Darwen Library - Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service
Darwen Library provides a wide range of FREE books, audio books, eBooks, eAudio, information and other resources to support learning and leisure for all ages.
We also offer a Home Delivery library service, for families with mobility problems who are unable to visit a library and have no-one who can call in on their behalf (Tel: 01254 661221).
To access our FREE eBooks, eAudio and eMagazines for loan, download the FREE BorrowBox, uLIBRARY and Libby apps on your mobile device or visit our website.
We welcome everyone to our libraries and offer help and support where we can.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Andrew Orr
- Contact Position
- Senior Librarian: Literacy Development
- Telephone
- 01254 661221 01254 661221
- library@blackburn.gov.uk
- Website
- https://blackburn.gov.uk/.../libraries-and-reading
- Scan to visit this website
Where to go
- Name
- Darwen Library
- Address
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Knott street
Darwen
- Postcode
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BB3 3BU
View BB3 3BU on a map - Notes
Opening times
Mon: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Tue: CLOSED
Wed: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Fri: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sun: CLOSED
Costs
- Details
- Blackburn with Darwen Libraries no longer charge overdue fines. A small charge may apply for some other services, but there are exemptions. Please ask when you join for further details.
Availability
- Referral required
- No
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Local Offer
- Description
Our buildings
The library is a welcoming and accessible space. Free parking is available close by. The library is wheelchair–friendly and there are toilets with disabled facilities.
Library membership
Library enrolment is free of charge. Borrowing books, whether in print or in electronic/audio format, is also free. We no longer charge fines for the late return of books. Some members are exempt from charges for placing reservations (that is asking us to obtain a particular book from another library) and these include:
- Borrowers under 16yrs
- Long term sick or disabled borrowers (including autism)
- Borrowers in receipt of the Home Delivery library service
- Borrowers with learning disabilities, dyslexia, registered blind or partially sighted
(NB Appropriate documentation is checked when special categories are applied to adult members)
Library equipment
We offer free use of computers on all sites, with access to Google Docs packages, the Internet and e-mail. High visibility keyboards are available on request.
Blackburn and Darwen libraries provide some additional in-library equipment for the sensory impaired:
- Clearview spectrum colour CCTVs are available enabling text magnification and with the facility to change the print and screen background colours
- Magnifying sheets and bookmarks on sale
Resources we Offer
- Books for all age groups and abilities: fiction and non-fiction.
- Large print items for adults and children
- Special collections such as Quick Reads (for less confident adult readers), Barrington Stoke publications (dyslexia-friendly), and Reading Well collections providing self-help information on selected medical conditions
- eBooks, eAudio books & eMagazines are available to download through the BorrowBox, uLIBRARY & Libby apps
- Audio books on CD for adults and children
- Newspapers for use in-library
- On-line software packages
- Community history materials – books, photographs, maps etc
- Family history resources including the Ancestry on-line database
- Information about what’s happening nationally, regionally and locally. The public access computers provide current data and augment each library’s book stock collection and the community leaflets and posters which are displayed
- Access to printers, scanners and photocopiers at all libraries
Other Services
We offer an all-year-round events programme including:
For children
- Rhyme and story times
- Reading games
- Book clubs
- Holiday workshops
For adults
- Basic IT courses (Google Docs)
- Author visits
- Talks
For full details of our events programme, please check the library news section of the website.
Come and Join Us
Membership is free. You can apply on-line or in person at any of the libraries. Most people then come and collect their card/membership number, but if you can't, please give us a call and we will try to help. Many events are free, but others carry an admission charge. Age restrictions sometimes apply, but children and young people may be supported by their carer, if required.
Up-to-date details of ‘What’s On’ are listed in the library newsletter which is posted on our website. Details are also promoted on Facebook: Facebook and Twitter Twitter.
Our Staff
We welcome everyone to our libraries and offer help and support where we can. We look forward to meeting you.
- Contact Name
- Andrew Orr
- Contact Telephone
- 01254 661221
- Contact Email
- library@blackburn.gov.uk
- Links
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https://www.blackburn.gov.uk/.../bwdlibraries
https://www.facebook.com/.../BwDLibraries
- Local Offer Age Bands
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0-5 years
5-11 years
11-16 years
16-19 years
19-25 years
Parents & carers
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