post Code: SN14 OJB
Description: The new History Centre brings together the archaeology, archive, buildings record, conservation, and museum advisory services together with the county local studies library to create a centre whose sum is much more than that of its parts.
Wiltshire Heritage Museum Library41 Long Street, Devizes Witshire UK
Post Code: SN10 1NS
Description: The collection consists of rare and unique material such as the 1628 illuminated copy of the Devizes charters, works and manuscripts by William Stukeley, William Cunnington, John Aubrey, Sir Richard Colt Hoare and John Britton.
Winchester Cathedral9 The Close, Winchester Hants UK
Post Code: SO23 9LS
Description: Today, we welcome 300,000 visitors a year to share our worship, explore our heritage and attend our many events. Welcome to our website, and I hope that it will inspire you to visit in person.
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre Library1046 Bristol Road Birmingham UK
Post Code: B29 6LJ
Description: The Library at Woodbrooke has recently been completely refurbished to allow for temperature control and better disabled access, as well as a more comfortable browsing environment.
Worcester Cathedral LibraryThe Chapter Office, 10a College Green Worcester UK
Post Code: WR1 2LH
Description: The library and archive has been an integral part of the life of Worcester Cathedral since Anglo-Saxon times. It exists to facilitate research by scholars.
Description: The General Collections comprise approximately 100,000 books on topics such as Theology, Art History, Stained Glass, History, and Literature.
Yorkshire MuseumMuseum Gardens York UK
Post Code: YO1 7FR
Yorkshire MuseumMuseum Gardens York UK
Post Code: YO1 7FR
Description: The Yorkshire Museum's collections have all been awarded 'designated' status for their national and international importance.
Zoological Society of LondonRegents Park London UK
