Central Library – update
The upper floors of Central Library are currently closed for health and safety reasons. We thank all our customers for their patience during this time. Customers cannot currently access any floor above floor one.
This means that the following services are unavailable:
- Meeting rooms
- Public lifts
- Public toilets
Disabled Access
There will be no disabled access to the first floor. People with disabilities will have priority access to 2 computers on the ground floor and may ask staff at reception to retrieve specific items from the media library on the first floor.
Services currently available
- Full range of Fiction and Literature/Poetry
- Full range of Audio Books
- Newspapers
- Public PCs/Internet access
- Learning Zone
- Children's and Young Peoples Library operating as normal
- Cafe area
- Storytimes as normal
- Homework Club as normal
- Fax Service
Non Fiction
A selection of non fiction is now available on the ground floor.
Local Studies
A small selection of local history material is available, and enquiries are dealt with in the learning zone on the first floor.
Local Studies can now offer customers access on demand to the following material:
Bradford Trade Directories.
Electoral Rolls 1847-2002 and then the current year.
Newspapers on microfilm which are instantly accessible are:
Bradford Daily Telegraph 1868 -1927.
Bradford Daily Argus 1892-1927.
Bradford Telegraph and Argus 1927 to date.
All other newspapers may be pre-ordered please see our Local newspapers list.
Please contact the library staff to book a film viewer or use of the reader printer as, regretfully, they are in great demand and this will avoid disappointment when you visit.
Bradford and Yorkshire card catalogues are available to local and family historians to research and pre-order material for collection /within two days.
Please note: Reference items may not be borrowed
We have no access to our map collections at present.
Local Studies maps will not be available.
Contact Local Studies staff on 01274 433688 or email:local.studies@bradford.gov.uk
West Yorkshire Archives
West Yorkshire Archive Service Bradford search room is located within the Learning Zone and is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.30am to 5.00pm
Microfiche Parish Register collections are currently not available at Bradford Local Studies Library. They are available WYAS Calderdale, Leeds and Wakefield offices and at Kirklees Local Studies Library. Many of the Parish Registers are also indexed and fully searchable on www.ancestry.co.uk including Marriages 1754 to 1935, Baptisms 1815 to 1910 and Burials 1815 to 1985.
Business and Reference
Enquiries will be dealt with at an information point in the ground floor fiction library. Scanning/fax service available.
This is a short term measure as we explore further options for service delivery.
Bradford Central Library is the main library for the City of Bradford. Departments include:
City Centre Library - Lending
Children's Library
Information Services
Local Studies
Learning Zone
Bradford Archives
Services include:
- Disabled access
- Free information service
- Free Internet access
- Free Wi-Fi Zone (3rd and 4th Floors)
- Access to Microsoft Office
- Fax
- Free self-service scanning facility
- Photocopiers
- Asian language books
- Local History
- DVDs, CDs, audio books
- MyGuide Courses
- Business Information
Opening hours:
Monday 9am-7.30pm
Tuesday 9am-7.30pm
Wednesday 9am-7.30pm
Thursday 9am-7.30pm
Friday 9am-7.30pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Postal Address
Central Library
Prince's Way
Bradford
BD1 1NN
Telephone
01274 433686 (Reception)
01274 433657 (Information Services)
central.library@bradford.gov.uk
View map (multimap - External Site)
Fax
01274 395108
Minicom
01274 433600
Information about disabled access at Bradford Central Library from DisabledGo (External website)
