Study spots and quiet cafés in London
200 libraries and cafés in London you can settle into with a laptop or a textbook: Wi‑Fi, a seat indoors, and nobody rushing you. Of these, 66 have confirmed Wi‑Fi, 12 have power outlets, 3 stay open past 9pm and 194 are independent.
200 in London
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ODEON Luxe West End
38a Leicester Square, London, ★ 4.6, WI-FI, WORK 100
St Stephen's Tavern
10 Bridge Street, London, €€, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 92
Attendant
8-9 Folgate Street, WI-FI, Guide recommended, WORK 100
Balham Library
16 Ramsden Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Barbican Library
Upper Frobisher Crescent, Barbican, WI-FI, WORK 95
Battersea Library
Battersea Library, 265 Lavender Hill, WI-FI, WORK 100
Bethnal Green Library
Cornwall Avenue, Globe Town, WI-FI, WORK 100
Blackheath Library
17 Old Dover Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Brandon Library
Maddock Way, Elephant and Castle, WI-FI, WORK 100
Brompton Library
210 Old Brompton Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Canada Water Library
21 Surrey Quays Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Castelnau Library
75 Castelnau, WI-FI, WORK 100
Cat and Mouse Library
277 Camden Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Central Library
2 Fieldway Crescent, WI-FI, WORK 100
Charlton House Library
Canberra Road, Blackheath Royal Standard, WI-FI, WORK 100
Chelsea Library
King's Road, Lot's Village, WI-FI, WORK 100
Chief Coffee
4 Turnham Green Terrace Mews, WI-FI, Blog recommended, WORK 100
Coffee Island Covent Garden
5 Upper St Martin's Lane, WI-FI, WORK 87
Coffee Island Edgware
4 Merchant Square, WI-FI, WORK 87
Cubitt Town Library
52 Strattondale St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Dana Library and Research Centre
165 Queen's Gate, WI-FI, POWER, WORK 100
Durning Library
167 Kennington Ln, WI-FI, WORK 90
East Sheen Library
74 Sheen Ln, WI-FI, WORK 100
Formative Coffee
4 Butler Place, WI-FI, POWER, Blog recommended, WORK 100
FWD:Coffee
161a Whitecross Street, WI-FI, WORK 100
Goldsmiths Library
Dixon Road, New Cross, WI-FI, WORK 100
Grounded
90-92 Bow Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Hackney Central Library
1 Reading Lane, WI-FI, WORK 100
Harlesden Library
Craven Park Road, Harlesden, POWER, WORK 100
Holborn Library
32-38 Theobalds Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Islington Education Library Service
2 Fieldway Cres, Greater, WI-FI, WORK 100
Keats Community Library
10A Keats Grove, WI-FI, WORK 100
Kew Library
106 North Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Kilburn Library
42 Salusbury Rd, POWER, WORK 100
Kings Cross, British Library
Goods Way, King's Cross, POWER, Recommended ×2, WORK 100
Leytonstone Library
6 Church Ln, WI-FI, WORK 100
London Borough of Lambeth Libraries
Brixton Oval, Brixton, WI-FI, WORK 97
Mare Street Market
117 Mare Street, WI-FI, POWER, Recommended ×2, WORK 100
Mawi Cafe
24a Notting Hill Gate, WI-FI, POWER, Guide recommended, WORK 100
North Kensington Library
108 Ladbroke Grove, WI-FI, WORK 100
Northcote Library
157 Northcote Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Ozone Coffee Roasters
8 Pritchard's Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Pancras Square Library
5 Pancras Square, WI-FI, Reddit recommended, WORK 100
Peckham Library
122 Peckham Hill St, WI-FI, BLocal recommended, WORK 100
Penge Library
46 Green Ln, WI-FI, WORK 100
Primrose Hill Community Library
11-16 Sharples Hall St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Prufrock Coffee
23-25 Leather Lane, WI-FI, Recommended ×3, WORK 100
Putney Public Library
5-7 Disraeli Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
RBKC Libraries
Kensington Central Library, 12 Phillimore Walk, WI-FI, WORK 97
Redemption Roasters
53 South End Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
Roehampton Library
2 Danebury Ave, WI-FI, WORK 100
Science Museum Library
Museum Lane, Brompton, POWER, WORK 100
Shoe Lane Library
Hill House, 1 Little New St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Shoreditch Library
80 Hoxton St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Southfields Library
