This is a decent sized library with, as you'd expect, lots of books! They have a good sized…read morechildren's section & also have several computers that you can 'book' to use either for internet or just doing general work. For a small charge you can use printing facilities. What I like about this library & other libraries in Stockport you can renew books & order books online using your 'member number' & your pin code. I have found this invaluable if I am unable to make it to the library to renew books. As well as books they have cd's & dvd's some of which incur a small charge for you to lend. The staff are very helpful & will answer any questions you have & help you to find books etc. Also good are the events that they have throughout the year for children & adults.

Stockport Central Lending and Reference library is located on the A6 (Wellington Road South) near…read moreGrand Central. It is a vast building filled to the rafters with every book on any topic you can imagine. It is the biggest library in Stockport. On the main floor you can nosey at all the books, use the internet for free (which you have to book in advance), browse the dvds and pick up information on classes and courses available in Stockport. Upstairs is the reference library which houses thousands of newspapers on film, maps, reference books, magazines and newspapers, and some wonderful historic books about Stockport. The staff are so helpful and will assist you to find any book you require. You can take out a library card and borrow up to 10 books at any time.

You could easily spend a day here. I love books and this library with its high ceiling is one i can…read morehighly recommend

This really is one of the prettiest buildings in Didsbury, and though it is less impressive than…read morethe Central Library, and less architecturally detailed than the old John Rylands Library on Deansgate, it is my favourite in all of Manchestershire! Back in my Didsbury days, I'd spend a lot of time in Art of Tea, reading. Of course I soon discovered that that was about as good for my pocket as, well, a not very good thing. At this point I decided to have library days in Didsbury Library. In that time I read Demons by Dostoevsky, and as I was a starving intellectual at the time (in that I ate beans from Aldi, and read Dostoevsky books in the library because the house I was squatting in was too cold, even in August) I found it all very romantic and whatnot. Anyway, digressions and questions about the validity of my intellectual aspirations aside, this library is great. Perhaps it's a Didsbury thing, but it's lovely and quiet in here. The little banks of computers are lined with bowed heads diligently beavering away on the job sites, and the staff don't talk above a whisper (unlike in Central Library, where one of them practically bellows!) The layout inside is lovely too, with books set out on loooooong shelf units that take into account the sweeping wide space of the interior. It is a truly lovely place to while away an afternoon, and they have several regular events too: - Coffee Morning, every second Friday 10-12noon - Councillor's Surgery, every second and fourth Saturday, 10:30-11am for East Didsbury Ward, and every first, third and fifth Saturday, 10:30-11am for West. - MP surgery, second Friday of the month 3:30pm-4:30pm - Reading Group, fourth Tuesday of the month, 10:30-12noon - Tiny Tots and Toddler Time, Mondays 2-2:30pm (term time only) - Bookstart Baby Club, every other Wednesday, call library for times of sessions. That's all folks, a lovely library that, as you can see, really takes its role in the community seriously.

This is a great little library set back from the main road in its own (very small!) grounds…read more Although miniscule in size, the building - designed by Henry Price in 1915 - has lofty aspirations and looks more like a church than a place to pick up books. Considering the size of the place, Didsbury Library has lots to offer. And not just books! There's a pretty comprehensive DVD rental library, after-school homework clubs and computers offering free Internet access. The community noticeboard in the foyer is also good for finding out useful bits of information, from the dates and times of local MPs surgeries to knitting groups, guitar lessons and much more. Open every day until at least 5pm (apart from Wednesday and Sunday), Didsbury Library is always there when you need it. It provides a really important service to the whole community.

Not a bad place if you want to very easily do your 'librarying' in a fairly quiet and chilled out…read moreplace. Ok it's quite limited in terms of what they offer but they do stock quite a few new books as well as being able to order books in for you from nearby Stockport libraries. There's a decent graphic novel section, loads of chick lit (for my wife of course ;-) ) and if you have kids then you'll be pleased to know that there's a huge section for them - where they also have regular story time sessions. There's a few good computers in there to browse the net and with it being fairly quiet it's basically very easy to return books on their computer system or with a librarian. A great little place at the heart of the community. *extra note - this is also where you can vote when they have elections on*

This is a lovely library located about a 15 minute walk from Stockport town centre. It is right…read morenext to a beautiful park named Alexandra park which has a huge bowling green, 2 parks, fishing lakes and ponds to feed the ducks, in the summer there's often bands planning by the large bowling green and many a days out can be spent here as a family. The libraries location means especially during school holidays you can kill many birds with one stone. The library has an extensive range of books to suit all ages and also a lot of activities on for mums and babies during mid week, it's ideal to attend these then take baby onto the park next door or for a walk around the lake. Very pleasant day out.