We welcome press coverage of the Library. Please send interview requests, proposals for press visits and other journalistic queries to [email protected]
Please note: we do not currently allow commercial filming or photography on site. Professional and semiprofessional cameras (e.g., SLRs) are not permitted in the Reading Rooms, for commercial or non-commercial photography. Visitors are encouraged to take phone photos and videos and post them online, however. Remember to tag us and keep the privacy of fellow guests in mind!
If you are writing a listicle or a feature on bookish stays, the information here may be useful to you.
Gladstone’s Library is situated in Hawarden, North Wales. Founded by William Ewart Gladstone in the late 1800s, it is the only Prime Ministerial library in the United Kingdom and one of few residential libraries in the world. The current Grade-I listed building was designed by John Douglas and constructed as the national memorial to Gladstone shortly after his death.
As well as the beautiful Reading Rooms which house 150,000 printed books (20,000 of which belonged to Gladstone), the library has a restaurant and café, a chapel, 26 bedrooms, a cosy sitting room, and lovely gardens.
The boutique bedrooms are designed with writing in mind. All are equipped with a writing desk and hot drink making facilities, but no TV. The Library has hosted well-respected writers, politicians and members of the clergy, and speakers at our events have included Sarah Perry (Enlightenment), Michel Faber (D: A Tale of Two Worlds) and Sally Magnusson (The Ninth Child).
Please attribute information and images (available on request) from this page to Gladstone’s Library. You can find more information about the founding and development of the Library here
Please note, we cannot accommodate filming and photography at the Library.
