- Address
- Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU
- Temporary library closures
- Opening times
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- Monday: 9am-5pm
- Tuesday: 9am-6pm
- Wednesday: 9am-5pm
- Thursday: 9am-6pm
- Friday: 9am-5pm
- Saturday: 10am-3pm
- Sunday: closed
- Bank holidays: closed
- Library services available
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At all our libraries you can browse, borrow and return books.
These services are also available at Rochdale Central Library:
- Warm Welcome Spaces in the borough of Rochdale
- Join the library
- Sign in to your library account
- Renew a book
- Reserve a book
- Pay a library fine
- Get books with Bookstart
- Get books on prescription
- Join the doorstep library
- Become a library volunteer
- Request and collect library books
- You can borrow jigsaws for both adults and children free on an adult library card. You can reserve them and request them to be sent to any library in the borough for collection.
- Facilities
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At Rochdale Central Library you have access to:
- Children's library
- Meeting rooms
- Pay and display parking, with disabled bays
- Accessible toilets
The majority of services and facilities in libraries are free, but some facilities have a cost.
- Customer services available
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While Rochdale Central Library is open, you can also access the customer service centre, where you can:
- Get face-to-face help and advice about any council service by appointment (9am-5pm on Monday-Friday only)
- Use computers to access council services
- Use the free phone to call our Contact Centre
- Online library services
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With your library account you can get these services online from anywhere.
- Reserve and renew books
- Download eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines
- Download audiobooks
- Access a range of guides and resources
- Borrow items from any library in the Greater Manchester Consortium
- Other services available
- Events and activities
- Social media
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Keep up to date with news, events and competitions for all ages.
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- Access
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Rochdale Central Library has disabled access.
- Contact details
- Local library information
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As a member of the library, you can use the facilities of more than 4000 libraries across England and Wales and Northern Ireland.