📜 Largest surviving chained library in the world. 🔍 Houses over 1,500 rare books, including 229 medieval manuscripts and the 8th-century Hereford Gospels. # Why Go 📚 Explore a unique medieval library with books under lock and key 🌍 See the largest collection of its kind with chains, rods, and locks intact 📜 Discover ancient manuscripts, including the Hereford Gospels and Magna Carta documents 🗺️ View the famous Hereford Mappa Mundi, a unique medieval world map, admiring it as a work of art and exploring its 700 years of history, geography, and mythical creatures. # Why Avoid 🚫 Exhibition closed Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas, New Year's Day, and January for cleaning. # Cost 💰 Adults £7.50, students £6, children 8-16 £2, under 8 free. # Hours 🕒 Monday - Saturday 10 am – 5 pm, last admission 4.30 pm. # Tips 🎓 Scholars visit from around the world to study the collection.