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Victoria Tube Station
 
3 minutes walk
 
 
Railway Stations

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Victoria Railway Station
 
4 minutes walk
 
 
 
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Semley Place NCP
 
10 minutes walk
 
Carrington Street NCP
 
10 minutes walk
 
 
 
 

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Hotels near The Library

Near The Library
The Rubens at the Palace Hotel London
The Rubens at the Palace Hotel
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 8% off from £279
39 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W | Same location as The Library
This is as close to Buckingham Palace as you can get. It's also nearby Victoria station which is not quite as glamorous but very convenient. There ...More
 
 
 
41 Hotel London London
41 Hotel London
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Deluxe Double Rooms: 25% off from £309
41 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W | Same location as The Library
The tenth best hotel in Europe (according to New Yorker's tourist Bible 'Travel and Leisure') is so close to Buckingham Palace you can almost hear the ...More
 
 
 
The Goring Hotel London London
The Goring Hotel London
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Petite Doubles: 45% off from £308
Beeston Place, SW1W | 2 minutes from The Library
A trip back into a quieter, more civil age, the Goring hotel is still in the hands of the family who have run it since 1910, ...More
 
 
 
The Vincent Rooms London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Vincent Rooms
London > Restaurants > International restaurants
Kingsway College, Vincent Square, Westminster, London SW1P | 6 minutes from The Library
Though you might expect a restaurant where the cooking is done by students (from the next door Westminster Kingsway College) to be a bit Russian roulette, ...More
 
 
 
Ebury Wine Bar & Restaurant London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Ebury Wine Bar & Restaurant
London > Restaurants > International restaurants
139 Ebury Street, Victoria, London SW1W | 8 minutes from The Library
...More
 
 
 
About Thyme London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
About Thyme
London > Restaurants > International restaurants
82 Wilton Road, Victoria, London SW1V | 8 minutes from The Library
...More
 
 
 
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Dining near The Library

Near The Library
Old Master's Carvery and Grill London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Old Master's Carvery and Grill
London > Restaurants >
39 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W | Same location as The Library
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in a traditional setting with elegant high ornate ceilings and chandeliers, Old Masters Carvery is the ideal restaurant for fine dining. ...More
 
 
 
BBar & Restaurant London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
BBar & Restaurant
London > Restaurants >
43 Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster, London SW1W | 1 minute from The Library
Bbar restaurant and bar is located opposite Buckingham Palace Royal Mews, and minutes away from Victoria station and its surrounding theatres. The distinctly South African-influenced Bbar ...More
 
 
 
Bumbles Restaurant London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Bumbles Restaurant
London > Restaurants > British restaurants
16 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London SW1W | 1 minute from The Library
British cuisine. ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Events near The Library

Near The Library
Billy Elliot London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Billy Elliot
London > Events > Theatre  Dates: 22nd March 2005 to 31st December 2013
Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria Street, Victoria, London SW1E | 2 minutes from The Library
Winner of BBC Radio 2 Audience Olivier Award 2013. This tale of a boy from a mining community who wants to become a dancer is even ...More
 
 
 
Wicked London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Wicked
London > Events > Theatre  Dates: 1st August 2010 to 26th April 2014 - Various Times
Apollo Victoria Theatre, 17 Wilton Road, Victoria, London SW1V | 3 minutes from The Library
'The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz' introduces us to some very familiar characters, years before they met Dorothy. One of them is a clever, ...More
 
 
 
Buckingham Palace Summer Opening London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Buckingham Palace Summer Opening
London > Events > Tours  Dates: 3rd August to 29th September 2013
Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A | 4 minutes from The Library
Every summer inquisitive visitors get the chance to look round Buckingham Palace and admire the interiors of the principal royal residence. Visitors for the Summer Opening ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Entertainment near The Library

Near The Library
St James Theatre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
St James Theatre
London > Entertainment > Theatres
12 Palace Street, Westminster, London SW1E | 1 minute from The Library
Billed by its operators as 'the first newly built central London theatre in 30 years', St James Theatre opens to ...More
 
 
 
Victoria Palace Theatre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Victoria Palace Theatre
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Victoria Street, Victoria, London SW1E | 2 minutes from The Library
The exterior of the Victoria Palace is among the most impressive of any theatre in London. Before the advent of air travel, the giant arch, dome ...More
 
 
 
