Find a library in Westminster

When you join one Westminster Library, you join them all, opening up a world of books, information and events around the city. Many of our services are even accessible from home! Whether you want to find the best library for a particular subject, or simply the nearest one to your home or office, this page should help you find what you're looking for...

Lending libraries

left arrowWe offer users nearly a million books, plus CDs, DVDs, language courses and talking books, as well as newspapers, magazines, local information and access to computers. Our lending libraries can be found at Charing Cross, Church Street, Maida Vale, Marylebone, Mayfair, Paddington, Pimlico, Queen's Park, St James's, St John's Wood, and Victoria.

Click on a library name on the left for more information about the individual library.

Find your nearest library

Find your nearest library

Click on the box on the right to find your nearest library.

When the map search page opens, either enter your postcode in the search box, or click on the link beneath it to see a library map covering the whole of Westminster.

 

 

Reference & information

left arrowOur two renowned reference libraries, Marylebone Information Service and Westminster Reference Library, can help you find the answer to your questions - local, national or inter-galactic. Each has a large range of books, periodicals and electronic resources to help with general enquiries and their own specialist subjects.

Click on a library name on the left to go to information about the individual library.

Specialist libraries & collections

Westminster Music Library is the largest public music library in the south of the UK, with thousands of books, music scores and performance parts, vocal sets, sheet music, and orchestral sets.
Westminster Chinese Library, on the edge of London's Chinatown, has over 50,000 Chinese adult and children's books, CDs, video films, Community Information and a national subscription service of Chinese books.

For other specialist collections (such as business, arts and education), please visit the key subject resources page.

 

Other library services

The Home Library Service can help you if you are a Westminster resident and find it too difficult to get to a library because you are getting on in years or you have a disability or long-term illness, or you are caring for someone who cannot be left alone.

The Schools Library Service provides a comprehensive range of quality resources to support the delivery of the Curriculum to schools, nursery units and other educational establishments within the City of Westminster.

The Open Learning Centre can offer help on a wide range of subjects. Come and learn new skills in a relaxed informal environment. Open learning allows you to study at your own pace, when and where you want.

Visitor information

You can download two key leaflets here: