Click to see street map Purley Library is in Banstead Road, just off the Purley Cross Roundabout. It is situated next to Purley Baptist Church and adjoins the Library Gardens, the site of Purley's historic fountain. The Library is easily accessible by public transport. In the reverse direction they stop in Russell Hill Road.
Car parking is difficult in the area, but click for some parking suggestions .
This is believed to be the only occasion on which an entire new library service was opened on one day. Most notably in the area of Information Technology , which brings Purley Library on line to the world through the World Wide web and E-mail. Anyone can join Purley Library , and make immediate use of all the services provided. The library catalogue shows the books which are available in all the Croydon borough libraries, and we are usually able to obtain books which are not in stock from other library systems - this may take a little longer. Your adult library ticket allows you to borrow up to nine books at a time.