Maughan Library

Maughan Library is a library in City of London, Greater London, England, which is located on Chancery Lane. Access is restricted and requires permission. Maughan Library is situated near Weston Room, as well as near the city gate Gateway tower.

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Library
Also known as: “The Maughan Library”
Address: Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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

Photo: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0.

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: building and education
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51517° or 51° 30′ 55″ north

Longitude

-0.11044° or 0° 6′ 38″ west

Operator

King’s College London

Open location code

9C3XGV8Q+3R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 174793675

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=library

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Weston Room and Round Reading Room in Maughan Library.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Confucius and St Dunstan’s House.

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Worth a closer look: South Kensington-Chelsea and Heathrow Airport.

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