High Peak Libraries Accessibility

Buxton Library

Telephone:01298 25331
Email: buxton.library@derbyshire.gov.uk

Disabled parking: 3 spaces next to library entrance – also large car park

Accessible toilet – unisex

Level access, with plenty of seating

Clear signs in large print (black on yellow)

Housebound service

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

Scantex machine to enlarge print (e.g. If someone wanted to read a document, or the description on a book on tape)

SuperNova to enlarge print on PCs and voice activator - coming soon

Wide selection of large print, books on tape, and books on CD

Deaf Information Corner

Accessible keyboard (large print, and keyboards for people with less finger-control)

Listening Group (book group for people who are visually impaired) – Community Bus available

Portable hearing loop system (for use in any High Peak library, but kept at Buxton)

 

Glossop Library

Designated parking space outside library

Ramp into library

Level access inside library

Wide selection of large print, books on tape and books on CD

Housebound service

SuperNova is coming

Portable hearing loop and specialized keyboards available by prior arrangement

Clear signs in large print – black on yellow

Plenty of seating

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

 

New Mills Library

Library is accessed via a ramp.  Automatic doors will be coming soon

Level access once inside the library

Good selection of books on tape, large print book

Housebound service

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

Specialised keyboards and hearing loop system available by prior arrangement

Clear signs in large print- black on yellow

SuperNova coming soon

 

Chapel Library

Accessible to wheelchairs (press button door)

Designated parking outside the Town Hall for one car

Level access in library

SuperNova

Books on tape and large print books

Housebound service

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

Clear signs in large print black on yellow

 

Whaley Bridge Library

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

Good selection of large print and books on tape

Housebound service

Specialised keyboards and hearing loop available for use in library – by prior arrangement

Clear signs – large print- black on yellow

SuperNova coming soon

Please note there is no wheelchair access into this library – the staff are more than happy to assist with carrying books to cars parked nearby

Hayfield Library

Access is via a side door and ramp for wheelchairs. 

Inside the library a ramp gives access to all parts of the library

There is public toilet, but it is accessible to wheelchairs

SuperNova is coming

Good selection of large print and books on tape

Clear signs in large print – black on yellow

Housebound service available via Buxton Library

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

Accessible keyboards and hearing loop system is available by prior arrangement with Buxton Library

 

Hadfield Library

SuperNova is coming soon

Large print and books on tape

Housebound service available via Glossop library

Videophone link-up to all Derbyshire libraries

Keyboards and portable hearing loop system available via Buxton

Clear signs in large print – black on yellow

Please note that there are steps up to the library, and therefore no wheelchair access into the library

 

Gamesley Library

Accessible toilet

Car park nearby

Level access in the entrance and around the library

Clear signs in large print – black on yellow

Plenty of seating

Videophone linking up to all Derbyshire libraries

Specialised keyboards and hearing loop system available for loan from Buxton Library

Housebound service (from Glossop Library)

Good selection of large print and books on tape