Books in other languages

Planned works

Planned maintenance is taking place across RBKC services.

Some services may be slower than usual or temporarily unavailable while this work is completed. This will take place from 12 November until 2 December, across our library sites.

For any further questions, feel free to ask a member of staff or drop us an email on: [email protected]

Last updated: 11 November 2026

Foreign language books

Five of our libraries have collections of books in languages other than English. The collections are range in size:

  • small: less than 50 titles
  • medium: between 50 and 100 titles
  • large: more than 100 titles

If your local library doesn’t have books in the language you need, talk to a member of staff and they can arrange to request some from another branch.

Brompton Library

  • Arabic: medium
  • French: medium
  • Italian: medium
  • Spanish: medium

Chelsea Library

  • French: large
  • German: medium
  • Italian: large

Kensal Library

  • Arabic: small
  • Portuguese: medium

Kensington Central Library

  • Arabic: medium
  • Farsi: medium
  • French: medium
  • German: medium
  • Italian: medium
  • Polish: medium
  • Russian: medium
  • Spanish: medium

North Kensington Library

  • Arabic: small
  • Serbian: small
  • Spanish: medium

Last updated: 29 May 2026