The Library Service provides a free and accessible gateway to knowledge and information, recreation and leisure, culture and enjoyment. These aims are delivered through our loan collections of books, music recordings, spoken word tapes; our reference and information resources; our local history collections; our on-line data bases, and of course through our skilled staff.
Membership of Darlington Libraries is open to anyone and is free of charge. We offer for loan books, audio books, music on compact disk as well as language courses on tape and compact disk.
In order to join our library we ask you to complete the membership form which can be downloaded here.
There is a separate membership form for under eighteens
Once you have completed this form please bring it into one of our libraries with proof of identity and proof of address such as a utility bill. If you cannot prove your address we can offer an interim membership with limited borrowing.
If you wish to become a borrower and you are under 18 we also require the signature of a responsible adult.
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Crown Street Central Library
Crown Street, Darlington DL1 1ND
Tel: 01325 462034 e-mail: crown.street.library@darlington.gov.uk
Fax: 01325 381556
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Libraries Manager - Lynne Litchfield
Open (all departments)
Monday and Tuesday 9.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Thursday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Saturday 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Lending Services
(including adult, children's libraries, audio, housebound, homes, mobile library)
Contact Margaret Wood
Tel : 01325 462034
Reference and Information
(including business and community information)
Contact: Reference Services
Tel : 01325 349620
Centre for Local Studies
(local and family history)
Contact: Katherine Williamson, Local Studies Librarian
Tel : 01325 349630 e-mail: local.studies@darlington.gov.uk
Libraries and Community Learning Service
Tel: 01325 349648 Answerphone: 01325 388864
Cockerton Library
The Green, Cockerton, Darlington DL3 9AA
Tel: 01325 461320 e-mail: cockerton.library@darlington.gov.uk
Open:
Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Wednesday 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Thursday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Saturday 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Contact: Carol Houghton, Community Librarian
Tel : 01325 461320
Adult Community Learning Centre
The Coleridge Centre, Darlington
Tel: 01325 248021