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This specialist library off Fleet Street houses 50,000 books and 3,500 periodicals, catalogues and directories on printing. From techniques to type faces, graphic design to typography, if it can be printed you'll find it here. If you're not sure what you're looking for, staff are happy to help. When it first opened in 1895, the library also house a printing school; the school eventually moved out and is now the London College of Communication. Not just a depository for academic research on medieval printing, the collection is kept up to date with the latest on digital typography and web design. Type is one of the highlights, with punches, matrices and founders' type from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Early forms of printing including wood blocks, copper plate and lithographic stones show the various techniques used to reproduce images over the years. The library also runs an active events programme for and by people who are passionate about typography, graphic design and print.
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19 New Bridge Street, EC4V | 2 minutes from St Bride Library
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1-2 Serjeant's Inn, EC4Y | 3 minutes from St Bride Library
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24 Ludgate Hill, EC4M | 3 minutes from St Bride Library
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London > Useful Numbers > Libraries
12 Philimore Walk, Kensington, London W8 | 4 miles from St Bride Library
Library full of books for lending and reference, CDs and DVDs, computers and community events. There's an adults reading group on the third Monday of ... More
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25 Old Castle Street, Spitalfields, London E1 | 26 minutes from St Bride Library
The Women's Library was established in 1926, as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service, the successor of the London women's suffrage organisation led ... More
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5 Pancras Square, Bloomsbury, London N1C | 37 minutes from St Bride Library
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Kings Reach, Victoria Embankment, Holborn, London EC4Y | 5 minutes from St Bride Library
One of the last three surviving warships of the Royal Navy built during the First World War and the first type of warship built specifically for ... More
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213 Strand, Holborn, London WC2R | 7 minutes from St Bride Library
The Funny Side comedy group runs comedy clubs in three locations in London, including the flagship Covent Garden venue above The George pub which puts on ... More
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20 Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 | 7 minutes from St Bride Library
Situated within Mondrian London, Curzon Mondrian is a 56-seat cinema run by the independent cinema company from Friday evenings through to Sunday. Screenings include new releases, ... More
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New Street Square, City, London EC4A | 4 minutes from St Bride Library
Just off New Fetter Lane, New Street Square is a quiet space in Holborn where you can shop and stop off for a bite to eat. ... More
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Holborn, London EC4A | 4 minutes from St Bride Library
Once the thriving hub of Britain's newspaper publishing industry, Fleet Street now plays host to some very historic pubs, beautiful old churches and large financial buildings, ... More
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Fleet Street, Temple, Holborn, London EC4Y | 5 minutes from St Bride Library
Temple Church sits within the Inner Temple of the Inns of Court, and was originally consecrated in 1185 as the spiritual and actual home of the ... More
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15-17 New Street Square, Fetter Lane, City, London EC4A | 4 minutes from St Bride Library
Organic, wild and artisan food is supplied by the likes of the River Cottage at this food emporium which, is the second Natural Kitchen to open ... More
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23-23a Bride Lane, EC4Y | 1 minute from St Bride Library
An abbreviation of Simple, Healthy, Organic and Tasty, SHOT offers healthy food in the heart of The City at its two locations: this one on ... More
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85 Fleet Street, EC4Y | 1 minute from St Bride Library
The famous French cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu, brings a touch of Parisian glamour to London with a fine dining restaurant, a cafe and ... More
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109 Fleet Street, City, London EC4A | 1 minute from St Bride Library
Food to go in its simplest form. Freeshly baked bread for hand-made made sandwhiches; home made soups; simple salads. Another high street option for fresh. fast ... More
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4-6 Staple Inn, Holborn, London WC1V | 7 minutes from St Bride Library
Situated in the heart of London, Career Energy – formed in March 2002 - offers comprehensive advice on careers, career change and job searching. They’ll analyse ... More
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1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 10 minutes from St Bride Library
The award-winning Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey and awarded the RIBA London Building of the Year Award in 2014, ... More
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Somerset House, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 11 minutes from St Bride Library
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Topnotch Health Club, 3 Tudor Street, City, London EC4Y | 2 minutes from St Bride Library
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Sea Containers London, 20 Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 | 7 minutes from St Bride Library
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London > Nightlife > Pubs
145 Fleet Street, City, London EC4A | 2 minutes from St Bride Library
Sprawling 17th century tavern with rabbit-warren of bars and a rich history. Steeped in history, this pub’s story stretches back through the reigns of fifteen monarchs. While ... More
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1 St Brides Passage, Fleet Street, EC4Y | 1 minute from St Bride Library
A wine bar and shop selling wines directly from independent vineyards, Humble Grape opened its first wine bar and shop in Battersea ... More
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44 Essex Street, Sign of the Post and Hound, WC2R | 6 minutes from St Bride Library
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The Mermaid, Puddledock, City, London EC4V | 4 minutes from St Bride Library
The self-proclaimed best kept events secret in the City, the newly refurbished Mermaid events and conference centre in Blackfriars boasts a 600-seat theatre-style auditorium and numerous ... More
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2 Plowden Buildings Middle Temple Lane, Holborn, London EC4Y | 5 minutes from St Bride Library
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18 West Smithfield, City, London EC1A | 6 minutes from St Bride Library
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