There are 16 libraries in Gateshead, plus a Readers at Home Service and a Mobile Library. To find out more, please select your library of choice from the list below.
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Birtley Library, Durham Road, Birtley, Chester-le-Street DH3 1LE
Tel: 0191 433 6101
Fax: 0191 433 6106
Blaydon Library, Wesley Court, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear NE21 5BT
Tel: 0191 433 6201
Fax: 0191 433 6206
Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead NE8 4LN
Tel: 0191 433 8410 (Books)
Tel: 0191 433 8420 (Events: Tourist Information)
Tel: 0191 433 8430 (Information Services: Local & Family History)
Tel: 0191 433 8440 (Sound Gallery: CDs & DVDs)
Fax: 0191 433 8424
Chopwell Library, Derwent Street, Chopwell, Tyne and Wear NE17 7HZ
Tel: 01207 561379
Fax: 01207 560572
Crawcrook Library, Main Street, Crawcrook, Tyne and Wear NE40 4NB
Tel: 0191 413 8164
Fax: 0191 413 1433
Dunston Library, Ellison Road, Dunston, Tyne and Wear NE11 9SS
Tel: 0191 433 5690
Fax: 0191 433 5691
Felling Library,Tarlton Crescent, Felling, Gateshead NE10 9HU
Tel: 0191 433 6402
Fax: 0191 438 5538
Leam Lane Library, 129 Cotemede, Leam Lane Estate, Gateshead NE10 8QH
Tel: 0191 433 6428
Fax: 0191 433 6433
Lobley Hill Library, Scafell Gardens, Lobley Hill, Gateshead NE11 9LS
Tel: 0191 433 6405
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Whickham Tel: 0191 433 6424
Low Fell Library, 710 Durham Road, Low Fell, Gateshead NE9 6HT
Tel: 0191 433 6408
Fax: 0191 433 6406
The Mobile Library
Tel: 07919 110952
Pelaw Library, Joicey Street, Pelaw, Gateshead NE10 0QS
Tel: 0191 433 6409
Fax: 0191 433 6410
Readers at Home service, Herbert Street, Gateshead NE8 3PA
Tel: 0191 433 6415
Fax: 0191 477 8836
Rowlands Gill Library, Norman Road, Rowlands Gill, Tyne & Wear NE39 1JT
Tel: 01207 542372
Fax: 01207 549191
Ryton Library is situated to the rear of Ryton Methodist Church, Grange Road, Ryton.
Access via Hexham Old Road.
Postal address: c/o Blaydon Library, Wesley Court, Blaydon NE21 5BT
Tel: 0191 4131890
Sunderland Road Library, Herbert Street, Gateshead NE8 3PA
Tel: 0191 433 6415
Fax: 0191 477 8836
Whickham Library, St. Mary's Green, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne NE16 4DN
Tel: 0191 433 6424
Fax: 0191 488 3926
Minicom: 0191 488 8304
Winlaton Library, Church Street, Winlaton, Tyne & Wear NE21 6AR
Tel: 0191 433 6418
Fax: 0191 433 6419
Wrekenton Library, Ebchester Avenue, Wrekenton, Gateshead NE9 7LP
Tel: 0191 433 6421
Fax: 0191 433 6422