Access to Lambeth Palace Library Access to the Library Readers' tickets The Library is freely available to members of the public at the discretion of the Librarian. However, to preserve our valuable holdings for the future, readers' tickets valid for 5-years are issued on production of appropriate forms of identification.
Special permission is needed for access to some categories of material, eg.
It is a condition of access that readers observe the rules of the Library, which are displayed for reference in the reading room. Opening times The Library is open from Monday to Friday, from 10.00am to 5.00pm. No appointment is needed. It is closed on public holidays, for ten days at Christmas beginning on Christmas Eve, for ten days at Easter beginning on Good Friday, and exceptionally at other times. Please note that between 1pm and 2pm and after 4.30pm no material can be fetched for readers.