Central Library (Bexleyheath)

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Bexleyheath Central Library
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Scope Public 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]

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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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