List of libraries in Leeds

This is a list of libraries in Leeds, England, United Kingdom.

Libraries

  • Allerton Bywater Library
  • Ardsley and Tingley Library[1]
  • Armley Heights Library
  • Armley Library[1]
  • Beeston Library[1]
  • Belle Isle Library
  • Boston Spa Library[1]
  • Bramley Library[1]
  • Broad Lane Library
  • Burley Branch Library[2]
  • Calverley Library[1]
  • Catholic Literary Institute library, est.1851 [3]
  • Chapel Allerton Library[1]
  • Chapeltown Library[1]
  • Compton Road Library[2]
  • Cow Close Community Corner
  • Crossgates Library[1]
  • Dewsbury Road Library[1]
  • Drighlington Library
  • Farsley Library[1]
  • Foreign Circulating Library, est.1778[4]
  • Garforth Library[1]
  • Gildersome Library[1]
  • Guiseley Library[1]
  • Halton Library[1]
  • Hawksworth library[1]
  • Headingley Library[1]
  • Heaton's Circulating Library[5]
  • Hebrew Literary Society library, est.1907 [3]
  • Holbeck Library[2]
  • Holt Park Library[1]
  • Horsforth Library[1]
  • Hunslet Library[1]
  • Hunslet Subscription Library[5]
  • Industrial Co-operative Society Library[2]
  • Ireland Wood Library
  • Kippax Library[1]
  • Kirkgate Market library[1]
  • Kirkstall Library[2]
  • Law Library[6]
  • Leeds Arts University library[7]
  • Leeds Beckett University library[7]
  • Leeds Central Library[1][8]
  • Leeds Conservatoire library[7]
  • Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature library[9]
  • Leeds Libraries
  • Leeds Library, est.1768[10]
  • Leeds Mechanics' Institute library, 1824-1940[6][3]
  • Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society library[2][5]
  • Leeds Trinity University library[7]
  • Lofthouse Library
  • Meanwood Library
  • Medical Library, est.1768[4]
  • Methley Library
  • Middleton Library[1]
  • Moor Allerton Library[1]
  • Morley library[1]
  • New Subscription Library, est.1793[4][11]
  • Oakwood Library[1]
  • Old Library, Dewsbury Road
  • Osmondthorpe Library
  • Otley Library[1]
  • Pudsey Library[1]
  • Quaker Meeting House library[3]
  • Rawdon Community Library
  • Richmond Hill Library
  • Rothwell Library[1]
  • Scholes Library, Leeds[1]
  • Seacroft Library[1]
  • Sheepscar Branch Library[2]
  • St James's University Hospital Library
  • Swarcliffe Library
  • Swillington Library
  • Swinnow Library
  • Thoresby Society library[6]
  • University of Leeds Library, est.1874[12][13][3]
  • Wetherby Library[1]
  • Whinmoor Library[1]
  • Woodhouse Free Library
  • Yeadon Library[1]
  • York Road Library and Baths
  • Yorkshire College Library[6]
  • Yorkshire Naturalists' Society Library[6]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Leeds", Libraries, museums and art galleries year book 1928-29 (6th ed.), London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1928, p. 56+ – via HathiTrust
  3. ^ a b c d e Peter S. Morrish (2019), Libraries in Leeds: A Historical Survey, 1152 – c.1939, Leeds: Thoresby Society, ISBN 978-0-900741-79-1
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  7. ^ a b c d "Membership", academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk, UK: Academic Libraries North, retrieved 2026-03-04
  8. ^ James Clegg, ed. (1899), "Municipal Free Libraries in the United Kingdom", International Directory of Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., pp. 207–233 – via HathiTrust
  9. ^ Bob Duckett (1996). "Friend or Foe?: the Northern Counties Library Association 1900–1922". Library History. 12 (1). doi:10.1179/lib.1996.12.1.155. Libraries represented in the Northern Counties Library Association 1900-1914
  10. ^ "Our Libraries", independentlibraries.co.uk, UK: Independent Libraries Association, retrieved 2026-03-04
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