In which city is the British Library located?

The British Library is located in London.

The library’s main building is on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, beside St Pancras railway station. It is one of the world’s major research libraries and serves as the United Kingdom’s national library. Its collections include books, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, stamps, sound recordings, and many other forms of recorded knowledge.

The British Library was created as an independent institution in 1973, after the British Library Act 1972 reorganised several important national collections. Before the move to its present site, much of the national library’s material was held at the British Museum. The purpose-built London building opened in stages during the 1990s, with the main public areas opening in 1997.

A common mix-up is to confuse the British Library with Oxford’s Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, or the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. Those are important libraries, but they are separate institutions. The British Library also has sites outside London, including a major storage and conservation centre at Boston Spa in West Yorkshire; its headquarters and best-known public building, however, are in London.