Holborn Library

Building in London, England

Holborn Library

Holborn Library in 2010

General information
Location| London, WC1
United Kingdom
Completed| 1960
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Ernest Ives and assistants I D Aylott and E L Ansell, in close collaboration with Borough Librarian J Swift
Main contractor| Holborn Borough Council Architects' Department

Holborn Library is a public library in Theobalds Road, Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden.

The library is operated by the Camden London Borough Council and also houses the Local Studies and Archives Centre for the borough.[1]

The Twentieth Century Society describe it as "a milestone in the history of the modern public library".[2]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Camden Council: Holborn Library". camden.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
2. ^ Charlton, Susannah. "Building of the month: Holborn Library". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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London Borough of Camden

Districts|

* Bloomsbury
* Camden Town
* Chalk Farm and Haverstock ward
* Fortune Green
* Gospel Oak
* Hampstead (inc. Belsize Park, Frognal, Finchley Road, South Hampstead and Swiss Cottage)
* Hatton Garden (inc. Saffron Hill)
* Kentish Town
* Primrose Hill
* Regent's Park Estate
* St Giles
* St Pancras
* Somers Town
* West Hampstead

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* Brondesbury / Kilburn
* Covent Garden
* Cricklewood
* Dartmouth Park
* Fitzrovia
* Highgate
* Holborn
* Kings Cross
* Tufnell Park
* St John's Wood (less than 2% in Camden)

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Attractions|

* Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
* Bloomsbury Theatre
* British Library
* British Museum
* Brunswick Centre
* BT Tower
* Camden Arts Centre
* Charles Dickens Museum
* Dominion Theatre
* Donmar Warehouse
* Fenton House
* Foundling Museum
* Freud Museum
* Highgate Cemetery
* Keats House
* Kenwood House
* The Jewish Museum
* O2 Forum Kentish Town
* Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
* Roundhouse
* Shaftesbury Theatre
* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Wellcome Collection
* West End theatre

Street markets|

* Camden Market
* Chalton Street Market
* Goodge Place Market
* Inverness Street Market
* Leather Lane Market
* Plender Street Market
* Queen's Crescent Market
* Swiss Cottage Market

Parks and
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* Adelaide Nature Reserve
* Bloomsbury Square
* Camden Highline (proposed)
* Hampstead Heath
* Kilburn Grange Park
* Lincoln's Inn Fields
* Phoenix Garden
* Primrose Hill
* Regent's Park
* Russell Square
* Waterlow Park
* Westbere Copse

Constituencies|

* Hampstead and Highgate
* Holborn and St. Pancras

Tube and
rail stations|

*  Belsize Park
*  Camden Road
*  Camden Town
*  Chalk Farm
*  Chancery Lane
*  Euston
*  Euston tube
*  Euston Square
*  Finchley Road
*  Finchley Road & Frognal
*  Goodge Street
*  Gospel Oak
*  Hampstead
*  Hampstead Heath
*  Holborn
*  Kentish Town
*  Kentish Town West
*  Kilburn High Road
*  King's Cross
*  King's Cross St Pancras
*  Mornington Crescent
*  Russell Square
*  St Pancras
* South Hampstead
*  Swiss Cottage
*  Tottenham Court Road
*  Warren Street
*  West Hampstead
*  West Hampstead (Overground)
*  West Hampstead Thameslink

Public libraries|

* Swiss Cottage Library
* Holborn Library
* Pancras Square Library
* Camden Town Library
* Kilburn Library

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Public works|

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* Commons
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* Public sector
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* Public use
* Public viewing area

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