Westminster Cathedral London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Westminster Cathedral
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
42 Francis Street, Westminster, London SW1P | 6 minutes from The Library
Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic church. London’s only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, offers a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky. While ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Sights and Attractions near The Library

The best museums, galleries, attractions near The Library
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Birdcage Walk, SW1A | 4 minutes from The Library
Once Buckingham Palace's resident chapel, the Queen's Gallery was opened in 1962 and holds regularly changing exhibitions. It allows the general public glimpses of rarely seen ...More
 
 
 
Buckingham Palace London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Buckingham Palace
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A | 4 minutes from The Library
England's most famous royal palace, and the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace opens the doors of its State Rooms to the public every ...More
 
 
 
St Peter's Church, Eaton Square London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
St Peter's Church, Eaton Square
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
119 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London SW1W | 5 minutes from The Library
St Peter's was built by Hakewill in 1827 and later enlarged by Blomfield in 1875. Rebuilt and opened in 1992, following a fire in 1987, it ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Shopping near The Library

The best shops and markets near The Library
Cardinal Place London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cardinal Place
London > Shopping > Shopping Centres
Victoria Street, Victoria, Westminster, London SW1E5JD | 2 minutes from The Library
Cardinal Place is a snazzy new shopping venue in Victoria. Housed under a curvaceous, new-age glass capsule it has become a bit of a visual icon ...More
 
 
 
William Curley, Harrods London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
William Curley, Harrods
London > Shopping > Delicatessens
Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, SW1X | 6 minutes from The Library
The William Curley chocolate empire continues to swell with the opening of the patissier and chocolatier's latest concession in Harrods. Curley has worked with ...More
 
 
 
Cornucopia London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cornucopia
London > Shopping > Clothing
12 Upper Tachbrook Street, Victoria, London SW1V | 7 minutes from The Library
This prized vintage shop, in business for 40 years and bursting at the seams with a mixed bag of period clothing, is sadly closing down. Due ...More
 
 
 
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Education near The Library

Near The Library
L'Atelier des Chefs London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
L'Atelier des Chefs
London > Education > Adult Education
19 Wigmore Street, W1U | 24 minutes from The Library
Whether you're a Nigella or not in the kitchen, the L'atelier des Chefs cookery school can teach you something. Classes are given in the basement kitchens ...More
 
 
 
La Cucina Caldesi London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
La Cucina Caldesi
London > Education > Cookery Courses
118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London W1U | 27 minutes from The Library
The Caldesi family first set up a cooking school in Giancarlo's native Tuscany. His 'Return to Tuscany' was captured by BBC cameras and dished up on ...More
 
 
 
Courtauld Institute of Art London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Courtauld Institute of Art
London > Education > Arts and Drama
Somerset House, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 27 minutes from The Library
The Courtauld is one of the most prestigious art schools in the country, affiliated with the Oxbridge system and boasting a huge private location and prime ...More
 
 
 
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Leisure near The Library

The Library gyms, sporting activities, health & beauty and fitness.
Urban Retreat at Harrods London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Urban Retreat at Harrods
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
5th Floor, Harrods, Westminster, London SW1X | 6 minutes from The Library
Surely one of the most desirable places to spoil yourself rotten - the Urban Retreat flagship spa sits ever so prettily on the top floor of ...More
 
 
 
Argonauts London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Argonauts
London > Leisure > Extreme Sports
Queen Mother Sports Centre, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Victoria, London SW1V | 7 minutes from The Library
This friendly, professional diving club based in Central London has been running for 30 years, and is now based at the Queen Mother Sports centre which ...More
 
 
 
Green Park London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Green Park
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Piccadilly, St James's, London W1J | 8 minutes from The Library
Although many of the parks in London are officially owned by the sovereign, it is the four central London parks (one of which is Green Park) ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Pubs near The Library

The best pubs near London The Library.
Two Chairmen Public House London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Two Chairmen Public House
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
39 Dartmouth Street, SW1H | 9 minutes from The Library
Two minutes away from Parliament Square and the Cabinet warm rooms, the Two Chairmen Public House is an olde worlde pub that retains a number of ...More
 
 
 
The Pantechnicon London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Pantechnicon
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
10 Motcomb Street, Belgravia, London SW1X | 11 minutes from The Library
From the people who brought us The Thomas Cubitt gastropub comes this Motcomb Street venture with a ground floor bar and two ...More
 
 
 
