Radcliffe Camera

Opening hours

The Radcliffe Camera is closed to members of the public, except those on library guided tours.

The following opening hours are for University and Bodleian Reader card holders using the library's reading rooms. 

Upper Camera & Lower Camera

Monday – Friday: 9am – 9pm
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
Sunday: 11am – 7pm

Gladstone Link

The Gladstone Link closes 30 minutes before library closing. Last entry is 45 minutes before library closing.

Encaenia Day

On Wednesday 25 June the Radcliffe Camera will be closed until 2pm for Encaenia. The library will only receive an afternoon book delivery on this day, which falls outside the critical times.

About the library

The Radcliffe Camera is an iconic Oxford landmark and a working library, part of the central Bodleian Library complex.

It is linked to the Bodleian Old Library by the underground Gladstone Link.  

The Radcliffe Camera is home to the History Faculty Library (HFL).

Please note: all reader cards will be checked at the entrance to the Radcliffe Camera.

Find us

Radcliffe Camera
Radcliffe Square
Oxford  
OX1 3BG

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General reader enquiries

radcam-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 277204

History Faculty Library

library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 277262

 

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