Maughan Library
The Maughan Library is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus. A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane in the City of London, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire", and was acquired by the university in 2001.Photo: FormerBBC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Library
- Description: main library of King’s College London
- Also known as: “The Maughan Library”
- Address: Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LR
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Temple Church.
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.
Temple Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England. Temple Church is situated 700 feet south of Maughan Library.
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 2,800 feet east of Maughan Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple and Holborn-Clerkenwell.
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.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Maughan Library
- Categories: academic library, building, and education
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51517° or 51° 30′ 55″ northLongitude
-0.11044° or 0° 6′ 38″ westOperator
King’s College LondonOpen location code
9C3XGV8Q+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 174793675OpenStreetMap feature
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building=libraryWikidata ID
Q1167115
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Maughan Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة مون”
- Chinese: “莫恩圖書館”
- French: “Bibliothèque Maughan”
- Hebrew: “ספריית מוהן”
- Hungarian: “Maughan Könyvtár”
- Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Maughan”
- Urdu: “مون لائبریری”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Maughan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Weston Room and Round Reading Room in Maughan Library.
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