Contact Details and Opening Hours

To book an appointment, enquire about our collections or offer a comment or suggestion, please contact us.

Opening hours

Monday: 9.30am-8pm*
Tuesday: 9.30am-5pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 9.30am-8pm
Friday: 9.30am-5pm
Saturday: 9.30am-5pm
Sunday: closed

Closed for lunch from 1pm-2pm daily.

* Closed from 6pm every other Monday - please call us prior to visiting.

Special closures

Due to a series of special events, the Centre will be closing at 5pm (last appointment 4pm) on the following dates and apologises for any inconvenience this may cause:
Thursday 1 March 2012
Thursday 29 March 2012
Thursday 12 April 2012
Thursday 19 April 2012
Thursday 17 May 2012

Contact details

Address:
Islington Local History Centre
Finsbury Library
245 St John Street
London
EC1V 4NB

Tel:
020 7527 7988

Email:
local.history@islington.gov.uk

 

Finding us

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Location:
Close to the junction of St John Street and Skinner Street

Bus:
153

Tube:
Angel (Northern Line)
Farringdon (Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines)

Train:
Farringdon (Thameslink)

Disabled access

The Local History Centre is fully wheelchair accessible and has a disabled toilet. Further information about disabled access is available in the DisabledGo guide to Finsbury Library and Islington Local History Centre.