56a Infoshop

56a Infoshop
Infoshop sign
51°29′26.5″N 0°06′00.3″W / 51.490694°N 0.100083°W / 51.490694; -0.100083
LocationCrampton Street
London, SE17, United Kingdom
TypeSocial Centre and Archive
Established1991 (33 years ago) (1991)
Branches1
Collection
Items collectedBooks, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and zines
Size50,000+ items (2021)[1]
Legal depositNo
Access and use
Access requirementsOpen to anyone with a need to use the collections and services
Other information
Website56a

56a Infoshop is a self-managed social centre, archive, and shop based in Elephant and Castle, Southwark, London. Its collection centres around left and far-left materials including information on anarchism, anti-gentrification, to squatting.[2]

  1. ^ "56a Infoshop – Radical Social Centre, Elephant & Castle – 56a Infoshop since 1991". 56a.org.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ Burgum, Samuel (11 September 2020). "This City Is An Archive: Squatting History and Urban Authority". Journal of Urban History. 48 (3): 504–522. doi:10.1177/0096144220955165. ISSN 0096-1442. S2CID 225222156.