Libraries and archives

Services will be returning to normal over the next two weeks starting from Monday 19 July. Keep checking back for more updates.

Site Map

Information on what libraries are open and what services are available.

Find out how to join the library online

Resources to learn English, practice your driving theory test or educate yourself in the best of classical music.

Find out how to access free digital versions of 7,000 UK and international newspapers and magazines, as well as 1000s of graphic novels and comics.

Find out how to use our eBook and eAudiobook service.

Find out how to get temporary home access to Ancestry.

Search for your closest library, find out the opening times and the services available

Magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, art and drama.

Reference library, exhibitions, business resources, activities and events, services for disabled people.

Find out about online activities we are offering while our libraries are closed

Resources to help you find information on local history and family history.

Find out about our ideas events and how you can tell us your suggestions.

Links to case studies to help you come up with suitable ideas and how they could work.

What to do if you want to hold an event or activity at one of our libraries.