(2,265kb)Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link
Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link are home to the teaching collection for History, English and Humanities.
Only the lower reading room of the Radcliffe Camera and the upper floor of the Gladstone Link are accessible to those with reduced mobility. Entrance is via the Old Bodleian Quad.
To use the Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link it is necessary to register your card and agree a personal evacuation plan.
Please contact: access@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
There is no University owned car-parking.
However blue badge holders can park on Catte Street (double yellow lines for 3 hours)
There are disabled parking bays on Broad Street/Parks Road (13 spaces):
The Radcliffe Camera main entrance is via a small flight of steps.
The lower reading room is accessible via the Gladstone link which is in turn accessible via the Old Bodleian alternative entrance:
Old Bodleian access information.
Once you have reached the lift, go to '-1' and pass through the tunnel.
This will bring you out into the Gladstone Link (an underground reading room).
If you cross this space and go past the accessible toilet, in front of you is a lift to take you into the lower part of the Radcliffe Camera.
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There is lift access down to the Gladstone Link (via the tunnel)
There is also lift access up to the lower Radcliffe Camera.
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There is an accessible toilet located in the Gladstone Link (near to the platform lift).
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Fixed hearing loop located at the reading room enquiry desk in the lower Camera.
Term time
Mon-Fri 9.00-22.00
Sat 10.00-16.00
Sun 11.00-17.00
Vacation time
Mon-Fri 9.00-19.00
Sat 10.00-16.00
The Library is also open on the first Sunday of each vacation, 11.00-17.00
Closed
Christmas break
Good Friday to Easter Monday,
August Bank Holiday long weekend.
The upper reading room of the Camera is inaccessible.
The lower reading room of the Gladstone Link is also inaccessible.
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