12/10/2026
Not picked your favourite desk yet? let us help you... ranking study desks in the Library. Is your favourite listed?
1) Height adjustable desk ✅ ; good outlook for nosing about ✅ ; in the aisle ❌ ; too close to the loos ❌ = 5/10
2) The Nave: Where the 'Cool Kids' historically sit ❔ ; spot your mates as soon as they come back from ming ✅ ; be disturbed by said mates who spot you while you are in the 'zone' ❌ 7/10
3) Lady Chapel: Low light area ❔ ; oldest stained glass ✅ ; atmospheric beams ✅ ; keep meaning to ask if that skull is real? 💀 ❔ 7/10
4) The Chancel: Full view of the stained glass ✅ ; that vaulting! ✅; best access to law and language books ✅ ; always busy ❌ 8/10
5) The Vestry : Secluded ✅ ; can get chilly ❌ ; have you noticed that ceiling before? 🤔 ✅ 6/10
6) Queen's Lane desks: Often overlooked ✅ ; nice lamps ✅ ; close to welfare books for a quick browse ✅ ; good wifi (eduroam from Queens 🙊) ✅ ; inspiration to pack it all in and become a balloonist like James Sadler ✅ 9/10
7) Big table at the back (the crème de la crème): great view ✅ ; great lamps ✅ ; space to spread out ✅ ; feel like a king on high table ✅ ; often snatched up by grad students ❌ 10/10
8) The Tower desks: No natural light ❌ ; fairy lights don't even reach this high ❌ ; might be haunted ❔ ; great for last minute hunkering down ✅ ; cute/funny poetry written on the walls ✅ 3/10
