Swiss Cottage Library

Swiss Cottage Library is a public library in the 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.
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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.

University
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The , commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school in , England. It was 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. is situated 740 feet north of Swiss Cottage Library.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Theater building
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is a theatre in , in the . It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. is situated 540 feet north of Swiss Cottage Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Cottage and Belsize Park.

Neighborhood
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is an area in the , England. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and includes .

Suburb
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is a residential area of in the , in the north-west of , England. The streets are lined with Georgian and Victorian villas and mews houses.

Neighborhood
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The is a housing estate in the , , . It was designed in a brutalist style in 1968 by Neave Brown of Camden Council's Architects Department.

Swiss Cottage Library

Latitude
51.54235° or 51° 32′ 33″ north
Longitude
-0.17328° or 0° 10′ 24″ west
Height
43 feet (13 metres)
Operator
London Borough of Camden
Open location code
9C3XGRRG+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 124266830
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7658861
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Italian—“Swiss Cottage Library” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “瑞士屋圖書館”
  • 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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