This is a list of libraries in the United Kingdom.
England (by region) As of 2011, there were approximately 3,500 public libraries throughout England, along with hundreds of other libraries including academic and research libraries.
East of England Cambridge Cambridge Central Library Tyndale House (Cambridge) University of Cambridge: see: Libraries of the University of Cambridge
Norwich Library of Sir Thomas Browne, Norwich, 17th c. Norfolk and Norwich Law Library Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library
Elsewhere Corn Exchange, Manningtree, Essex The Forum Southend-on-Sea, Essex Holst Library, Snape, Suffolk Ipswich County Library Ipswich Town Library , Colchester
East Midlands Lincoln Lincoln Cathedral Library St. Martin's Parochial Library, Lincoln University of Lincoln Great Central Warehouse University Library
Nottingham Bromley House Library, Nottingham Literary and Philosophical Society library, Nottingham Nottingham Central Library Nottingham Mechanics' Institution Library University of Nottingham Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly Learning Resource Centre
Elsewhere British Cave Research Association library, Derbyshire Derby Central Library Francis Trigge Chained Library, Grantham Kettering Library, Northamptonshire Loughborough Library, Leicestershire Loughborough University Pilkington Library , Nottinghamshire University of Leicester Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies library
London See: Libraries in London and List of libraries in the London Borough of Barnet
North East Durham Durham Dean and Chapter Library Durham University Cosin's Library, Durham Durham University Library
Newcastle Elswick Mechanics' Institute library Jesmond Library, Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne library Newcastle City Library Newcastle University Library
Elsewhere The Word (library), South Shields Sunderland Co-operative Library Sunderland Subscription Library Wallsend Co-operative Library Wolsingham Town Hall
North West Liverpool
Manchester Chetham's Library, Manchester Instituto Cervantes, Manchester Manchester Free Library, est.1852 Manchester Law Library Manchester Library & Information Service Manchester Central Library Manchester Metropolitan University North West Film Archive Portico Library, Manchester University of Manchester Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre John Rylands Research Institute and Library University of Manchester Library
Elsewhere Accrington Library, Lancashire Armitt Library, Ambleside, Cumbria Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library, Cumbria Birkenhead Central Library, Merseyside Bridgewater Library, Cheshire Bury Co-operative Society library, est.1896 Carnegie Library, Runcorn, Cheshire Blackpool Central Library, Lancashire Chester Cathedral Library, Cheshire Clitheroe Library, Lancashire Darwen Library, Lancashire The Fielden Free Library, Fleetwood Harris Free Public Library, Preston, Lancashire Lancaster University Lancaster University Library The Ruskin, Lancaster Lytham Library, Lancashire Rawtenstall Library Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society library St Annes-on-the-Sea Carnegie Library, Lancashire Stockport Central Library, Greater Manchester Stonyhurst College libraries, Clitheroe Warrington Circulating Library, est.1760 Warrington Perambulating Library, Cheshire, est.1858 Working Class Movement Library, Salford, Greater Manchester
South East Oxford Oxford Westgate Library University of Oxford: see: Libraries of the University of Oxford
Elsewhere Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent Brighton and Hove: see: Libraries in Brighton and Hove
Catholic National Library, St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire Chatham Free Library Dartford Library Drill Hall Library, Chatham, Kent Kedermister Library, Langley, Berkshire Kent History and Library Centre, Maidstone Portsmouth Central Library Prince Consort's Library, Aldershot Military Town, Hampshire Reading Borough Libraries Reading Central Library , Whiteknights
South West Bristol Bristol Central Library
Trinity Road Library, Bristol
Exeter Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter Exeter Cathedral Library
Elsewhere Dodderidgian Library, Barnstaple, North Devon Gloucester Public Library Kresen Kernow, Cornwall Morrab Library, Penzance, Cornwall Passmore Edwards Centre, Newton Abbot, Devon Plymouth Athenaeum Library Royal Institution of Cornwall Courtney Library Science and Innovation Park library, Wroughton Watchet library, Somerset Wells Cathedral library, Somerset Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham Wiltshire Library and Information Service
West Midlands Birmingham
Elsewhere Fenton Carnegie Library, Staffordshire Hereford Cathedral Library Lillington Library, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire Montagu C. Butler Library, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire National Police Library, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire Redditch Library, Worcestershire Rugby library Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon Shrewsbury Library, Shropshire Stafford Borough Library, 1914–1998 Thimblemill Library, Smethwick , Coventry Walsall Central Library Wedgwood Institute library, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Willenhall Library William Salt Library, Stafford Worcester public library
Yorkshire and the Humber Bradford Bradford Libraries Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library University of Bradford Library
Hull Carnegie Free Library, Hull, 1905–2003 Hull Subscription Library University of Hull Brynmor Jones Library William Crampton Library, Hull
Leeds
Sheffield Sheffield Central Library Sheffield Local Studies Library
York Minster Library, York York Library University of York Library
Elsewhere Harrogate Carnegie Library Hillsborough branch library, South Yorkshire Keighley Library, West Yorkshire Pontefract Library, West Yorkshire Scarborough Library Todmorden Industrial Society libraries Walkley Library, South Yorkshire
Northern Ireland
Armagh Robinson Library Belfast Central Library Linen Hall Library, Belfast Northern Ireland Assembly Library, Belfast Queen's University Belfast Lynn Building, operated as library 1868–2009
Scotland
Wales
Cardiff
Elsewhere Abergavenny Carnegie Library, 1905–2015 Barry Council Office and Library Gladstone's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire Holyhead Market Hall Llandrindod Wells Library, Powys Monmouthshire Libraries National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion Newport Central Library University of Wales Trinity Saint David Roderic Bowen Library and Archive, Lampeter Wrexham Library Old Library, Wrexham, 1907–1973
See also Copyright law of the United Kingdom Library associations in the United Kingdom List of archives in the United Kingdom Mass media in the United Kingdom Public Libraries Act 1850 Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
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