Bexleyheath Central Library
ScopePublic Library, Reference Library
Branch ofBexley Libraries

The Central Library is the main library for the London Borough of Bexley, now located on Townley Road in Bexleyheath.[1] It also houses the borough's Local Studies and Archive Centre.[2]

The first Bexleyheath Central Library was opened in 1934, on Bexleyheath Broadway, it was known as "the wooden hut" and is now a cocktail bar.[3]

The building that now houses the library was first opened in 1980[4] with the final phase of its development in 1989.[5] It has since had more redevelopments and refurbishments, the most recent in 2005 when the library had a new entrance built.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bexleyheath Central Library".
  2. ↑ "Bexleyheath Archives and Local History".
  3. ↑ "Central Library - Facebook post". Facebook. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  4. ↑ "#OTD 1980 147 Bexleyheath's new Central #Library in Townley Road welcomed its first customers". Twitter. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. ↑ Johnston, Caroline (1993). The role of the central library (PDF) (Thesis). Loughborough University.
  6. ↑ Bowman, J. H. (2012-10-01). British Librarianship and Information Work 2001–2005. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-4094-8506-3.

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