King’s Cross St Pancras is the nearest London Underground station to the British Library. The station has 8 platforms and is well connected with 7 stations directly. It serves the Victoria line, Hammersmith line, City line, Metropolitan line, Northern line, Circle line and Piccadilly line.

The British Library is only 500 metres from King’s Cross St Pancras tube station and can be reached in 5 minutes via Midland Road. It is a little further by taxi, but depending on traffic it can take up to 4 minutes. Buses run every 6 minutes from the station to the library. King’s Cross St Pancras tube station is in zone 1.

Plan your journey and find up to date travel information on the TfL website.

The nearest train stations are King’s Cross and London Euston.

• King’s Cross: 6 min walk
• London Euston: 11 min walk

Plan your journey and find up to date travel information on the National Rail website.

We are easily accessible by bus from around the city, with several bus routes running directly past The British Library; plan your journey and see live bus times on the TfL Interactive Bus Map.

The British Library has nearby car parking spaces available on Holiday Inn Bloomsbury Car Park and King’s Cross St Pancras NCP.

Holiday Inn Bloomsbury Car Park

The spaces are suitable for vehicles up to the size of a Large - (4x4). Please note there is a height restriction of 1.90m on this location.

The spaces are available 24 hours on all days. You can enter/exit this car park multiple times throughout the duration of your booking.

King’s Cross St Pancras. NCP

Accessible 7:00am-7:00pm Monday-Sunday and pay cashless via NCP App.

Please note there is a height restriction of 2.27m on this location.