Kingstanding Library

Whilst most teenagers favour spending their free time hanging around street corners indulging in underage drinking and smoking yours truly opted to spend a lot of time here.
As a teenager I constantly had a book on the go so i regularly visited here to keep up with my demand.
Great for families as they often hold events aimed at children.
I’ve always found the staff here to be extremely helpful and friendly.
Other facilities they have include computers for members of the public to use but be warned these get full up very quickly.
Unfortunately I don’t tend to visit so often these days as I tend to feed my habit for devouring novels through trawling charity shops so when I do visit its more for browsing through their reference books if I’ve a project I need to research.

More spacious than its Boldmere counterpart and offering a decent range of books and resources organised into no-​nonsense sections by genre, this popular public library is very handy to have in the local vicinity. The staff are friendly and always eager to help and if you have young children, they’ll be in their element in the diverse, comfortable under 10s section.
Sadly, inside, everything looks pretty tired and if you’re visiting in hope of using a computer, you probably won’t have much luck. The computers run all the essential Microsoft Office programs, including Publisher, Powerpoint and Excel, but there are only 8 available for use, so unless you pick your times wisely, you’ll probably end up disappointed. Kingstanding Library is great for families with small children, but adults are probably better off visiting Perry Common library a few miles down the road.