Withington Library

It’s usually too busy to sit and read because of students using it to study. Also there aren’t a very wide selection of books.

Lovely library, however it is full of students during term time. This is unfair & unacceptable as students have their own multi-million pound university campus facilities to use for study. Locals end up having to compromise on lack of space and facilities. The staff & council should address this.

So far all good, welcoming place, staff are kind and took their time to explain everything I needed to know and any query was attended professionally and kind.There's a toilet inside and computers free to use. If you register with them you can use the library when there's no staff 8h till 20h, Friday till 17h, Sunday closed.

Love our local library. So pleased We have this in Withington. Can't wait for it to re-open after the refurbishment in Summer 2018.

Loved this library. It's silent most of the times. And the staffs are very friendly.

Friendly staff but one of the noisiest libraries I have ever been to (if you're going to carry out loud building works, don't pick a busy time for it). Also, not enough study areas/desks; if you're working from a laptop, good luck securing one of the five or six round tables to work at.They have a larger quiet space but this can sometimes be booked out for hours at a time, which is ridiculous given the lack of other options. The adjacent room seems to be regularly given over to coffee functions or even party functions (which naturally means screaming children).And why is it not staffed for the whole day Thursday?

I was just sat in here doing some uni work, when the lady working here explained to me that its coffee morning and brought me a free cup of tea, which i can confirm was banging and just what i needed. Great library great for the community :)

I first visited the library yesterday and it was amazing! Chris and the other woman at the reception have been more than helpful. It was warm, really good internet connection and quiet.However, today Saturday I visited it again and it was so noisy from families with children literally screaming. I closed the door, which was fine. After 1 hour a member of the staff (a man) who wasn't here before opened it and when I said we would like it to be closed so that it can be quiet he just said no it's not a private space. That was very rude, and I am sure he was just bored to open the dour with his card.I think the library belongs to anyone but most of the people go there to study, work and need a quite place. I don't think closing a door harms anyone, especially when people talk loudly or children are screaming.Also, please when you visit wit your children respect the other people reading or studying. It's not a playground.

More than impressed, always a very good welcome from the librarians, now a well being hub once a month.