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Wakefield Libraries and Information Services
Library Headquarters Balne Lane Wakefield West Yorkshire WF2 0DQ
Opening Times:
Opening hours of individual libraries vary please see website for details.
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Description:
There are 27 libraries across the Wakefield District and 2 mobiles so every community has close access to the service.
The Wakefield District has four kinds of public library:
- Library Local, a local community library with facilities and services for families and the leisure reader and learner.
- Library Extra, a library with extra learning or community facilities.
- Library Metro, a town/city centre library with a full range of services and facilities.
- Library Links, a range of flexible services that include a home library service, a mobile library service and collections in community and learning facilities.
Contact Details:
Deborah Scriven 01924 302222 dscriven@wakefield.gov.uk
Learning Programmes:
Wakefield Libraries offers a wide range of fiction and non-fiction and specialist services for children, teens, local studies and reference and information.
Specialisms:
Our Local Studies Library offers a wide range of resources for family and local historians and an online photographic archive www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk
Associated Learning Journeys
 First World War stories from the Wakefield DistrictStories of local people who served their country in WW1 Read More » |
 World War Two Stories from the Wakefield DistrictStories of local people who served their country in WW2 Read More » |
