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Darnhill Library

Interior shot of Darnhill Library.

A library renewed!

Darnhill Library reopened on Thursday 5 November, at 9.30.

The opening hours on Fridays have been changed to 2.00 to 5.30 (from 9.30 to 12.30) following comments from the Darnhill Residents Group, the Darnhill Festival Committee and library users.

Darnhill Library after refurbishmentDarnhill Library after refurbishment
Darnhill Library after refurbishmentDarnhill Library after refurbishment

Information on the services available at the Darnhill Library is available below.

Access Information

  • Large free car park .
  • Disabled access, including disabled toilet facilities.

Reading

  • Regular Feature Collections. 
  • Large Print Books.
  • Daily Newspapers 
  • Book Reservations
  • Playaways - talking books in MP4 format

Children and young people

  • Children's Area.
  • Under fives' storytime.
  • Story Packs.
  • Parent/Carers Collection.
  • Homework Area.
  • Teenage Collection.
  • Designated teen area developed in conjunction with local young people

Learning

  • Reference Section.
  • Free Internet Access.
  • Open for Learning Facilities.
  • Silver Surfer Session.
  • Young Surfers Club.

Community

  • Colour photocopying
  • Extended community meeting room facilities

  • Public toilets
  • Notice Board.
  • Display Area.
  • School and Group Visits welcome.

Many of the community events held in our library are the work of our friends in Cartwheel Arts.

Business

  • Photocopying.

Directions from M62

  • Leave the M62 Motorway at Junction 19
  • Turn left towards Heywood (Middleton Road)
  • A quarter of a mile along there is a mini roundabout - go straight on
  • At T junction turn right onto Manchester Road
  • Follow road for about ¾ mile into Heywood town centre and follow the road through Heywood (signposted Bury).
  • After the town centre the road drops downhill to minor traffic lights.
  • Turn left onto Pilsworth Road.
  • ¼ mile turn right at minor crossroads onto Argyle Street. The road bends and climbs up hill onto a housing estate.
  • Immediately after the doctor's surgery on left, turn left into Sutherland Road.
  • Take second narrow turning on right (between 2 houses - high privet hedge to bring you round behind the library, which is part of the shopping precinct.
A library's progress

Darnhill Library in December 08, before the refurbishment:

Darnhill Library December 08, before the refurbishmentDarnhill Library December 08, before the refurbishment

You never realise how much you have got until you have to put it into boxes...

Darnhill Library February 2009, before the refurbishmentDarnhill Library February 2009, before the refurbishment

Stripping everything down to rebuild it all is a very scary process...

Darnhill Library June 2009, during the refurbishmentDarnhill Library refurbishment, June 2009, the new entrance is being built

August 2009: can you see what it is yet?

Darnhill Library refurbishment, August 2009, the new floorDarnhill Library refurbishment, August 2009, the new entrance

September 2009: the inside's nearly finished and we can start installing the new furniture...

Darnhill Library refurbishment, September 2009, new shelvingRefurbishment at Darnhill Library - the Children's Library

October 2009: nearly there!

Darnhill Library refurbishment: October 2009Darnhill Library refurbishment: October 2009

In preparation for the re-opening of Darnhill Library we invited a group of teenagers to a stock-buying visit at Borders. After a busy day's work we added a couple of hundred new books, DVDs and CDs to the Teenage Collection. Many thanks to everybody involved!

Teenagers on a book-buying visit for darnhill Library