Martyrs Kirk, Thomson Reading Room

This week's opening hours

Monday
8.30am to 8.30Pm
Tuesday
CLOSED
Wednesday
CLOSED
Thursday
CLOSED
Friday
8am to 10pm
Saturday
8am to 10pm
Sunday
8am to 10pm

The Thomson Reading Room is part of Martyrs Kirk, on North Street.

Postgraduate students, including taught postgraduates, and University staff can use this space.

Access to the building is through a short set of stairs.

To help you plan for the Christmas vacation and inter-semester break, our upcoming winter hours can be found together here.

Floor plan

Martyrs Kirk Library floor plan (PDF)

  • The Thomson Reading Room has:

    • 40 quiet study spaces
    • Toilets

    Learning technology

    • Wifi
    • Print, copy, and scan machines (in a separate room)
    • 3 PCs (in a separate room)
    • Power sockets

    Food and drink

    Drinks with a lid are permitted, but food is not allowed.

  • Martyrs Kirk Research Library
    80 North Street
    St Andrews
    Fife
    KY16 9HH

    Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 2331

    Email: library@st-andrews.ac.uk

  • View of the interior of the Thomson Reading Room

    Female student, stood beside bookshelves, reading, in the Thomson Reading Room

    A PG student studying at a single seat desk in the Thomson Reading Room