300 Wimbledon Park Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
St Ann's Library
Cissbury Road, Harringay Warehouse District, WI-FI, WORK 100
St Thomas' House Library
Westminster Bridge Road, South Bank, WI-FI, WORK 100
Tate Central Free Public Library
Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, WI-FI, WORK 100
The British Library
96 Euston Rd., WI-FI, POWER, Guide recommended, WORK 100
The Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road, WI-FI, POWER, Recommended ×2, WORK 100
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
277 Bancroft Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Two More Years
7 Roach Road, WI-FI, BLocal recommended, WORK 100
University of Roehampton Library
Father Ryan's Walk, Roehampton, WI-FI, POWER, WORK 100
Wandsworth Town Library
9 Courthouse Way, WI-FI, WORK 100
Waterloo Library
1 Kennington Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
West Library
107 Bridgeman Road, WI-FI, WORK 100
West Norwood Library
1-5 Norwood High St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Willesden Gallery - inside the Library at Willesden Green
95 High Road, POWER, WORK 100
Wood Green Library
187-197A High Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Blighty
Blackstock Road, Brownswood Park, WI-FI, Blog recommended, WORK 100
Ozone Coffee Roasters
11 Leonard Street, WI-FI, WORK 100
The Perry Library
250 Southwark Bridge Rd, WORK 57
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library
UCL SSEES Library, 16 Taviton St, WORK 82
Archway Library
19 Highgate Hill, WORK 82
Artizan Street Library and Community Centre
1 Artizan St, WORK 87
Battersea Park Library
Library, 309 Battersea Park Rd, WORK 82
Belsize Community Library
Antrim Road, Steele's Village, WORK 70
Biblioteka Polska POSK w Londynie
238 King Street, WORK 77
Birkbeck Library
Malet Street, Bloomsbury, WORK 82
Blue Anchor Library
8 Market Place, WORK 82
Brixton Library
Brixton Oval, Brixton, WORK 70
Camberwell Library
48 Camberwell Green, WORK 70
Camden Town Library
218 Eversholt St, WORK 82
Canada Water Library
60 Greenwich Church Street, WORK 80
Canning Town Library
18, Rathbone Market, WORK 70
Carnegie Library
192 Herne Hill Road, WORK 70
Catford Library
Catford Centre, 23-24 Winslade Way, WORK 82
Charing Cross Library
4-6 Charing Cross Rd, WORK 82
Childs Hill Library
320 Cricklewood Ln, WORK 82
Chiswick Library
5 Dukes Avenue, WORK 70
Church Street Library
67 Church St, Edgware Rd, WORK 82
City Business Library
Guildhall Library, 5 Aldermanbury, WORK 75
City Law School Library
4 Gray's Inn Place, WORK 82
Clapham Library
91 Clapham High St, WORK 70
Clapton Library
Northwold Road, Upper Clapton, WORK 82
CLR James Library
22 Dalston Lane, WORK 82
Colliers Wood Library
105-109 High Street Colliers Wood, WORK 82
Coombes Croft Library
Brereton Road, West Green, WORK 82
Cricklewood Library
150 Olive Road, WORK 70
Crofton Park Library
375 Brockley Rd, WORK 82
Custom House Library
Prince Regent Lane, Custom House, WORK 82
Dulwich Library
368 Lordship Ln, WORK 70
Earlsfield Library
276 Magdalen Rd, WORK 82
East Finchley Library
226 High Rd, WORK 82
Finsbury Library
245 St John St, WORK 82
Forest Gate Library
6-8 Woodgrange Road, WORK 82
Forest Hill Library
Thorpewood Avenue, Upper Sydenham, WORK 82
Fulham Library
598 Fulham Rd., WORK 82
Garden Suburb Community Library
15 Market Pl, WORK 82
Golders Green Library
156 Golders Green Rd, WORK 82
Grove Vale Library
27 Grove Vale, WORK 82
Hackney Wick Library of Things
The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, WORK 82
Harrow Green Community Library
The Junction, 2-4 Cathall Rd, WORK 82
Hendon Library
The Burroughs, The Hyde, WORK 82
Highgate Library
1 Shepherds Hill, WORK 82
Highgate Library Hall
Chester Road, Dartmouth Park, WORK 82
Hornsey Library
Haringey Park, Ferme Park, WORK 82
Iiss Library
6 Temple Pl, WORK 82
John Barnes Library
275 Camden Road, WORK 82
John Harvard Library
St Dunstans House, 211 Borough High St, WORK 82
Kensal Library
20 Golborne Rd, WORK 82
Kensington Central Library
12 Phillimore Walk, WORK 82
Lambeth Palace Library
15 Lambeth Palace Rd, WORK 82
Lea Bridge Library
Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, WORK 70
Lewis Carroll Childrens Library
