Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library

Opening hours

Library staff on-site 
Monday* - Friday
09.00 - 21.00
Saturday
13.30 - 17.00
* expect bank holidays

Wednesday 4 October
Due to the planned train strike, there may be a delay in opening

Imperial College London staff and students and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust card holders with active library membership have 24/7 swipe card access, including bank holidays and College closures, providing access to the library PCs, quiet study area and book collection

Books can be returned 24/7 via the red book returns box at the library entrance and will be removed from your record when the library is next staffed

librarycw@imperial.ac.uk

+44 (0)20 3315 8107 

Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library
Imperial College London
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH

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About us

The library has:

  • a quiet study area
  • 25 Imperial College London networked PCs
  • 6 ChelWest NHS Trust networked PCs
  • 3 training / group study rooms

Books and journals

Our book collection covers general medicine (including medical textbooks), nursing and professions allied to medicine and also specialises in:

Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library
Book collection

 

  • AIDS
  • emergency medicine
  • evidence-based medicine
  • mental health
  • midwifery
  • obstetrics & gynaecology
  • ophthalmology
  • paediatrics
  • plastic surgery

When the library is unstaffed you can return books using the red book returns box outside the entrance. 

Our journal collection is entirely electronic.

 

 

Training rooms

Chelsea and Westminster Campus Library users may book these rooms for group and project work:

Please read our Training rooms terms of use before booking.

Training room 1
Training room 1

 

Training room 1 (maximum 4 people)

Includes: 

  • 1 folding table
  • 4 chairs and 1 computer chair
  • 1 wall mounted projector connected to an Imperial College London PC
  • 1 ChelWest NHS Trust network socket
  • 2 Imperial College London networked PCs
  • Imperial College London network sockets

Training room 2 (maximum 20 people)

Includes:

  • 6 tables
  • 20 chairs
  • 1 flip chart stand
  • 2 ceiling mounted projectors connected to Imperial College London and ChelWest NHS Trust networked PCs
  • 7 Imperial College London networked PCs
  • Imperial College London network sockets

Combine with room 3 to hold up to 40 people.

Training Room 3
Training room 3

Training room 3 (maximum 20 people)

Includes: 

  • 6 tables
  • 20 chairs
  • 1 flip chart stand
  • 1 ceiling mounted projector connected to Imperial College London and ChelWest NHS Trust networked PCs
  • Imperial College London network sockets

Combine with room 2 to hold up to 40 people.

Help with room bookings

Getting here

Use the revolving doors at the main entrance to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Library entrance
Library entrance

 

  • Via the escalator: Walk to your right, past the hospital main reception, until you reach a fish tank. Turn right here for the escalator down to the lower ground floor. At the bottom of the escalator, turn right, then right again and go through the double doors. Head straight down the corridor - the Library is on the left with a red book returns box outside.
  • Via the lifts: Walk past the hospital main reception and head for Lift bank B. Take the lift down to the lower ground floor. Turn right on exiting the lift and go through the double doors. Head left down the main corridor and then turn left and head for the double doors. Go through these doors and head straight down the corridor - the Library is on the left with a red book returns box outside.