Kensington Central Library

Public library Kensington Central Library, 12 Phillimore Walk, London W8 7RX, United Kingdom: 49 reviews of visitors, the most complete information about the address, business hours, location on the map, photos, phone number, website and other contacts.
Kensington Central Library
Rate: 4.4
Address: 12 Phillimore Walk, London W8 7RX, United Kingdom
Website: rbkc.gov.uk
Phone number: +44 20 7361 3010

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Latitude: 51.5016665
Longitude: -0.1942588

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reviews

Jasmine P
The building is nice and the staff very kind......
9 months ago
trayc Ceer
A spacious library with all the necessities of technology. Wheelchair accessible. Electronic opening and closing doors. There are lifts inside going from basement to 2nd floor). There are also toilet facilities for all. Helpful Staff always ready at hand to assist. No refreshments or canteen as food and drink banned from the Library. (To avoid ruining the books, the desks, the carpet, etc.). I have been a Member since time immemorial
2 months ago
Jashanpreet Sidhu
Best place to study ????
5 months ago
Kelly MC
An excellent library with a very good reference section upstairs. Good to see a traditional library still functioning as it purports to be and not turned into a pseudo drop in community place where the books have been decimated and overrun with screaming children and adults shouting into mobile phones. A very good selection of books and helpful staff. A silence policy is in force and long may it remain so. Recommended for all serious library users.
1 week ago
Marcin P
The building is nice and the staff very kind. The tables have not sockets to charge your laptop, and the chairs are a bit low for the tables, so you cannot find a comfortable position to study or use the computer. The area is quite and people is usually respectful and silent.
2 months ago
Pamela Pelashe
Paradise ,beautiful, relaxation.
9 months ago
Dana McKnett
Can’t fault this library The staff here are SO helpful,, Especially upstairs when it comes to helping print out stuff ???? Thank you for everything you have done for me over the past few years Much appreciated and needed ????????
11 months ago
Robert wally
Staff are either rude or gormless, the supposedly silent reading room is just a place for A level students to chat without a care in the world about the people around them. The library is overtaken by students who block places at the desks for their mates or during their long absences. The staff are too lazy to remove their things after the allowed time. Instead of respecting their own rules, the heavily-accented, spectacled woman at 14h00 launched into some bizarre argument about how students bring in funding and they don't care about other members of the public, because there 'would only be about five'. There is obviously a problem with the students' schools not providing facilities for them, due to greed or poverty but I don't see why other members of the public should pay twice for schools and libraries and not be able to use the public library facilities. If only these schools students can use it, close the library to the public and let their parents pay for it
1 month ago
viviana rodriguez
Beautiful library. Staff really pleasant and helpful
11 months ago
Joe Boardman
Great place to "work from home". Since becoming self-employed I have been going there a lot to get on with my admin work without distractions. Very helpful staff too, especially Nina who is always kind and happy to help!
3 months ago
Slyvester Bandy
Good library, in need of some renovation. There are always people sleeping there, children’s room is often loud with teenagers.
1 week ago
Oleksandr Kosenko
Friendly helpful staff and an excellent children's section. Plenty of computer terminals upstairs, so you can often get a slot even if you didn't book in advance. Efficient online and phone renewals service.
5 months ago
Joshua Rodriguez
I'm not at all from the area, I visited for the Frankenstein walk and found it most interesting! The staff was really lovely and the environment beautiful.
8 months ago
One man
Fantastic Library! just love this place, wonderful helpful staff no matter how busy it gets, loads of interesting talks, events and online info/additional learning you can make use off. Opening hours are decent, with easy access just across the road from the tube. This building has been a personal lifeline to me since loosing my job, not only as an essential means to assist me in looking for work, but finding learning/improvement courses to hopefully improve my employability chances and as a calm haven so I can be around other people to stop me feeling so lonely & isolated in this city. Many thanks for the services provided, one of many exceptional libraries.
8 months ago
Yura Sinitskiy
beautiful place. can get busy with students.
5 months ago
Brian Davis
Beautiful building. Staff very helpful, good books!
2 months ago
Jesus Lira
Everyone was so helpful and nice that I have get them 5 stars. I am fine arts student, and every time I go there with a dissertation subject in mind, they really take the time to help me find useful and relevant books.
2 months ago
Nancy Oyola
Grear
6 months ago
mauricio aquino
Good for my needs, perhaps not complete but definitely not the worst. Quiet, clean .. Hard to beat even those two things at times.
11 months ago
Pugs Pugliese
Very helpful and lovely staff great place to work in a group or by yourself
1 month ago
Dominic Farina
Very quiet at the top floor, wide range of books. I recommend going there to read or study.
5 months ago
SmallBizReviews WMass
The staff is quite rude and unprofessional. There was a guy helping to a customer by phone and two women saw me waiting and when I tried to go to speak with them, they were running away from me, not even asked me if I needed help!!! So I left, I didn’t feel any good service from their ( the 2 women ) side. Thanks for wasting me time !
4 months ago
Mikhail S
Good selection of books. Very friendly and helpful staff
6 months ago
Matthew Stork
Very helpful n pleasant staff... and good set-up for group n individual studies
4 months ago
Hilary Jirasek
Very helpful and friendly staff . That really seem to know what they're talking about!!!????
5 months ago
Rushil Pannu
Cosy and welcoming. Staff always willing to help.
11 months ago
forex forex
A great place to go and study. Also has a wide range of books to borrow.
5 months ago
poojitha vasireddi
Perfect library to study- provides you with the essential books to aid you in your search for knowledge
7 months ago
Linda Hokanson
Greatest library in london #JUSTICE4GRENFELL
5 months ago
E Velazquez
Feel you guys, the birds do indeed tend to flock to kenners ;)
11 months ago
Abiodun Adegbenro
This is a very good place to go for some peace and quiet and it is also a great place to study.
3 months ago
laura fritz
I don't know if I'm unfair but other libraries let you a sort term use of their facilities even if you are not a member. This one doesn't. But if you don't live in Kensington or Hammersmith, you can't join. So don't even bother. Disgraceful.
5 months ago
SEO stacy
Excellent staff and Wi-Fi too
11 months ago
ynot Loeza
Thank you for staying open.
1 month ago
Yung Yeezy
Staff always helpful and willing to trace books not in stock in Central Library.
11 months ago
Melissa Hancock
Best library nice place helpful pleasant staff
3 months ago
Allen hunsaker
Best Public library in London
11 months ago
Joanie Totani
I fully agree with wholeheartedly agreeing with the previous review
11 months ago
Samantha Ford
Nicely planned out library
1 month ago
Kathleen Kennedy
The staff are very friendly, welcoming, and helpful.
5 months ago
Laniya Rivera
Excellent place
7 months ago
Jamillah H
Great place to read a book
5 months ago
Donna Paddock
Good selection
11 months ago
Karen Cartee
Great study areas
3 months ago
Shannon Ullman
Best public library in the area
5 months ago
NICOLE Gallegos
There can be much noise when trying to study as it is very packed. It would need someone to enforce silence for the other's benefit.
6 months ago
Tamar Garland
Awesome library
6 months ago
Trisha Harvey
Great place to study
6 months ago
Blessing Johnson
公立の図書館です。上に自習室があります。
11 months ago

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