Manchester Central Library
Public library Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD, United Kingdom:
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Address: St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD, United Kingdom
Website: manchester.gov.uk
Phone number: +44 161 234 1983
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Latitude: 53.4780556Longitude: -2.2444444
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Nicole Tozzi
Shukr Abdi Demo outside was Great!!
11 months ago
Folasade Adetomiwa
I just love this place, it's a hive of greatness and we are lucky to have such a stunning library.
1 week ago
Chip Tucker
Nice friendly space. There is lot of atractions and spaces for everyone.
6 months ago
faudjie marina
The seats are so uncomfortable in the study room, always cold and extremely hard to find a plug socket in 2020 to charge my device.
6 months ago
Gil Kanar
Very well maintained and a very helpful public resource. As a tourist, it might be worth dropping in to see the architecture itself, but as a local it has much higher value in the access to the wide array of books available. Technology …
1 week ago
Brooke Morris
I an extremely disappointed in how they have done a butchery of the original internal architecture. It should have been a grade 1 listed building. The old mesmerising Harry Potter, feel has been bulldozed to a clinical white washed tardis …
1 month ago
Chiara Scalco
What a fantastic building. It's a treasure to have such a lovely library in the city.
2 months ago
Yesha shah
Lovely place for reading and spending time but bit noisy in that area
4 weeks ago
Ratna Fleming
Very well organised
8 months ago
Carolyn Bishop
There was an amazing performance. The place is breathtaking. There is no hot water facility.
1 month ago
James Moyle
Amazing, space filled with the hussle & bussle of learning and soul enriching endeavour.
1 month ago
Luke Coldiron
One of my favourite place in Manchester, lot of books, beautiful and high tech, easy access to wifi so I can do my work during my visit.
2 months ago
Robin Brown
peaceful place!
5 months ago
Peggy Skroh
Staff especially Security are completely useless many who just stand/quickly walk around to act as if job is actually "done".
Noise, chatter, unruly children and food of all sorts are permitted making for an unsanitary public place that is very seldomly cleaned
1 week ago
Wesley Cardone
Exactly what a modern library should be. So many books, so much information, small and medium media exhibitions, and overall a great community space.
1 week ago
Krista Fandrei
Architecturally stunning building complex. A range of spaces for quiet study or group activity.
4 months ago
Jack Meyer
Huge library and FREE!
3 months ago
Zack Turner
One of the city's gems. Facilities are better than ever.
1 month ago
Ben Nelson
Christmas lights on ✨✨✨
6 months ago
Shannon
Anything you desire to know written is almost here ,history collection and archives are best ones
2 months ago
Jason Hicks
Well, it's a shame the public library is closed on Sundays. What other options people have on a Sunday? Go shopping? Go to a restaurant ? Why not keep at least one library in Manchester open on a Sunday so people who don't want to spend …
1 week ago
Geoffrey Bennett
Super nice
5 months ago
Nurseit Niyazbekov
Great place to study, very quiet. Free for the public
4 months ago
Ed Wolff
People eating chips in the reading room and no one cares... so annoying those uncivilized people...
1 month ago
Conor McCarthy
this is the place to be in Manchester City Enjoy
6 months ago
Ryan Bonnette
Stunning building. Every room feels like its own vision of architecture.
1 month ago
Todd Harris
I LOVE THIS PLACE SO SO MUCH GO MANCHESTER LIBRARY WOO HOO
1 month ago
Towana Woods
Love this place.
10 months ago
Lisa Melanson
Lots of books and great place for reading and searching
1 week ago
Julia Smart
Good facilities and beautiful architecture. I had never visited before the recent refurbishments so I don't know how its changed since then but the media centre on the ground floor looks rather tech and all the bits that aren't the lobby …
2 months ago
xidan zhang
Used business Centre to sort out my visa application - super helpful staff.
4 months ago
J K
Turned up a couple if minutes after the cafe closed, all I wanted was a cup of tea but the staff member wasn't interested. Great place but the customer service has a bit to learn.
1 week ago
Hemangini Sondarva
I used the library to print some important documents this afternoon and was stressed due to being in a rush to hand in the paperwork. A lovely staff member on the lower ground floor (Guy with glasses and short hair) noticed I was anxious …
3 months ago
Esperanza Mora
This Library is so good! Is beautiful, have a lot of books, the atmosphere is perfect to be there for a long time studying, reading and the workers are very helpful and friendly.
6 months ago
Brooks Dunlap
Inside more functioal than cozy
2 months ago
Debra Elliott
The library is very modern. You can join for free! The selection of books is not as wide, however they do offer access to some interesting archives, computers and multimedia. It is a nice plays for studying or just chilling. If you like …
4 months ago
Bob Sperry
The library is an absolutely gorgeous architectural building with so much Mancunian history embedded in it. After the revamp its even better than before with new things to look at and even more ways to learn. Truly brilliant. Visit the main dome its spectacular.
6 months ago
Kelley Helmendach
Fantastic service from the Archive Team. They fast tracked a baptism certificate for me. Couldn't have been more helpful.
1 week ago
Claire Blocker
Manchester Central Library is an amazing building right in the heart of Manchester. I especially enjoyed the interactive learning area which has banks of touch screen devices, each dealing with a different aspect of Manchester's history. …
9 months ago
bambi iero
Now the Library is open again after being beautifully renovated I try to get down here whenever I can on a weekend. It's amazing just to explore or go in to do some studying or work. I often like to use the quiet room upstairs. Whilst …
8 months ago
Luxury Consult
Unbelievably noisy place. Freely tolerated by noisy staff. Put in an official complaint that was not taken seriously by a more senior member of staff, who, in her low sarcastic attempt at wit, suggested that I had requested that libraries …
4 months ago
A J
Absolutely incredible to visit not on work business for a bibliophile like me. The books in the main circular area are really interesting just to look through casually, with the music area also really fun. Unfortunately, I have not yet …
1 week ago
miles stafford
In my view this iconic library has always been of the best in the NW if not the country and has just had a multi million pound restoration. The reorganisation and restoration work is outstanding. I was amazed standing in the atrium, I have …
2 months ago
Ryuuie Ryuu
It's been a while since I've been to the Central Library but with the recent refurbishment it made sense to find out what's changed. And wow, the work done on the ground floor area is amazing. The modern lighting and design certainly sets …
6 days ago
Siobhan Thompson
Gorgeous building with breathtaking main hall. Nicely refurbished. A wide selection of books and a decent cafe on the ground floor that has vegan options. Also holds events and has exhibitions.
1 week ago
Jenni Weirup
Wonderful space full of local history books, interesting exhibits and a cafe.
6 months ago
Katherine Chie
Beautifully updated in the recent renovations. The old reading room has been maintained - it's great to see it still being used as a place of study. Lose yourselves in the libraries archives, we recently found a book that was first checked out in 1918!
The new library is modern and has great collection.
2 months ago
Angela Gut
I went here recently to use the reading room as a quiet place to study. Whilst there were many other people here trying to do the same, it attracts a lot of teenagers with some, sadly not knowing how to behave in such an environment. I …
1 week ago
Bill T
Huge and quiet reading room on the upper floor, and in the surrounding corridor pupils and students practice their singing and piano skills in many small spaces. The library definitely deserves its grade II* listing.
6 months ago
Robi kinG
Fantastic Space, great collection, awesome staff, the is a near perfect Library and the best public library I've seen across 3 continents.
The outside could do with a bit more green areas as well as the rest of the city centre, but this is £48 millions very well spent (Birmingham's cost double)
3 months ago
