British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries.
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  • Library
  • …lies at an elevation of around 90 feet (30 metres)
  • …has 5 floors
  • Opening hours:
    Monday–Thursday: 9:30 AM–8:00 PM
    Saturday: 9:30 AM–5:00 PM
    Sunday: 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
    Friday: 9:30 AM–6:00 PM
  • Description: national library of the United Kingdom
  • Address: 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
  • Also known as
    “B.L.”
    “New British Library”
    “The British Library”
    “The British Museum Library”

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Railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London…
1,200 feet northeast of British Library
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Railway station
is a major central London…
1,500 feet west of British Library

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British Library

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Latitude
51.53° or 51° 31′ 48″ north
Longitude
-0.12771° or 0° 7′ 40″ west
Open location code
9C3XGVJC+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4680891
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity = library
Open­Street­Map feature
building = yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
Geo­Names ID
6944331
Wiki­data ID
Q23308

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“British Library” goes by many names.
British LibraryAchinese
British LibraryAfrikaans
المكتبة البريطانيةArabic
المكتبه البريطانيهArabic
مكتبة بريطانيةArabic
British LibraryAragonese
Բրիտանական գրադարանArmenian
British LibraryArpitan
British LibraryAsturian
British LibraryAymara
Britaniya Milli KitabxanasıAzerbaijani
British LibraryBambara
Британия китапханаһыBashkir
British LibraryBasque
British LibraryBavarian
Брытанская бібліятэкаBelarusian
ব্রিটিশ গ্রন্থাগারBengali
ব্রিটিশ লাইব্রেরিBengali
British LibraryBislama
Britanska bibliotekaBosnian
British LibraryBreton
Британска библиотекаBulgarian
Британската библиотекаBulgarian
Biblioteca BritànicaCatalan
British LibraryCebuano
British LibraryCentral Bikol
کتێبخانەی بەریتانیCentral Kurdish
British LibraryChamorro
British LibraryCheyenne
不列顛圖書館Chinese
不列颠图书馆Chinese
大英图书馆Chinese
大英圖書館Chinese
英国国家图书馆Chinese
英國國家圖書館Chinese
British LibraryCorsican
Britanska knjižnicaCroatian
Britská knihovnaCzech
British LibraryDanish
British LibraryDimli (individual language)
British LibraryDutch
المكتبه البريطانيهEgyptian Arabic
BLEsperanto
Brita BibliotekoEsperanto
Briti RaamatukoguEstonian
British LibraryEstonian
British LibraryEwe
British LibraryExtremaduran
British LibraryFinnish
British LibraryFrench
British LibraryFriulian
British LibraryFulah
British LibraryGalician
ბრიტანეთის ბიბლიოთეკაGeorgian
BLGerman
Britische NationalbibliothekGerman
British LibraryGerman
Βρετανική ΒιβλιοθήκηGreek
british libraryGujarati
הספרייה הבריטיתHebrew
ब्रिटिश पुस्तकालयHindi
British LibraryHungarian
Þjóðbókasafn BretlandsIcelandic
Oba akwukwoIgbo
Óbá akwukwo goomenti etiti BritainIgbo
Perpustakaan BritaniaIndonesian
An Leabharlann BhriotanachIrish
An Leabharlann BriotanachIrish
British LibraryIrish
Leabharlann BriotanachIrish
British LibraryItalian
ブリティッシュ・ライブラリーJapanese
大英図書館Japanese
英国図書館Japanese
ಬ್ರಿಟೀಷ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯKannada
Британдық кітапханаKazakh
대영 도서관Korean
Pirtûkxaneya BrîtanyayêKurdish
Bibliotheca BritannicaLatin
Britu bibliotēkaLatvian
Britų bibliotekaLithuanian
British LibraryLow German
British LibraryLower Sorbian
Британска библиотекаMacedonian
Perpustakaan BritishMalay
ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ലൈബ്രറിMalayalam
Британийн номын санMongolian
ब्रिटिस पुस्तकालयNepali
British LibraryNorwegian
British LibraryNorwegian Bokmål
British LibraryOccitan (post 1500)
ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ ਲਾਇਬਰੇਰੀPanjabi
کتابخانه بریتانیاPersian
Biblioteka BrytyjskaPolish
BLPolish
Biblioteca BritânicaPortuguese
برېتانوي کتابتونPushto
برېتانيايي کتابتونPushto
Biblioteca BritanicăRomanian
BLRomanian
Британская библиотекаRussian
Breetish LeebraryScots
British LibrarScots
Britanska bibliotekaSerbian
Britanskа bibliotekaSerbian
Британска библиотекаSerbian
British LibrarySlovak
Britanska knjižnicaSlovenian
Biblioteca BritánicaSpanish
British LibrarySpanish
The British LibrarySpanish
British LibrarySwedish
British LibrarySwiss German
British LibraryTahitian
Китобхонаи БританияTajik
Китобхонаи БритониёTajik
பிரித்தானிய நூலகம்Tamil
Британ китапханәсеTatar
బ్రిటిష్ లైబ్రరీTelugu
หอสมุดบริติชThai
Britanya KütüphanesiTurkish
British LibraryTurkish
Бібліотека БританікаUkrainian
Британська бібліотекаUkrainian
برٹش لائبریریUrdu
برطانوی کتب خانہUrdu
Britaniya kutubxonasiUzbek
Thư viện AnhVietnamese
Thư viện Vương quốc Liên hiệp AnhVietnamese
Sulod-Barasahan BritanikaWaray (Philippines)
Llyfrgell BrydeinigWelsh
y Llyfrgell BrydeinigWelsh
大英图书馆Wu Chinese
大英圖書館Yue Chinese

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