Ye Grapes London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Ye Grapes
London > Nightlife > Pubs
16 Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London W1J | 11 minutes from The Library
Built in 1882 this gorgeous Victorian pub could be the perfect spot for a night out, if you can find it, that is. Very close to ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Nightlife near The Library

The Library clubs, bars, cabaret nights, casinos and interesting nightlife.
Cask & Glass London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cask & Glass
London > Nightlife > Bars
39 - 41 Palace Street, Westminster, London SW1E | 2 minutes from The Library
...More
 
 
 
Pacha London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Pacha
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
Terminus Place, Victoria, London SW1V | 3 minutes from The Library
Pacha is the shamelessly glamorous antidote to London's gritty clubbing scene. Their stated intention has always been to recreate the Ibiza experience in London, a policy ...More
 
 
 
Dukes Hotel: Cognac and Cigar Garden London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Dukes Hotel: Cognac and Cigar Garden
London > Nightlife > Bars
35 St James's Place, St James's, London SW1A | 10 minutes from The Library
Famous for its martinis - a favourite with James Bond author Ian Fleming - Dukes Hotel extends its drinking area to include an outdoor Cognac and ...More
 
 
 
THE BEST

Meeting venue hire near The Library

Where to have your meeting, conference, exhibition, private dining or training course near The Library.
Thomas Cubitt London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Thomas Cubitt
London > Business > Venue Hire
44 Elizabeth St, Belgravia, Victoria, London SW1W | 9 minutes from The Library
...More
 
 
 
Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre
London > Business > Venue Hire
80 Vincent Square, Westminster, London SW1P | 9 minutes from The Library
The architecturally unique Royal Horticultural Halls boasts two halls and a conference centre. Lindley Hall overlooking leafy Vincent Square is a popular venue for corporate events. ...More
 
 
 
Royal Horticultural Halls: The Lindley Hall London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Horticultural Halls: The Lindley Hall
London > Business > Venue Hire
80 Vincent Square, Westminster, London SW1P | 9 minutes from The Library
This architecturally unique venue boasts two halls and a conference centre. Lindley Hall, overlooking leafy Vincent Square, is a popular venue for corporate events. Since it ...More
 
 
 
 
 

What's On Today

Near The Library

 
 
 
 
Roo And The London Collective
Music | On 24th May 2013 

St James Theatre 1 minutes walk from The Library

The band performs various cover songs....More

London Wall
Theatre | Until 1st June 2013 

St James Theatre 1 minutes walk from The Library

In a London's solicitor's office, Brewer, the office manager, sees the young and pretty typist Pat, as fair game. Her ...More

Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Theatre | Until 31st December 2013 

Victoria Palace Theatre 2 minutes walk from The Library

Winner of BBC Radio 2 Audience Olivier Award 2013. This tale of a boy from a mining community who wants ...More

 
Pacha Presents
Clubbing and Nightlife | On 24th May 2013 

Pacha 3 minutes walk from The Library

DJs James Dexter, Cesar Ruiz, Threez A Crowd and Bobby Pleasure play deep house and nu-disco....More

Wicked
Wicked
Theatre | Until 26th April 2014 

Apollo Victoria Theatre 3 minutes walk from The Library

'The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz' introduces us to some very familiar characters, years before they met Dorothy. ...More

 
In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion
In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion
Exhibitions | Until 6th October 2013 

The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 4 minutes walk from The Library

The fascination with royal fashion began long before Kate Middleton stepped onto the scene. Back in the 16th and 17th ...More

 
Reuben Richards & Soul Train
Concerts | On 24th May 2013 

Boisdale Of Belgravia 7 minutes walk from The Library

Blues, funk and soul from the seven-piece....More

Chris Bushe RSW SAAC
Exhibitions | Until 7th June 2013 

Panter & Hall Gallery 11 minutes walk from The Library

Abstract landscape oil paintings from the contemporary artist and Morton Fraser Milligan award-winner....More

Archie Forrest
Exhibitions | Until 14th June 2013 

Portland Gallery 12 minutes walk from The Library

Contemporary paintings created by the Glasgow-born painter depicting landscapes and still life....More

Jillian Edelstein: A Few Portraits
Exhibitions | Until 1st June 2013 

Quaglino's 12 minutes walk from The Library

A series of portraits by the South African artist, featuring well-known international figures including Quentin Crisp, Nelson Mandela, Bill Nighy, ...More

 
 

London 2013 The Annual

The best London events, openings, anniversaries & experiences for 2013, from LondonTown.com

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