Barbican Library

No membership, no reader pass, no fee: this is a City of London public lending library that anyone can walk into and use. It sits on level 1 of the Barbican Centre rather than at street level, so follow the Silk Street signage inside the complex rather than looking for a separate library door. Quiet reading and study areas, public computers and free wifi, with the brutalist bulk of the centre muffling the noise from outside.

Coordinates: 51.5199273, -0.0941693

Part of London reading rooms open to non members

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