International Culture

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Instituto Cervantes London

Spain's cultural institute, down an alley off the Strand, with a library of forty thousand things in Spanish and the country's official language exams.

Film programmeExhibitionsLibraryLanguage coursesSpanish

The Instituto Cervantes is the Spanish state's institute for its language and for the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world, and the London branch sits in Devereux Court, one of the passages off the Strand behind the Royal Courts of Justice. It teaches Spanish at every level, and Catalan and Basque online, and it is where the DELE, the Spanish government's own certificate, is examined in Britain.

The library is the part a visitor can simply use: books, film and music in Spanish and the other languages of Spain, with a team that runs its own programme of talks and readings alongside the institute's exhibitions, screenings and literary events. Much of the cultural programme is free.

Where
15-19 Devereux Court, WC2R 3JJ
Country
Spain
Nearest station
Temple · 3 min walk

Hours

Monday09:30 – 17:30
Tuesday09:30 – 17:30
Wednesday09:30 – 17:30
Thursday09:30 – 17:30
Friday09:30 – 17:30
Saturday10:00 – 14:00
SundayClosed

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 17 September 2026.

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