Wick Road, Brislington, Bristol, BS4 4HE

Opening Hours:

Getting there: By bus: Service 1 stops at the top of Allison Road, with the stops opposite each other. The 36 stops in Wick Road outside the cafe travelling from Bristol and outside the hairdressers travelling into Bristol. The 513 and 514 run along Sandhurst Road and Sandy Park Road approximately 300m away.

Parking: On-street parking nearby.

Accessibility: Ramped access.

Accessible to a wheelchair user travelling independently
Induction Loop

Resources and Activities
All libraries have the following activities or resources: fiction and non-fiction books for all ages, a children's area with a range of picture books, books in large print and reference books. Branch libraries offer free use of computers with internet and email access, and scanner.

In addition this library has:

Book collections
Books on prescription
Graphic novels for adults
Large print
Local history
Quick reads

Books for adults in European languages
Polish

Children's activities and storytimes
Baby bounce and rhyme - term time Wednesdays 10 to 10.30am
Baby bounce and rhyme - term time Wednesdays 11 to 11.30am
Pre-school children's storytime - term time Fridays 9.30 to 10am. 50p per child
Pre-school children's storytime - term time Wednesdays 2.15 to 2.45 pm. 50p per child
School holiday activities - contact the library for details

DVDs - hire from £1 per week
(Most DVDs carry subtitles in English and other languages, plus extras such as audio commentaries)
English language only

For sale
Children's wall charts and books - from £1.50 each
Headphones (in-ear) - for PC, CD or MP3 player - £1.50
Library carrier bag - jute fibre (planet-friendly hessian) - £2.00
New Books magazine - every two months - £2.50
USB memory stick - 1GB - £5.00

Free newspapers and magazines to take away
Bristol Observer - weekly
Folio - monthly
Mature Times - monthly
The Bristol Magazine - monthly
The Spark - quarterly

Internet and computers - equipment
(Free Internet and computer use, please book in advance)
Large print keyboard
Scanner
SuperNova combined screen reader and magnifier

Internet and computers - programs for use in the library
Audacity (audio editing)
Microsoft Office 2007 (Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Word)
Moviemaker
Photostory 3
Serif Photoplus X2 (Drawplus, Pageplus and Webplus)

Local history books and media for sale
Arnos Vale: a Victorian Cemetery - Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery - £5.00
Brislington Revisited - Graham Crimmins - £12.99
Bristol In 1807: Impressions of the city at the time of Abolition - Anthony Beeson - £7.50

Newspapers and magazines
(See separate listing for African Caribbean titles)
Amateur Gardening - weekly
BBC Good Food Guide - monthly
Daily Mail - on days the library is open
Daily Mirror - on days the library is open
Folio - monthly
Good Housekeeping - monthly
The Post - on days the library is open
Times - on days the library is open

Newspapers and magazines for African Caribbean communities
Somali Eye - irregular

Spoken word audio books - hire charges may apply
Cassettes for adults and children - in English
CDs for adults and children - in English

Facilities
Breastfeeding Welcome
Photocopier