The historic St. John's, Smith Square, with its fantastic sound system, is a popular site for classical concerts. Drop by to see one of the special Lunchtime Concerts, or if visiting in August, the Westminster Abbey's Summer Organ Festival. Discounts are available for students, senior citizens and the disabled. Call for performance timings, and additional information.
Lambeth Palace is known for being the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lambeth Palace Library is the official library that holds all the data and history of the Church of England. You can find here many old manuscripts, books, bishop's archives, local history and much more amongst the 120,000 collections the library has.
The impressive Lambeth Palace has been the London home for the Archbishops of Canterbury for centuries. This historic building is still important to the Church of England which has an office there and often holds charitable events. There are several interesting sites here, including the 15th Century Morton's Tower, the 14th Century Guard Room, the 13th Century Chapel, and the oldest portion of the palace: The Crypt. The grounds also house the impressive Lambeth Palace Library. There are guided tours of the Lambeth Palace available.
The Senate House Library occupies 15 floors of the Senate House. It is open to the students of the University of London. It has an envious collection of over 3 million volumes in addition to vast digital resources. The books, journals and periodicals mainly deal with social sciences, humanities, language and linguistics, art, music and film studies. One can also rent tranquil study carrels with WiFI facilities.
Founded in the year 1933 this is library is dedicated to a sole subject- Holocaust and Genocide. The Weiner Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide was initially formed as an information bureau to make the Jewish communities and the world aware of the massacre that was brought over the Jews. Being the oldest institution in the world that is dedicated entirely to the study of the causes and legacies of the Holocaust, this library in Russel Square, London is a must visit!
Birkbeck, University of London has been consistently ranked as one of the top universities in United Kingdom. It offers university level courses in diverse fields like business, languages, science, mathematics, humanities and film and media studies. It offers hostel facilities to international students. The University has an enviable list of Nobel prize winners as well as famous people in all walks of life. It is also renowned for its moot courts.