Opening Times
- Tuesdays 10am – 2pm
- Thursdays 4pm – 7pm
- Fridays 10am – 5pm
- Saturdays 9am – 12 noon
Closed: Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays
Computer bookings are for 45 minutes on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
New Barnet Library
New Barnet Leisure Centre, 1 Lawton Road, Barnet, EN4 9BS. Our library sits within the leisure centre complex.
Tel: 020 8359 3860
Did you know we have rooms to hire?
Activities for children
New Barnet Library runs weekly (free!) Children’s Activities, though not during August.
Tuesday mornings
Baby Rhyme Time 10.15am – 10.45am
Toddler Rhyme Time 11.00am – 12 noon
Sessions are FREE.
There is a paid car park (free for 20 minutes, free all day for members of Better leisure group). Find out more accessibility information.
Numbers may need to be restricted, and attendance is on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
Parking and Public transport
Parking
There is a paid car park (free for 20 minutes, free all day for members of Better leisure group). 8 accessible spaces are available.
By bus
384, 184, 307, 383, 326, 626
By train, tube & tram
New Barnet
Cockfosters
Hadley Wood
High Barnet
Accessibility
Blue Badge
8 accessible spaces are available in the leisure centre’s paid car park (free for 20 minutes, free all day for members of Better leisure group).
Wheelchair access
- Step-free access
- All services are on the ground floor
- New Barnet Leisure Centre has automatic doors, the library has a manual door that is kept open during opening times
Toilets
- New Barnet Library has shared use of the leisure centre toilets which are accessible and gender neutral
Books
- Large print
- Dyslexia friendly
- Digital ebooks
- Audiobooks
Covid Precautions
- Keyboards and mice are regularly wiped down
- There are cough guards between public PCs
