Parliamentary Archives

Parliamentary Archives
Houses of Parliament
London
Greater London
SW1A 0PW
England

Website

Parliamentary Archives website

www.parliament.uk/archives

Online catalogue

www.portcullis.parliament.uk

E-mail

archives@parliament.uk

Telephone

0207 219 3074

Fax

020 7219 2570

All information is drawn or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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We provide access to the archives of the House of Lords, the House of Commons and to other records relating to Parliament, and are usually open to the public all year round, Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.00pm (apart from public holidays). We also provide a records management service for both Houses of Parliament.

Venue Type:

Archive

 Opening hours

The Search Room is open to members of the public from Monday to Friday (certain Public Holidays excepted) from 9.30 am to 5pm. The Search Room can remain open until 8pm on Tuesdays when the House of Lords is sitting for users who have made an appointment to stay late at least a week in advance.

The office is closed for annual stocktaking in the last two weeks of November.

Documents can normally be produced on request, except between 1pm and 2.15 pm and after 4 pm.

 Admission charges

n/a

Additional info

Toilets (including one suitable for wheelchair users) and first aid points are in the vicinity of the Search Room. There is a small kitchen area with tea and coffee for sale and a fridge and drinking water available, where users may eat their own food. Refreshment facilities in the Palace of Westminster are not open to the public but there are various sandwich bars, pubs and restaurants nearby.

Collection details

Archives, Law and Order, Social History

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

http://www.show.me.uk/gunpowderplot/

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