Many of the university buildings will be closed from 16.00 Thursday 22 December – Monday 2 January. There will be security teams operating at each campus on a 24-hour basis across the Christmas break.
For more detailed information, please visit our Christmas Information pages.
Library Services
During this period the Franklin-Wilkins Building, The Maughan Building, New Hunt’s House and Weston Education Centre libraries are all open 24/7, apart from on the following exceptions:
- 24 December – all closed from 18.00
- 25 December – all closed
- 26 December – all re-open to resume 24/7 programme from 08.30
- 31 December – all closed from 18.00
- 1 January – all closed
- 2 January – all re-open to resume 24/7 programme from 08.30
St Thomas’ House Library: 24-hour room accessible to King’s students, staff and NHS Trust staff only.
Wills Library (Guy’s Campus): 24-hour room accessible to King’s students, staff and NHS Trust staff only.
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Foyle Special Collections and Archives Reading Room are all closed during this period. For more information, please visit the webpage.
Global Lounge
We will also be hosting a Global Lounge at the Franklin-Wilkins Building over the Christmas period. The space in the Franklin-Wilkins Building ground floor café will be open for use by all students who will be staying in London during the Christmas break.
It will be open from 13.00 until 21.00 every day from 19 December 2016 – 2 January 2017, including Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, although opening times may vary on these two days.
For more information, please visit our Global Lounge page.