Swiss Cottage Library
Swiss Cottage Library is a public library in the London Borough of Camden housed in an architectural landmark building on Avenue Road. Designed by Sir Basil Spence of Spence, Bonnington & Collins, it was built between 1963 and 1964.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Monday—Thursday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
Friday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: closed
public holidays: closed - Type: Library
- Description: public library in the London Borough of Camden
- Address: 88 Avenue Road, London, NW3 3HA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Odeon Swiss Cottage.
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
University
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The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is situated 740 feet north of Swiss Cottage Library.
Odeon Swiss Cottage
Movie theater
Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Odeon Swiss Cottage is a movie theater.
Hampstead Theatre
Theater building
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Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. Hampstead Theatre is situated 540 feet north of Swiss Cottage Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swiss Cottage and Belsize Park.
Swiss Cottage
Neighborhood
Swiss Cottage is an area in the London Borough of Camden, England. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and includes Swiss Cottage tube station.
Belsize Park
Suburb
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belsize Park is a residential area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, in the inner north-west of London, England. The streets are lined with Georgian and Victorian villas and mews houses.
Alexandra Road Estate
Neighborhood
The Alexandra Road estate is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North London, England. It was designed in a brutalist style in 1968 by Neave Brown of Camden Council's Architects Department.
Swiss Cottage Library
- Categories: public library, architectural structure, building, and education
- Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.54235° or 51° 32′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.17328° or 0° 10′ 24″ westHeight
43 feet (13 metres)Operator
London Borough of CamdenOpen location code
9C3XGRRG+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 124266830OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7658861
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In Other Languages
“Swiss Cottage Library” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Swiss Cottage Central Library”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre and Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre Swimming Pool.
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