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The City Central Library, Hanley is the city's main library and as such is the largest. It is also home to Stoke-on-Trent City Archives. Click here for information on Stoke-on-Trent City Archives. There is plenty of parking within five minutes' walk of the library.
Lending services:
- Books
- Maps
- Music scores
- Talking books
- Information services
- All kinds of enquiries answered
- Information on all subjects
- Newspapers, magazines and journals
- Online databases
- Family and local history
- Computer services
- Free access to Internet and e-mail
- Printers - colour and black and white
- Scanners
- Kurzweil machine
- Media hire
- Music CDs
- DVDs
- Children's services
- Fiction for all ages
- Non-fiction
- Toy and book sets
- Filtered Internet access
- Baby changing facilities
Other services provided:
- Photocopiers - colour and black and white
- Fax machine
- Two monthly reading groups-one afternoon and one evening
- Room Hire
- Weekly storytimes - every Saturday 11 - 11.30am
- Weekly rhymetimes - every Friday 11 - 11.30am
Opening times:
Monday: 9am - 6pm
Tuesday: 9am - 6pm
Wednesday: 9am - 6pm
Thursday: 9am - 6pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 2pm
Sunday: Closed
Click here for the opening hours of Stoke-on-Trent City Archives.
Contact:
City Central Library
Bethesda Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3RS
Telephone:
Ground floor counter - 01782 238455
Floor 2 enquiry desk - 01782 238431
Computer bookings floor 2 - 01782 238432
Fax: 01782 238434
Email: central.library@stoke.gov.uk
Getting to City Central Library, Hanley:
By road: From M6 exit 15 or 16 take A500 to Stoke-on-Trent. Follow signs for City Centre (Hanley), Cultural Quarter
and the Potteries Museum. City Central Library is next door to the Potteries Museum in Bethesda Street. Click
here for a map showing the location of City Central Library, Hanley.
By rail: Stoke-on-Trent station is 20 minutes walk from the library. Taxis and buses are also available from the station.