Lewis Carroll Library, 166 Copenhagen Street, WORK 82
Lewisham Library
199-201 Lewisham High St, WORK 82
Lewisham Micro Library
238 Lewisham Way, WORK 70
Leyton Library
273 High Road Leyton, WORK 70
Library of the Society of Friends
2022 Friends House, 173 Euston Road, WORK 82
Lincoln's Inn Library
Lincoln's Inn Fields, Hatton Garden, WORK 82
London College of Fashion Library
20 John Princes Street, WORK 82
London National Library
1 Scarsdale Villas, WORK 82
LSE Library
10 Portugal Street, WORK 82
Maida Vale Library
Sutherland Avenue, Kensal Town, WORK 82
Manor House Library
Manor House, 34 Old Rd, WORK 82
Marcus Garvey Library
1 Philip Ln, WORK 82
Marx Memorial Library and Workers School
37A Clerkenwell Grn, WORK 82
Marylebone Library
9-11 New Cavendish St, WORK 82
Mayfair Library
25 S Audley St, WORK 82
Mildmay Library
21-23 Mildmay Park, WORK 82
Minet Library
52 Knatchbull Rd, WORK 82
Mitcham Library
Mitcham Public Library, 157 London Rd, WORK 70
Muswell Hill Library
Queens Avenue, Fortis Green, WORK 82
N4 Library
26 Blackstock Rd, WORK 82
National Poetry Library
Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, WORK 70
New Hunt's House Library
Newcomen Street, Borough Market, WORK 82
Norbury Library
Beatrice Avenue, Norbury, WORK 82
North Library
Manor Gardens, Holloway, WORK 70
Notting Hill Gate Library
1 Pembridge Square, WORK 82
Paddington Library
45 Porchester Road, WORK 82
Paul Hamlyn Library
107 Great Russell Street, WORK 70
Pimlico Library
Lupus Street, Tachbrook Estate, WORK 70
Plaistow Library
North Street, Plaistow, WORK 82
Pollards Hill Library
South Lodge Avenue, Pollards Hill, WORK 82
Queen Square Library
23 Queen Square, WORK 70
Queen's Crescent Library
165 Queen's Cres, WORK 82
Queen's Park Library
666 Harrow Rd, WORK 70
Regents Park Library
153 Robert Street, WORK 82
RIBA Library
40 Northampton Rd, WORK 80
Shepherds Bush Library
6 Wood Ln, WORK 82
Sheppard Library
The Burroughs, The Hyde, WORK 82
SOAS Library
Russell Square, Bloomsbury, WORK 87
South Friern Library
Colney Hatch Lane, Colney Hatch, WORK 82
Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library
145-147 Walworth Rd, WORK 80
Southwark Libraries
Southwark Council, PO Box 64529, WORK 65
St Johns Wood Library
20 Circus Rd, WORK 82
St Pancras Library
5 Goods Way, WORK 80
St. George's Library
Perimeter Road, Summerstown, WORK 82
Stoke Newington Library
184 Stoke Newington Church St, WORK 82
Stratford Library
3 The Grove, WORK 82
Streatham Library
Tate Library, 63 Streatham High Rd, WORK 70
Stroud Green and Harringay Library
Stapleton Hall Road, Stroud Green, WORK 82
Swiss Cottage Central Library
Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road, WORK 75
Sydenham Library
210a Sydenham Road, WORK 82
Tate South Lambeth Library
180 S Lambeth Rd, WORK 87
The Academic Library
20 Cambridge Drive, WORK 80
The BFI Reuben Library
1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, WORK 82
The Evangelical Library
78a Chiltern Street, WORK 82
The Evangelical Library
5/6 Gateway Mews, WORK 82
The Feminist Library
Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Rd, WORK 82
The Gladstone Library
1 Whitehall Place, WORK 80
The Library
206 Kensington Park Road, WORK 82
The Library Space
108 Battersea Park Rd, WORK 70
The Little Library
75 White Hart Lane, WORK 82
The London Library
14 St James's Square, WORK 82
The Maughan Library
Chancery Lane, Blackfriars, WORK 87
The Wiener Holocaust Library
29 Russell Sq, WORK 82
Tooting Library
75 Mitcham Rd, WORK 82
UCL Science Library
Malet Place, Bloomsbury, WORK 70
University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Library
10 Stockwell St, WORK 70
Upper Norwood Library Hub
41 Westow Street, WORK 82
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Rd, WORK 82
Victoria Library
160 Buckingham Palace Rd, WORK 82
Wanstead library Churchill hall
15 Luton Road, WORK 80
Wavelengths Library
9 Giffin Street, WORK 82
West Greenwich Library
146 Greenwich High Rd, WORK 82
West Smithfield Library
38 Giltspur Street, WORK 87
Westminster Reference Library
35 St Martin's St, WORK 87
Wimbledon Library
Wimbledon Reference Library, 35 Wimbledon Hill Rd, WORK 82
York Gardens Library & Community Centre
34 Lavender Rd, WORK 82