Longsight Library and Learning Centre

Manchester’s most diverse and bustling neighbourhood deserves a library to match. So if your morning paper is in Bangla or Urdu, we’ve got it. If you like your picture books in Polish, we have some. If you like your fiction in Farsi, we’ve got that too.

Manchester’s most diverse and bustling neighbourhood deserves a library to match. So if your morning paper is in Bangla or Urdu, we’ve got it. If you like your picture books in Polish, we have some. If you like your fiction in Farsi, we’ve got that too.
Upstairs we’ve got Adult Education classes to get you from beginner-level computing to vocational teaching assistant. All this and we have bookable rooms for events and community activities.

Enquiries
Contact phone
0161 227 3706
Enquiries email
longsightlibrary@manchester.gov.uk
Venue
Address

519 Stockport Road
Longsight
Manchester
M12 4NE
United Kingdom

Venue opening times

Staffed library service

  • Monday to Tuesday 9am to 8pm
  • Wednesday to Thursday and Saturday 9am to 5pm
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Self-service library service (unstaffed)

  • Friday 9am to 5pm
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Age Friendly Hour

On Thursdays, 10am to 11am is our Age Friendly hour when our older customers get priority support and a friendly welcome.

Story Time

Story time for under 5s runs weekly during term time only.

Thursday from 11:30am

Citizens Advice

Staff from the Citizens Advice Bureau are available to offer advice and support on:

  • Tuesdays from 1pm to 3:30pm - specifically for debt advice
  • Thursdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm
Venue notes

Parking

Yes - there is a car park behind the library, access from Kirkmanshulme Lane.