Nottingham Central Library
Contact us
Email: enquiryline@nottinghamcity.gov.uk Tel: 0115 915 2828
Nottingham Central Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, NG1 6HP
Opening hours
Ground floor opens at 8.30am Monday to Friday, all other floors open at 9am
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Monday |
8.30am - 7.00pm |
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Tuesday |
8.30am - 7.00pm |
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Wednesday |
8.30am - 7.00pm |
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Thursday |
8.30am - 7.00pm |
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Friday |
8.30am - 7.00pm |
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Saturday |
9am - 4pm |
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Sunday |
Closed |
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Bank holidays |
Closed |
Facilities and services
- Accessible entrance with automatic doors
- Library on four floors with lifts and stairs access
- Books, specialist materials, newspapers and magazines
- Books in other languages
- Business and IP Centre Nottingham
- Computers with Internet, Windows 10 and Office 365
- Drinks and snacks vending machines
- Free WiFi provided by GovWifi
- Health Information and Local History collection
- Printing, scanning, photocopier and fax
- Rooms, IT learning suite and exhibition space for hire
Regular activities and events
Children and young people |
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Nottingham Young Writers 11+ |
Monthly |
Saturday |
1pm to 3pm |
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Storysmash Youth Group |
Every 2 weeks |
Thursday |
5.30pm to 7pm |
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Totstime for under 5's |
Weekly |
Thursday |
10.45am to 11.15am |
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For more details about regular activities visit our web pages The Library for Under 5s or 5-11 years or 12-19 years |
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Reading |
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Book Group |
Monthly |
First Thursday |
5.45pm to 7pm |
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Crime Readers’ Group |
Monthly |
Last Tuesday |
2pm to 3.15pm |
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Readers’ Group |
Monthly |
First Tuesday |
5pm to 6pm |
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Reading For Mental Health Book Club |
Monthly |
Last Saturday |
10.30am to 11.30am |
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Reading for Pleasure Group |
Monthly |
Third Tuesday |
11.30am onwards |
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The Listening Chain |
Monthly |
Second Wednesday |
2pm to 3pm |
Learning and creative |
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One to One basic computer help sessions |
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Book in advance only |
Contact us |
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Conversation Group: for learners of English |
Weekly |
Thursday |
2.30pm to 4.15pm |
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Language Café |
Weekly |
Saturday |
1pm to 3pm |
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Songwriter Sessions |
Monthly |
First Saturday |
2pm to 4pm |
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Tangled Yarns Knitting Group |
Every 2 weeks |
Tuesday |
1pm to 3pm |
Business and employment |
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Business Webinars |
Occasional |
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Visit the Business and IP Centre Nottingham. |
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Sign up to our library newsletter to receive updates of special events or visit AskLiON |
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Occasional events include |
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IT training sessions, Readers’ Day, the Summer Reading Challenge, Local History talks, author visits and much much more! |
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Books and specialist materials
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Adult Literacy collection: life skills, basic maths and English |
Ground Floor |
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Books in other languages |
Floor 2 |
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Books: Fiction, audiobooks on CD and MP3, large print, children’s |
Ground floor |
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Books: Non-fiction |
Floors 1,2 & 3 |
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Books: Non-fiction for Children |
Ground floor |
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Clearview Spectrum Machine – for magnification of text in books, newspapers etc. |
Floor 3 |
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Drama play sets for groups |
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| eBooks, eMagazines and eAudio |
Online |
| Family history research resources and enquiries |
Floor 1 |
| Local Studies: books for loan, reference materials and resources |
Floor 1 |
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Maps of Nottingham: historical and modern |
Floor 1 |
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Maps and atlases: UK Ordnance Survey, A-Z, other countries. |
Floor 3 |
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Microfilm and microfiche readers |
Floor 1 |
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Music: CDs, DVDs and scores |
Floor 3 |
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Music sets for groups |
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Newspapers, magazines and periodicals |
Floors 1,2 & 3 |
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Newspapers from the past on microfilm |
Floors 1 & 3 |
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Young Peoples’ collection |
Floor 2 |