Abdus Salam Library

The Abdus Salam Library is the largest academic and research library of Imperial College London. The current library opened in August 1969, taking over from the original Lyon Playfair Library which opened in 1959.
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  • Opening hours:
    Sunday—Thursday: midnight—midnight and Saturday 10:00 AM—midnight
    Friday: midnight—11:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: Main academic and research library of Imperial College London
  • Also known as: “Central Library”, “Imperial Central Library”, “Imperial College Central Library”, “Imperial College London Library Services”, and “Imperial Library, Imperial College Library”
  • Address: London, SW7 2AS
  • Roof shape: flat
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Museum
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The in , England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in , the others being the Science Museum and the . is situated 820 feet southeast of Abdus Salam Library.

Museum
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The is a major museum on Exhibition Road in , London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025. is situated 540 feet southeast of Abdus Salam Library.

Theater building
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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of , , England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. is situated 1,000 feet north of Abdus Salam Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kensington and Brompton.

Suburb
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is a district at the West End of in the . Historically it settled on part of the scattered village of .

Suburb
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, sometimes called Old , is an area in the in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of in the county of .

Suburb
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is a residential and retail district in , south of . It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the .

Abdus Salam Library

Latitude
51.49823° or 51° 29′ 54″ north
Longitude
-0.1782° or 0° 10′ 42″ west
Levels
5
Operator
Imperial College London
Open location code
9C3XFRXC+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 110085233
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q76834801
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In Other Languages

From German to Urdu—“Abdus Salam Library” goes by many names.

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