Address, Telephone and Fax
Harpur StreetBedford
MK40 1PG
Tel: 01234 718178
Fax: 01234 718053
Bedfordshire Heritage Library
Bedford Central Library
Bedford
MK40 1PG
Tel: 01234 718178
Fax: 01234 718053
Bedfordshire Heritage Library
Map
Click the link for a map with
Bedford Central Library's
location marked. The service can give you directions from your home as well.
Opening Hours
| Monday | Self-Service | 9:00am - 11:00am |
| Staffed | 11:00am - 4:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | |
| Tuesday | Self-Service | 9:00am - 11:00am |
| Staffed | 11:00am - 4:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | |
| Wednesday | Self-Service | 9:00am - 11:00am |
| Staffed | 11:00am - 4:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | |
| Thursday | Self-Service | 9:00am - 11:00am |
| Staffed | 11:00am - 4:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | |
| Friday | Self-Service | 9:00am - 11:00am |
| Staffed | 11:00am - 4:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | |
| Saturday | Self-Service | 9:00am - 10:00am |
| Staffed | 10:00am - 5:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 5:00pm - 6:00pm | |
| Sunday | Self-Service | 10:00am - 11:00am |
| Staffed | 11:00am - 2:00pm | |
| Self-Service | 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
One Off Closures:
Building
- Automatic Doors
- Disabled Toilets . access with a RADAR key only
- Escalator
- Lift
- Meeting Room (with hearing loop)
- Public Parking Nearby
- Toilets
Facilities
- Access to software
- Computer prints
- Free WiFi
- Internet access
- Microfilm and fiche prints
- Photocopier
- Public fax service
- RFID
Events
Britain on Film: Coast and Sea
On 21/09/18 from 11:30 to 12:30
Let`s Go To The Seaside! Britain on Film: Coast and Sea
Let`s go to the seaside! Coast & Sea takes a trip
along our coastline, with films from 1901 to 1978.
Take a nostalgic promenade in classic British holiday
destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Morecambe and Skegness.
Learn about the hard work of people in our ports, from
fishermen and women to shipbuilders and life boat crew.
This is a free showing.
Seats are on a first come first served basis.
On 21/09/18 from 11:30 to 12:30
Best in Show
Bring along your garden produce and crafty creations to put on show.
On 28/09/18 from 11:30 to 12:30
Plot a Murder
Are you interested in the crime genre?
If so, come and join local author/crime novelist A B Morgan
and author and editor Morgen Bailey to experience
what it`s like to plot a murder mystery or crime thriller.
Get creative and have fun deciding the characters,
their names, motives, method and how the detective
or sleuth unravels the mystery.
Tickets £1.00 each (incl. refreshments) are available
in advance from the library.
On 06/10/18 from 10:30 to 12:00
The `Spanish Flu` in Bedford and Beyond
October 1918 saw the Great War finally approaching the end.
An outbreak of flu in early summer had caused major casualties
on both sides, but now it was back in a much deadlier form.
This talk examines the impact both locally and worldwide
of a pandemic that claimed at least 50 million lives.
Tickets are £1 each available from Bedford Central Library in advance.
On 12/10/18 from 14:00 to 15:00
Regular Events
Lego Club
Saturdays from 11.00 to 12.00
Sunday is Fun Day
Sunday from 11.30 to 1.30
Liberal Democrats (For details phone 01234 221757)
Saturdays from 11.00 to 12.00
Baby Rhymetime for 0 - 18 months (Term Time Only)
Monday from 11.30 to 12.00
RhymeTime (Term Time Only)
Tuesday from 2:00 to 2:30
RhymeTime
Thursday from 11.30 to 12.00
Other Events
Down Memory Lane
Last Friday of the month
Fridays 11.30 - 12.30
Knit and Knatter
For details phone the library
Wednesday(Fortnightly) 2.00-3.30