General Information

 

If you have a query about campus facilities at any time, the main reception in the Old Building is always open to provide assistance.

The following buildings have staffed receptions:  CBG, CKK, FAW, LRB, MAR, PAN, PEL, SAW and SAL.

The LSE campus is a very busy and vibrant environment. We hope that you can enjoy it while respecting other people and their right to enjoy the campus without disturbance or unseemly behaviour. In this spirit we ask that you observe the School policies and procedures that are in place.


Campus opening times

Campus view from New Academic Building

Monday – Friday 7am – 11pm.  After 6.30pm a LSE swipe card is required for access.

Saturday - Sunday 8am - 10pm. Access to campus buildings is by LSE swipe card or via main reception in Old Building.

During holiday periods access arrangements may vary. For more information please see the security web page.

Library opening times

Library building

Autumn Term: 8am - midnight

Winter Term, Spring break and Spring Term: 24-hour opening

Summer break: 8am - midnight

Please see the Library website for the latest information.

Student Services Centre (SSC)

For opening times and ways to contact the SSC, visit their website.

MPhil/PhD and visiting research students should visit the PhD Academy for advice and guidance.

Signage and wayfinding

The codes for LSE campus buildings are listed below for your reference.  For a more detailed view of campus buildings visit the LSE Estate

 Building Short Code
 Centre Building  CBG
 Cheng Kin Ku Building  CKK
 Clement House  CLM
 Columbia House  COL
 Connaught House  CON
 Cowdray House  COW
 Fawcett House  FAW
 Kings Chambers  KGS
 20 Kingsway  KSW
 The Lakatos Building  LAK
 5 Lincoln's Inn Fields  5LF
 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields (under development)  35L
 49 Lincoln's Inn Fields (Coopers Restaurant)  49L
 50 Lincoln's Inn Fields  50L
 51 Lincoln's Inn Fields  51L
 Lincoln Chambers  LCH
 Lionel Robbins Building  LRB
 The Marshall Building  MAR
 Old Building  OLD
 Old Curiosity Shop  OCS
 Pankhurst House  PAN 
 Parish Hall  PAR
 Peacock Theatre  PEA
 Pethick-Lawrence House   PEL 
 1 Portsmouth Street  POR
 Sardinia House  SAR
 Saw Swee Hock Student Centre  SAW 
 Sheffield Street  SHF
 Sir Artthur Lewis Building  SAL
 St Clements  STC

Room numbering

Room numbers when shown on timetables or in publications indicate the building, the floor and the room. On a door sign within a building only the floor and room are shown.  Basement floors begin with B, ground with G, first with 1 and so on.  Room numbers start with .01 and run sequentially through the floor, so first floor rooms would run 1.01, 1.02, 1.03.

Please check carefully when accessing rooms in SAL – e.g. SAL.G.10 is a ground floor room, not lower ground.

Rooms with names instead of numbers

Most LSE rooms are known by their number, with the first three letters denoting what building they are in and the first number denoting the floor of that building that they are on. 

There are a few exceptions to this (rooms with names rather than numbers) to remember: 

Centre Building

CBG.B1.02 – The Malaysia Auditorium
CBG G.01 - LSE Theatre
CBG 1.01 - Sumeet Valrani
CBG 2.01 - Yangtze Theatre 

Cheng Kin Ku Building
CKK LG.01 - Wolfson Theatre
CKK LG.03 - Thai Theatre
CKK LG.08 - Sheikh Zayed Theatre
CKK LG.09 - Alumni Theatre

Clement House
CLM.G.02 - Hong Kong Theatre

Old Building
ATG – Atrium Gallery 
OLD G.09 - OT - Old Theatre 
OLD 5.25 - AGWR - Graham Wallas Room
OLD 5.11 - Portrait Room
OLD 5.136B - DDR - Directors Dining Room 
OLD 5.13A - CDR - Chairman's Dining Room (note: The DDR and CDR are collectively known as the Peter Parker Suite) 
OLD 5.15 - SCR - Staff Common Room 
OLD 5.13 - SDR - Staff Dining Room 
OLD MG.01A - VAR - Vera Anstey Room
SL - Shaw Library (also known as the Founders Room)

Peacock Theatre
PT - Peacock Theatre
PTCB - Peacock Theatre Circle Bar
PTSB - Peacock Theatre Stalls Bar
GPT - Peacock Theatre Green Room 

Saw Swee Hock 
The Venue – SAW basement

Reporting faults and defects on campus

The Estates Helpdesk aims to ensure that faults are attended to promptly, in order to do this we need to know about them.

If you see a fault or defect with any facility on campus please report it:

  • via Departmental Manager /Departmental Administrator
  • via the self service portal (LSE Staff only)
    by contacting the Helpdesk directly on 020 7955 7956 (ext 7956)
    or email estates-help-desk@lse.ac.uk
  • For emergencies call: 020 7831 8713 (ext 2444)
  • reporting to any member of Estates staff