- Notes
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Car parking temporarily unavailable
Car parking spaces at Balderstone Library, including disabled parking spaces, will be unavailable on Wednesday, 6 November 2024 and Thursday, 7 November 2024. Thank you for your patience.
Scanning
Scanning is temporarily unavailable in our libraries while we upgrade our services. We hope to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
- Address
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Balderstone Park, Rochdale OL11 2HD
- Temporary library closures
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Before you visit the library, we advise checking for any temporary closures.
- Opening times
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Our usual opening times
- Monday: 9am–5pm
- Tuesday: 9am–5pm
- Wednesday: closed
- Thursday: 9am–6pm
- Friday: 9am–5pm
- Saturday: 10am–1pm
- 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:
- 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 Balderstone Library, you have access to:
The majority of services and facilities in libraries are free, but some facilities have a cost.
- Customer services available
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While Balderstone Library is open, this is a self-serve customer service centre. There are no staff available for face-to-face advice, but you can:
- Use computers to access council services
- Research facilities for family or local history
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To research local or family history you start with the facts available to you. This could be from family members. Gather as much information as possible. Before visiting a library, look at what's online. Any dates, addresses, areas or trades will be helpful in finding the right family.
At Balderstone Library we have:
- Local history resources
- Research material
- Online library services
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With your library account you can get these services online from anywhere.
- Search for, reserve and renew books – including those from any library in the Greater Manchester Consortium
- Download eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers
- Access a range of guides and resources
- Other services available
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Other services you can get at Balderstone Library are:
- Events and activities
- Social media
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Keep up to date with news, events and competitions for all ages.
Follow us on our library Facebook page
- Access
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The building has ramped access.
- Contact details
- Local library information
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