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Our contact details | History Card | How to get here | Opening hours | Document Ordering Times | Closures | Access | Refreshments | Lockers and coat racks | Telephones and computers

Our contact details

London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
Clerkenwell
London
EC1R 0HB

Telephone - 020 7332 3820

email - ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk

website -  www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma

History Card registration

Sample History Card All visitors who wish to access original material at LMA will require a History Card.

You can register online or when you arrive at LMA. In order to complete your registration at LMA you will require an acceptable form of identification.

You will not need a History Card to look at copies of documents in the Information Area, or to access online or microfiche/film resources.  However, as the History Card also works as a printer credit card, if you wish to use the full set of microfilm printers or print from the computer terminals you will need to register.

How to get here

London Metropolitan Archives address is
40 Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0HB

Use the TfL journey planner
London Underground

Circle / Metropolitan / Hammersmith & City Line to Farringdon (about 800 metres / 0.5 miles walk)
Northern Line to Angel (about 1km / 0.6 miles walk)

Rail

King's Cross / St Pancras (about 1.6km / 1 miles walk)
Farringdon Station (about 800 metres / 0.5 miles walk)

Bus

Routes 19, 38 and 341 to Rosebery Avenue (alight at Tysoe Street or Mount Pleasant)
Routes 63 and 259 to Farringdon Road (alight at Bowling Green Lane)
Routes 55, 505 and 243 to Clerkenwell Road (alight at Clerkenwell Green)

Bicycle

A cycle path runs down Northampton Road. There are cycle racks at LMA – ask at reception for access.

There are numerous docking stations for the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme within a few minutes walk of LMA, these are located at - Tysoe Street, Finsbury Library - St John Street, Farringdon Lane and Clerkenwell Green.

Motorcycle  

There are 4 free parking bays in Rosomon Place, EC1R 0HY.

Car

LMA lies within London’s congestion Charge Zone. There are no parking spaces at LMA except for blue / orange badge holders. There is metered parking on in Northampton Road and surrounding streets, and an NCP car park is located on Bowling Green Lane (see map below) For more detailed maps and transport information visit the Transport for London website.

Map showing the location of the LMA

This map is available to download in PDF format (1mb) for viewing and printing.

Opening hours

Monday 9.30am - 4.45pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.30am - 7.30pm
Friday Closed

Please note that our telephone and email enquiry services are in operation from 9.30am - 4.45pm Monday - Friday

Please note, On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays all computers, microfilm readers, photocopiers and printers will be turned off by 7.25pm and original documents must be returned to staff by 7.25pm so that the building can close at 7.30pm


Saturday opening

LMA will be open on the following Saturdays from 9.30am - 4.45pm

2012
January 14 July 14
February 11 August (not open)
March 10 September 8
April 14 October 13
May 12 November (not open)
June 9 December 8


Please note that our telephone enquiry service does not operate on Saturdays.


 

Document Ordering Times

Ordering times for original documents, maps, prints, books and photographs are every 20 minutes from 9.40am to 4.20pm (excepting Saturday). Collections take place at 20 and 40 minutes past the hour and on the hour. They are extended until 5.40pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. On Saturdays there are no collections between 12.40pm and 2.00pm and collections stop at 4.00pm.

Shop opening hours

The shop is located on the first floor. It opens at 9.30 am and closes at 4.45 pm on every day including late opening days and Saturdays.

Closures 2012

LMA is closed on all bank holidays as well as the dates shown below:

Closed from
Reopens on
Reason
1 November 2012, 7.30pm 19 November 2012, 9.30am Annual stocktake
24 December 2012, 3.00pm  2 January 2013, 9.30am Christmas closure


Access for people with a disability

Click here to find out about our facilities for disabled people. We strongly recommend that disabled users contact us in advance of visiting (particularly for a first visit).

Refreshments

The visitor lounge has hot and cold drinks vending machines, and you can bring your own food to eat there. There are numerous cafés, pubs and sandwich bars in the area.

Lockers and coat racks

We ask that all bags are left in lockers in the visitor lounge, for safety and security in the research areas. There are also secure coat racks in this area.

Telephones and computers

Mobile phones must not be used on the information floor - please use the visitor lounge. There is a public pay-phone in the visitor lounge. You are welcome to bring personal computers - we have a limited number of power points available. We currently have 48 computers with catalogues, collections information and internet access available to the public.

London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R OHB.
Tel 020 7332 3820
Fax 020 7833 9136
Email ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk


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