Pancras Square Library is in the

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located just off the Euston Road in the King's Cross area of the borough. It is situated on the ground floor of Camden Council's Town Hall complex. With a separate children's library it provides a wide selection of books, CDs and DVDs available to borrow, and free internet access, making it central to provide a library service and gateway to other Council services to the local community. The library was originally located in the Euston Road, beside the

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and St Pancras Chambers (formerly the Midland Grand Hotel), equidistant from King's Cross station and Euston station. It was opened by

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in April 1971 and was also home to the

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in honour of

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who, in 1903, was elected as a St Pancras Councillor. There was a lending library on the ground floor and a separate children's library with its own entrance and a reference library on the second floor. The theatre is now part of the four star

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London St Pancras hotel.

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External links

Official website
{{Authority control Libraries in the London Borough of Camden Public libraries in London