Garforth Library

A lovely library if you have children. The building is relatively new so the facilities and clean and fresh. The children’s section has a good selection of fiction and reference books with wifi access and several computers (though this can get busy at weekends). There is also a small coffee shop with comfortable seating right beside the children’s section so my three children love to spend a rainy day on the sofas, sitting by the window, drinking hot chocolate and reading a novel or researching for their homework.

Spengo2 you need to change you name it’s rubbish.
There is a limited choice but the place is fresh and inviting.

Being a brand new building it is such a shame the council couldn’t have been more inventive or at least sympathetic in the criteria of design for this building. Other parts of Garforth main street are beautifully old, many shop fronts still having single paned windows dripping with condensation.
A good point to the design is that there is a ‘geenroof’ good for rainwater runoff collection, energy efficiency and reducing air particulates and solar panels for hot water heating too, though how much hot water would be needed in a library is questionable.
The library space has been extended and ‘The One Stop Centre’ is housed inside too for housing, social services and council tax help can be found.

bit of a limited choice, both in the book and video sections (especially in the video section, which you have to pay for) but they are friendly and its a nice place