St Bride Library
St Bride Library is a library in London primarily devoted to printing, book arts, typography and graphic design. The library is housed in the St Bride Foundation Institute in Bride Lane, London EC4, a small street leading south of Fleet Street near its intersection with New Bridge Street, in the City of London.Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: library of typography and the printing trade in London
- Also known as: “St Bride Printing Library”, “St Bride Typographical Library”, and “St Brides Foundation Institute and Library”
- Address: Bride Lane, London, EC4Y 8EQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 1,500 feet east of St Bride Library.
St Bride’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bride's Church is a Church of England church in Fleet Street in the City of London. Likely dedicated to Saint Bridget perhaps as early as the 6th century, the building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire during the London Blitz in 1940 and then reconstructed in a neo-baroque style in the 1950s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackfriars and Temple.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
West Smithfield
Neighborhood
Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.
St Bride Library
- Categories: public library, charitable organization, and education
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51345° or 51° 30′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.1052° or 0° 6′ 19″ westOperator
St Bride FoundationOpen location code
9C3XGV7V+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 3239271376OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryWikidata ID
Q7592712
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“St Bride Library” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “St Bride-biblioteek”
- Chinese: “圣布莱德图书馆”
- Chinese: “圣布里奇图书馆”
- Chinese: “聖布萊德圖書館”
- Chinese: “聖布里奇圖書館”
- Japanese: “セント・ブライド図書館”
- Turkish: “St Bride Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “St Bride Library”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bridewell Theatre and Old Bell.
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