Heythrop Library

Heythrop Library

City/town

London

address

London Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, London, W1K 3AH

Telephone

020 7529 4834

email

website
view website
Contact & Job Title

Clemens Gresser, Heythrop Librarian; Sophia Venable, Assistant Librarian

Purpose & main user community of the library

Specialist theology and philosophy library, for researchers and for students of these subjects, undergraduate and above.

Terms of access

Membership available for anyone with a serious interest in theology and/or philosophy (see website for options).

Opening hours

LJC term time: Monday: 9.30 am–5.30 pm; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.30 am–6.30 pm; Friday: 9.30 am–6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.30 am - 2.00 pm; Sunday: closed. LJC non-term time: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.30 am–5.30 pm (lunch 1.00–2.00 pm); Tuesday: 9.30 am–6.30 pm (lunch 1.00–2.00 pm); Friday: 9.30 am–4.30 pm (lunch 1.00–2.00 pm).

Disabled access

An external lift provides step-free access from street level to the library. Please contact in advance the library to minimize delays in access in this way.

Lending to other libraries & visitors

No lending to visitors and other libraries. Visitors can purchase a day, week or monthly pass for reference access to the reading room materials only.

Number of volumes

Over 200,000

Periodicals – Back Issues

Yes

Current Periodicals

No lending to visitors. Visitors can purchase day, week or monthly pass for access. The library is currently unable to process requests for ILL or scanning. We hope to be able to resume services from January 2026.

Other materials

JSTOR Theology and Religion package (onsite only).

Volumes added per year

800

Coverage

Mainly Roman Catholic theology; Christian spirituality, church history, Bible, philosophy.

Special Collections

Rare books, pre-1800 materials all stored off-site (more than 700 held at Campion Hall, Oxford).

Manuscripts

None.

Research resource

Yes.

Catalogue Type

OPAC

URL of catalogue
view website
Other facilities

Multi-functional device (offering scanning, photocopying and printing), for onsite members only. The library team is currently unable to process requests for ILL or scanning.

Full Time Staff

Three

Part Time Staff

None

Voluntary Staff

Yes. If you are interested, please contact us, or see https://heythroplibrary.co.uk/work-experience-and-volunteering/

Changes in next five years affecting the above

None known.

Anything else about the library

Only 8,000 book volumes and the latest journal issues are available in the reading room at the London Jesuit Centre/Mount Street. About 130,000 modern volumes are stored in west London and can be requested by those with full membership (not day, week, or monthly reference pass). About 80,000 volumes (including journals) are stored in Cheshire, and more than 700 rare books are in Oxford.