Central Library

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LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE

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The Liverpool Central Library is situated in the Victorian grandeur of William Brown Street. It was redeveloped and restored in 2013, transforming it into a magnificent, award-winning library and archive with a unique blend of old and new architecture. Inside is Liverpool's collection of over one million books, forming one of Britain's biggest and oldest public libraries. The Liverpool Record Office is one of the country's largest and most significant County Record offices. Visitors will find public computers with free web access, along with free WiFi. Regular exhibitions of treasures from the collections are held, please telephone or see website for details.

Central Library
William Brown Street, LIVERPOOL, L3 8EW

Features

Facilities
  • Parking nearby
  • Cafe
Accessibility
  • Fully accessible
  • Facilities: Lifts with audio announcements, adult changing facility, some Braille signage
  • Accessible toilets
Opening times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open all year, Mon-Fri 9-8, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-5. Closed BHs

About the area

Discover Merseyside

A metropolitan county on the River Mersey, with Liverpool as its administrative centre, Merseyside incorporates the towns of Bootle, Birkenhead, St Helena, Wallasey, and Southport. In the 19th century, Liverpool was England’s second greatest port, and the area has been affected by urban deprivation and unemployment. 

When the port of Chester silted up in medieval times, Liverpool took up the slack. The first dock was built in 1715 and the port came to prominence with the slave trade. Following abolition, the port grew to a seven-mile stretch of docks, busy with cargoes of cotton, tobacco and sugar and the huge wave of emigration from Europe to the New World in the 19th and 20th centuries. In its turn, immigration brought an influx of people to Merseyside to join its expanding population, including many from Ireland fleeing the potato famines. In the second half of the 20th century, accessible air travel brought an end to the era of the ocean-going liners. Meanwhile, trade with Europe was picked up by the southeastern ports. Merseyside’s population dwindled, but it remains one of Britain’s most vibrant and interesting areas.

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