Place to explore / Hillhead
Hillhead Library
Browse books on Byres Road or make a family visit around songs, crafts and building activities.
- Price
- Free entry
- Where
- Hillhead Library, Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8AP
About this outing
Hillhead Library opened in 1975 and offers free entry, books, public computers, study spaces and community rooms. It is on Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AP. Opening is Monday–Thursday 10am–8pm, Friday and Saturday 10am–5pm, Sunday noon–5pm. Baby feeding is welcome and baby changing is in the first-floor ladies’ toilet. The operator’s activity access information explicitly says there are no accessible toilets; contact 0141 276 1617 to discuss access before travelling if this matters to your visit. A portable hearing loop is available and assistance dogs are welcome. The free car park is behind the building off Burgh Lane. Joining Glasgow Libraries gives access to borrowing and membership services; individual family activities have their own times.
Planning your visit
- No accessible toilets according to the operator’s activity access information. Baby changing is in the first-floor ladies’ toilet.
- Free car park at the rear off Burgh Lane; contact 0141 276 1617 about access and activities.
Plan your visit
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