Charing Cross Library

Charing Cross Library is a library in Westminster, Greater London, England which is located on Charing Cross Road. Charing Cross Library is situated nearby to the theater building Garrick Theatre, as well as near Tom Stoppard Theatre.

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Opening hours:
Monday: 9:30 AM—8:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday—Friday: 9:30 AM—7:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
Saturday: 10:30 AM—2:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Library
Description: public library in London, UK
Address: 6 Charing Cross Road, London

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.

Leicester Square

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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.

National Gallery

Art gallery

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The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. National Gallery is situated 530 feet south of Charing Cross Library.

National Portrait Gallery

Art gallery

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The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. National Portrait Gallery is situated 350 feet south of Charing Cross Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and West End of London.

Chinatown

Suburb

Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

West End of London

Locality

Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The West End of London is a district of London, England. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster.

Covent Garden

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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

Charing Cross Library

Categories: public library, building, and education
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51025° or 51° 30′ 37″ north

Longitude

-0.12788° or 0° 7′ 40″ west

Wheelchair access

limited

Operator

Westminster City Council

Open location code

9C3XGV6C+3R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 96237024

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q55125392

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Charing Cross Library” goes by many names.

Chinese: “查寧閣圖書館”
Turkish: “Charing Cross Kütüphanesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Garrick Theatre and Tom Stoppard Theatre.

Nearby Places

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