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Location

Shambles Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2JF
Telephone: 01226 773930
E-mail: barnsleylibraryenquiries@barnsley.gov.uk
Fax: 01226 773955 

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 Opening Hours

Day Central Library Archives &
Local Studies
Children's
Library
Full Stop
Cafe
Monday 9.30AM - 7PM 9.30AM-1PM and 2PM - 7PM 9.30PM - 6PM 9.30AM - 4.30PM
Tuesday 9.30AM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 1.00PM 2PM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 4.30PM
Wednesday 9.30AM - 7PM 9.30AM - 1PM and 2PM - 6PM 9.30PM - 6PM 9.30AM - 4.30PM
Thursday 9.30AM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 1PM and 2PM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 4.30PM
Friday 9.30AM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 1PM and 2PM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 5.30PM 9.30AM - 4.30PM
Saturday 9.30AM - 4PM 9.30AM - 1PM 9.30AM - 4PM 9.30AM - 3.30PM

NB - Please check with the individual library or look on the Latest News Page for details of forthcoming bank holiday closures

Further Information

The following services are available at the Central Library :-

  • A wide range of books for information and reading for pleasure
  • An exciting Children's Library
  • Free internet access and ICT sessions
  • Free beginners IT classes (UK Online Centre)
  • CDs and DVDs
  • Archives and Local Studies, including family history
  • A modern, comfortable and relaxed environment
  • A Reader's Group
  • Study Support with dedicated staff to help with homework
  • Baby and toddler Story and Rhyme groups
  • Newspapers
  • Young adult area, with graphic novels
  • Quiet study area
  • Self service stations
  • Full Stop Cafe with new menu
  • Meeting rooms for hire, with ICT facilities
  • Requests service
  • Lifts and public toilets.

 

The Central Library has a town centre location, a short walk from the Travel Interchange. Pay and display car parks and on street parking are available nearby.

Facilities for the disabled include:

  • Disabled access via automatic door
  • Lift to all floors
  • Disabled toilet
  • Ramp into lecture theatre
  • Hearing loop in lecture theatre

Barnsley Central Library is a public access building, Barnsley Council and the Primary Care Trust have worked in partnership with Disabled Go to develop an access guide for disabled people, their friends, family, carers and colleagues in relation to such buildings. More information is available on our Disabled Go webpage.

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This page was last updated on May 21, 2012

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Barnsley has a lot to offer everyone who lives, works and visits. We've a vibrant town centre, with a cosmopolitan mix of cafes, theatres, museums, art galleries and hotels.

Or, if shopping's more your thing, then you'll find plenty of high street stores and of course, our famous seven hundred year old market, open five days a week.

Travel...

Access is from junctions 36, 37 and 38 of the M1 with J37 just 1 mile from the Town Hall (S70 2TA).

We have frequent rail services to mainline stations at Sheffield, Wakefield and Leeds. There are also five airports within one hour of the town centre, namely Manchester, Doncaster, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Nottingham East Midlands and Humberside.

Current journey times from...

  • DESCRIPTION: A61 Sheffield Rd - Barnsley Town Centre
  • JOURNEY_TIME: 7 Mins, 49 Secs
  • DESCRIPTION: A628 Dodworth Rd / M1 J37 - Shambles St
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  • DESCRIPTION: A633 Wombwell Ln - A635 Doncaster Rd
  • JOURNEY_TIME: 5 Mins, 45 Secs
  • DESCRIPTION: A635 Doncaster Rd (Ardsley Hill) - Cemetery Rd
  • JOURNEY_TIME: 6 Mins, 5 Secs

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