A brand new library on Hulme High Street opened its doors to the public last week.

The library, on the ground floor of the leisure centre on Hulme High Street, will be jointly operated by Manchester City Council and the leisure centre operators, GLL.

A new joint reception area for the library and leisure centre will create a welcome environment for everyone who wants to use the new facility.

The library will be open the same hours as the leisure centre, with self-service facilities available when library staff aren’t there, to collect, borrow, return and renew books and to log on to internet-ready compurters. Library staff will be there throughout the week at the following times:-


Executive Member for Culture and Leisure, Councillor Rosa Battle, said: “The opening of the new library on Hulme High Street brings our leisure and library facility together under one roof. The move means that we can offer a better and improved service for our residents and we hope that the improved visibility and accessibility of the leisure and library services in one building will encourage new users to each facility.”

Andrew Smith, Partnership Manager for GLL, who manage and operate the leisure centre on behalf of Manchester City Council, said “We are really pleased with the addition of the library to Moss Side Leisure Centre and believe the library will enhance the other fantastic community facilities already available at the leisure centre. We are also looking forward to meeting new people visiting the centre and the library as both are now available under one roof, and we welcome any library users into the leisure centre who would like to find out more about getting active with us”.

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