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.
- 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 - Type: Library
- Description: national library of the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “An Leabharlann Briotanach”, “B.L.”, “BL”, “Britische Nationalbibliothek”, “New British Library”, “Oba akwukwo”, “The British Museum Library”, “Бібліотека Британіка”, “Британската библиотека”, “Британська Бібліотека”, “برېتانيايي کتابتون”, “مكتبة بريطانية”, “ブリティッシュ・ライブラリー”, “不列顛圖書館”, “不列颠图书馆”, “英国図書館”, “英国国家图书馆”, and “英國國家圖書館”
- Address: 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: London St Pancras International and King’s Cross Railway Station.
King’s Cross Railway Station
Railway station
Euston railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King’s Cross and St Pancras.
British Library
- Categories: national library, reference library, research library, universal library, non-departmental public body, library building, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, tourist attraction, and education
- Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.53° or 51° 31′ 48″ north
Longitude
-0.12771° or 0° 7′ 40″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Levels
5
Open location code
9C3XGVJC+2W
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“British Library” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “British Library”
- Afrikaans: “British Library”
- Arabic: “المكتبة البريطانية”
- Aragonese: “British Library”
- Armenian: “Բրիտանական գրադարան”
- Arpitan: “British Library”
- Asturian: “British Library”
- Aymara: “British Library”
- Azerbaijani: “Britaniya Milli Kitabxanası”
- Bambara: “British Library”
- Bashkir: “Британия китапханаһы”
- Basque: “British Library”
- Bavarian: “British Library”
- Belarusian: “Брытанская бібліятэка”
- Bengali: “ব্রিটিশ গ্রন্থাগার”
- Bengali: “ব্রিটিশ লাইব্রেরি”
- Bislama: “British Library”
- Bosnian: “Britanska biblioteka”
- Breton: “British Library”
- Bulgarian: “Британска библиотека”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Britànica”
- Cebuano: “British Library”
- Central Bikol: “British Library”
- Central Kurdish: “کتێبخانەی بەریتانی”
- Chamorro: “British Library”
- Cheyenne: “British Library”
- Chinese: “大英图书馆”
- Chinese: “大英圖書館”
- Corsican: “British Library”
- Croatian: “Britanska knjižnica”
- Czech: “Britská knihovna”
- Danish: “British Library”
- Dimli (individual language): “British Library”
- Dutch: “British Library”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المكتبه البريطانيه”
- Esperanto: “Brita Biblioteko”
- Estonian: “Briti Raamatukogu”
- Estonian: “British Library”
- Ewe: “British Library”
- Extremaduran: “British Library”
- Finnish: “British Library”
- French: “British Library”
- Friulian: “British Library”
- Fulah: “British Library”
- Galician: “British Library”
- Georgian: “ბრიტანეთის ბიბლიოთეკა”
- German: “British Library”
- Greek: “Βρετανική Βιβλιοθήκη”
- Gujarati: “british library”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הבריטית”
- Hindi: “ब्रिटिश पुस्तकालय”
- Hungarian: “British Library”
- Icelandic: “Þjóðbókasafn Bretlands”
- Igbo: “Óbá akwukwo goomenti etiti Britain”
- Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Britania”
- Irish: “An Leabharlann Bhriotanach”
- Irish: “British Library”
- Irish: “Leabharlann Briotanach”
- Italian: “British Library”
- Japanese: “大英図書館”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಿಟೀಷ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ”
- Kazakh: “Британдық кітапхана”
- Korean: “대영 도서관”
- Korean: “대영도서관”
- Kurdish: “Pirtûkxaneya Brîtanyayê”
- Latin: “Bibliotheca Britannica”
- Latvian: “Britu bibliotēka”
- Lithuanian: “Britų biblioteka”
- Low German: “British Library”
- Lower Sorbian: “British Library”
- Macedonian: “Британска библиотека”
- Malay: “Perpustakaan British”
- Malayalam: “ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ലൈബ്രറി”
- Mongolian: “Британийн номын сан”
- Nepali: “ब्रिटिस पुस्तकालय”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “British Library”
- Norwegian: “British Library”
- Occitan (post 1500): “British Library”
- Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ ਲਾਇਬਰੇਰੀ”
- Persian: “کتابخانه بریتانیا”
- Polish: “Biblioteka Brytyjska”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca Britânica”
- Pushto: “برېتانوي کتابتون”
- Romanian: “Biblioteca Britanică”
- Russian: “Британская библиотека”
- Scots: “Breetish Leebrary”
- Scots: “British Librar”
- Serbian: “Britanska biblioteka”
- Serbian: “Britanskа biblioteka”
- Serbian: “Британска библиотека”
- Slovak: “British Library”
- Slovenian: “Britanska knjižnica”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Británica”
- Spanish: “British Library”
- Spanish: “The British Library”
- Swedish: “British Library”
- Swiss German: “British Library”
- Tahitian: “British Library”
- Tajik: “Китобхонаи Британия”
- Tajik: “Китобхонаи Бритониё”
- Tamil: “பிரித்தானிய நூலகம்”
- Tatar: “Британ китапханәсе”
- Telugu: “బ్రిటిష్ లైబ్రరీ”
- Thai: “หอสมุดบริติช”
- Turkish: “Britanya Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “British Library”
- Ukrainian: “Британська бібліотека”
- Urdu: “برٹش لائبریری”
- Urdu: “برطانوی کتب خانہ”
- Uzbek: “Britaniya kutubxonasi”
- Vietnamese: “Thư viện Anh”
- Vietnamese: “Thư viện Vương quốc Liên hiệp Anh”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulod-Barasahan Britanika”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Brydeinig”
- Welsh: “y Llyfrgell Brydeinig”
- Wu Chinese: “大英图书馆”
- Yue Chinese: “大英圖書館”
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Places to explore: Somers Town and Mayford Estate.
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Places to explore: British Library cafe and British Library restaurant.
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