Durham Clayport Library is situated in Millennium Place, just off Claypath and opposite the Gala Theatre in Durham City. It offers a wide range of services and facilities for you and your family to enjoy. The building is accessible for disabled visitors with public lifts, toilets and has a loop system installed.
Temporary relocation
Durham Clayport Library will be operating from temporary premises at 3 Millennium Place (just across the square) from 9.30am on Monday 30 April, while essential building work is carried out.
We will maintain the usual opening hours in our temporary accommodation and will have the same telephone number and email address.
We will re-open in our usual premises at 9.30am on Wednesday 6 June.
Please contact us if you have any queries.
Durham Clayport Library
The library is an innovative state-of-the-art building on three floors and forms part of the Durham Millennium City Project. It was awarded the Public Library Building Award 2003 for the best new public library in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
There is a multi-storey car park within the Walkergate development that gives direct access to Millennium Place - ideal for popping into the library for books, CDs, DVDs, checking your emails or meeting friends or family.
Opening hours
Monday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Wednesday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Thursday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Friday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Saturday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Library Online
If you would like to browse our catalogue, request an item or renew an item already on loan, please visit Library Online. Here, members of Durham County Council's library service have full and free access to a range of websites, including the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Grove Music Online and Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Location map of Durham Clayport Library.
Services
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books for loan
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large print books
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books in languages other than English
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CD/DVD for loan
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computers with internet and email facilities
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computer support, training and advice
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maps
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local/national/international newspapers
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events, activities and courses
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periodicals and magazines
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photocopies - black and white and colour
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laminating
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document binding
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hot and cold drinks and biscuits for sale
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display space
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music scores
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study space
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telephone translation service
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Playstation 3
Additional services
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scanner
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GRO Index (St Catherine's House Index)
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Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments
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Ancestry online
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British Standards online
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- Durham Record Database containing old photographs and maps
- European Public Information Centre (EPIC) providing information on Europe and the EU
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family history resources including the IGI, the GRO index of births, marriages and deaths 1837-2004
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County Durham census records 1841-1901
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The Durham Advertiser 1814 to date
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Durham Chronicle 1820-1951
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fax service
- local studies collection containing over 11,000 books, pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, periodicals, articles and ephemera
- telephone and postcode directories
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Which? online
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a range of courses with partners
Important service updates for this venue
While we always aim to provide our users with the services we have advertised, from time-to-time we may need to make changes due to circumstances beyond our control or in exceptional circumstances, for example during periods of bad weather. Our service disruption page provides information on issues affecting all council services.