London

Our London library features resources from a range of subject areas, including education, business and health.

If you're a Teacher Training student, you can also access the Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service which has an extensive collection of materials to support your teaching practice.

We want our library spaces to feel inclusive, welcoming and considerate of all members of our university community. To this end, we ask our users to check out this page of ways you can help us achieve this: Library Etiquette

Opening hours 

16 December - 22 December 2024

23 December - 29 December 2024

30 December - 5 January 2025

London Campus

Finding our London campus

Discover a unique hub of opportunity in the heart of East London, just steps away from the iconic Canary Wharf.

Our roots may be in Cumbria, but our ambition stretches across the UK, fuelled by our outstanding lecturers. Our London campus is a place where learning can really change lives; full of diversity, knowledge and thriving energy just waiting to be discovered.

Campus Location

University of Cumbria
58 East India Dock Road
London
E14 6JE
Tel: 0207 517 4805

Study Spaces

During campus opening hours you can access study spaces in the library and the group social/working space in The Cabin.

Explore our collections

Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service

For teaching practice materials, the Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service has an extensive collection of materials to support your teaching practice.

The Schools Library Service is at 229, Bethnal Green Road, E2 6AB, and is open 10am – 6pm Monday to Thursday and 10am – 4pm on Friday. Please remember to take your Cumbria Card with you.

Please check the Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service website for current opening times and for more information.

Support

Staff in the library and on main reception are ready to welcome you and answer your queries. 

If you need more information or have any questions, please visit the Student Enquiry Point.

If you are studying in the evening or at the weekend and have a query please use the Ask a Librarian service.

Borrowing and Returning Books

Find out how to borrow, renew and return books whilst you are a member of our libraries. If you have library books out, they will auto renew until the end of your course unless they are requested by someone else. We will send you an email letting you know which book needs to be returned, so please check your student email regularly.