City Lit London - Adult Education, Short Courses & Classes

Inspiring passions. Realising ambitions

Whether you are looking to kick-start a new career, delve into a favourite topic, keep active or bring some balance to a busy life, City Lit offers a huge range of daytime, evening and weekend courses to suit your needs.

Whether you are looking to kick-start a new career, delve into a favourite topic or bring some balance to a busy life, City Lit offers a huge range of daytime, evening and weekend courses to suit you.
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2019 - a century at City Lit

Throughout 2019 we'll celebrate our community of students and staff and host a collection of special events.

The Lunch Room

Visit the Lunchroom on the ground floor at City Lit's Keeley Street site for a range of hot drinks, tasty breakfast treats, cakes, hot snacks and soups.

Changes to Essential Skills course fees

All our Essential Skills courses are now free to students who work and earn less than £19,890 a year.

A century old, a century young

Our centenary affords us the opportunity of looking back and celebrating moments from our history, but as a leading cultural institution and beacon of learning in London, we are always keen to look forward and ensure we are ready for the future…

Building Refurbishments

With the exciting Reception refurbishment which will take place over the Summer, some changes are being made...

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