Nottingham Central Library

Contact us

Tel: 0115 915 2828

Nottingham Central Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, NG1 6HP

Ground floor opens at 8.30am Monday to Friday, all other floors open at 9am

Children and young people
Nottingham Young Writers 11+	Monthly	Saturday	1pm to 3pm
Storysmash Youth Group	Every 2 weeks	Thursday	5.30pm to 7pm
Totstime for under 5s	Weekly	Thursday	10.45am to 11.15am
For more details about regular activities visit our web pages The Library for Under 5s or 5-11 years or 12-19 years
Reading
Book Group	Monthly	First Thursday	5.45pm to 7pm
Crime Readers’ Group	Monthly	Last Tuesday	2pm to 3.15pm
Readers’ Group	Monthly	First Tuesday	5pm to 6pm
Reading For Mental Health Book Club	Monthly	Last Saturday	10.30am to 11.30am
Reading for pleasure	Monthly	Third Tuesday	11.30am onwards
The Listening Chain	Monthly	Second Wednesday	2pm to 3pm
Learning and creative
One to One basic computer help sessions		Book in advance only	Contact us
Conversation Group: for learners of English	Weekly	Thursday	2.30pm to 4.15pm
Language Café	Weekly	Saturday	1pm to 3pm
Songwriter sessions	Monthly	First Saturday	2pm to 4pm
Tangled Yarns	Every 2 weeks	Tuesday	1pm to 3pm
Business and employment
Business Webinars	Occasional	Sign up to our newsletter to get monthly updates or follow us on twitter @BIPCNottingham
Visit the Business and IP Centre Nottingham.
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Occasional events include
IT training sessions, Readers’ Day, the Summer Reading Challenge, Local History talks, author visits and much much more!

Adult Literacy collection: life skills, basic maths and English	Ground Floor
Books in other languages	Floor 2
Books: Fiction, audiobooks on CD and MP3, large print, children’s	Ground floor
Books: Non-fiction	Floors 1,2 & 3
Books: Non-fiction for Children	Ground floor
Clearview Spectrum Machine – for magnification of text in books, newspapers etc.	Floor 3
Drama play sets for groups	NPALS
eBooks, eMagazines and eAudio	Online
Family history research resources and enquiries	Floor 1
Local Studies: books for loan, reference materials and resources	Floor 1
Maps of Nottingham: historical and modern	Floor 1
Maps and atlases: UK Ordnance Survey, A-Z, other countries.	Floor 3
Microfilm and microfiche readers	Floor 1
Music: CDs, DVDs and scores	Floor 3
Music sets for groups	NPALS
Newspapers, magazines and periodicals	Floors 1,2 & 3
Newspapers from the past on microfilm	Floors 1 & 3
Young Peoples’ collection	Floor 2