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.
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
Many of the community events held in our library are the work of
our friends in Cartwheel Arts.
Cartwheel Arts web
site
Business
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:
You never realise how much you have
got until you have to put it into boxes...
Stripping everything down to rebuild
it all is a very scary process...
August 2009: can you see what it is
yet?
September 2009: the inside's nearly
finished and we can start installing the new furniture...
October 2009: nearly there!
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!
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pictures of Darnhill Library