Spurgeon’s College Library

City/town

London

address

South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6DJ

Telephone

020 8683 8465

Contact & Job Title

Rob Bradshaw, Librarian

Purpose & main user community of the library

Serves students and staff of the College

Terms of access

Not normally open to non-members of the college for borrowing, but occasionally for reading on site. Email requests to the librarian.

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday 7am until 11pm, Sunday Closed. Vacation opening times vary and the Library is closed on Sundays and on most Bank Holidays.

Disabled access

Suitable for wheelchair users

Lending to other libraries & visitors

By arrangement with the Librarian

Number of volumes

54,000 (1,500 e-books)

Periodicals – Back Issues

340, sets and partial sets

Current Periodicals

95

Volumes added per year

1,000

Coverage

General theology, missiology, homiletics, biblical studies, church history, pastoral studies, ethics, world religions.

Special Collections

An archive of material by and about C.H. Spurgeon (1834–1892): books, MSS letters, newspaper cuttings, portraits, etc.

Manuscripts

Spurgeon manuscripts in the archive as described above.

Research resource

Significant resource for the study of C. H. Spurgeon and his importance in Victorian society.

Catalogue Type

Computer (Heritage)

URL of catalogue
Other facilities

Photocopying

Full Time Staff

1

Voluntary Staff

2

Anything else about the library

The Library uses Heritage computer software and is a member of the Theological Heritage User Group.