Darwen Library

Knott Street
Darwen
Lancashire
BB3 3BU

tel:  (01254) 706021
fax: (01254) 707177

darwen.library@blackburn.gov.uk

Opening times

Monday	9.30am to 7pm
Tuesday	9.30am to 1pm
Wednesday	9.30am to 7pm
Thursday	9.30am to 5pm
Friday	9.30am to 5pm
Saturday	9.30am to 4.30pm

All areas of the library are accessible to disabled people.

Visit the library for:

• Books for pleasure and information
• Local studies collection
• Children's library
• DVDs, CDs, and CD-Roms
• Talking books for adults and children
• Box office for Darwen Library Theatre
• Exhibition space
• MP's surgery held once a month on Saturdays
• Chatterbooks reading group
• Class visits on request
• Regular Rhymetimes and Storytimes
• Customer focus group
• Free internet and e-mail access
• Computer courses
• Newspapers and magazines
• Fax service and photocopier
• Pronto reading machine and other specialist equipment

 Darwen Library is the place to be for 11 to 16 year olds, so come along between 5pm and 7pm to chat, relax and test your skills with our Wii. 

We hold these sessions every two weeks. For more information, ask staff when you next visit, or call the Literacy development officer on (01254) 587244. 

Don't forget to check out our Myspace.

How to get there

There are regular buses from Blackburn, numbers 1-5, 30, 30A, 346, 225 and Darwen railway station is on the Clitheroe to Manchester line.  Both bus and railway stations are just a short walk from the library on Knott Street.

2008 Centenary celebrations

Have a look at the poems that were composed for the celebration week and view the photographs of some of the varied events that were put on during May 2008.  You can also still take advantage of the commemorative gifts on sale at the library.

Quiz winners

 Many thanks to all who entered our quiz - we hoped you enjoyed the hunt for the answers. 

The first prize of £100 was awarded to the Stanley Family on July 4.  The second and third prize was shared jointly by Mrs M Riley and Mr P Taylor.  All prize winners and competition entrants also received a free centenary bag.

Answers to the quiz are available on request.

Centenary gifts

A never to be forgotten day, by Alan Duckworth, is a specially commissioned book that was launched on our anniversary day, May 27, 2008 and costs just £1.99. 

It tells the story of books and libraries in Darwen. It tells Darwen’s story from its early days as a riverside settlement to its boom town time in the Industrial Revolution. It tells the story of an evolution: from the days of the chained book to the computer age.    

We also have a set of commemorative postcards available to buy at £1 for a set of three.   These would complement the new book and provide a lasting memento of the occasion.