page_title: List of Carnegie libraries in Europe
section_title: England
hierarchical_section_title: List of Carnegie libraries in Europe / United Kingdom / England
caption_attribution_description: Levenshulme Public Library, Barlow Road, Levenshulme, Manchester. For use in the en:Levenshulme article. Taken by WebHamster, 5 October 2007. On a Minolta Dimage 7HI
context_page_description: This is an incomplete list of Carnegie libraries in Europe.
context_section_description: London
  Brentford Library 1903, brick and terracotta construction, designed by Nowell Parr, Grade II listed.
  Bromley 1908, designed by Evelyn Hellicar (1862–1929), now demolished.
  Crofton Park 1905, brick and stone (community run by Eco Communities and Lewisham Borough).
  Custom House, 1905, brick and stone. Still in use as a public library.
  Deptford, 1914, brick and stone (closed 1991, now Lewisham Arthouse artists' studios, public gallery and workshop).
  Enfield, 1912, heavily extended to the rear in 2010.
  Enfield Highway, 1910. Extended in 1938.
  Hanwell designed by T Gibbs Thomas in 1905/06 (run by London Borough of Ealing).
  Herne Hill 1906, Grade II listed (closed by London Borough of Lambeth 31 March 2016 due to budget cuts, reopened 2018).
  Homerton 1913, Grade II listed (Chats Palace Arts Centre since 1976)
  King's College, London: The Carnegie Collection of British Music on loan to The Maughan Library.
  Kingston upon Thames 1903, Carnegie also funded the separate building for the Kingston Museum 1904.
  Lea Bridge Road, Leyton.
  Manor Park, 1905, brick and stone (library relocated 2012-2013).
  New Cross, 1911, brick and stone, designed by Gerald Warren & Stanley E Castle (now Music Room studios)
  Sydenham (run by London Borough of Lewisham).
  Teddington 1906, brick and stone construction.
  Thornton Heath.
  Twickenham 1906/7.
  Walthamstow 1907–09.
  Birmingham.
  Aston Cross, 1903.
  Bartley Green 1905.
  Birchfield, extension 1904.
  Erdington 1907.
  King's Heath 1905, Renaissance classical style with art nouveau features Grade II listed.
  King's Norton 1906.
  Northfield Library 1906, destroyed by fire in 1914, reputedly the work of suffragettes, rebuilt using original facade.
  Rednal 1909.
  Selly Oak Library 1906.
  Stirchley 1907.
  Coventry
  Earlsdon Library 1913.
  Foleshill Library 1913, extended 2008.
  Stoke Library 1913.
  Greater Manchester
  Castleton, Rochdale 1905
  Chorlton, Greater Manchester.
  Didsbury 1915.
  Eccles 1907.
  Levenshulme 1904.
  Milnrow, Greater Manchester.
  Stockport 1913, brick and stone construction. In control of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, still in use as Central Library.
  Wigan 1907, Ormskirk Road, Pemberton, Grade II listed. Library now closed, used as office space.
  Accrington Library 1907 (run by Lancashire County Council).
  Almondbury 1906 (Kirklees)
  Annfield Plain 1908 (run by Durham County Council).
  Arnold, Nottinghamshire 1906, (demolished in the 1980s)
  Ashby (now part of Scunthorpe). Opened April 1906. Built with a grant of £1,500.
  Ashton-in-Makerfield 1906, Grade II listed in 2009.
  Barrow in Furness 1922 (run by Lancashire County Council).
  Batley 1907.
  Bideford 1905.
  Birkenhead, demolished.
  Blackheath, opened 15 November 1909, Grade II listed. Closed in 2011 and now a children's daycare centre.
  Blackpool 1911, Grade II listed.
  Brierley Hill, 1904, Designed by the borough surveyor to Brierley Hill, Lewis Harper and built by CA Horton.
  Bolton on Dearne 1903, brick. One of the first Carnegie libraries outside Scotland. Formerly Council Offices, currently disused. Community group attempting to raise funds to restore the building and re-open it as a Fitness/Martial arts/Boxing centre for local youth.
  Boston Opened 1904. Built as part of the Municipal Buildings with a grant of £560.
  Bournemouth Four Carnegie Libraries:- 1907 Winton Branch Library, built with £2,000 from the Carnegie fund, opened on 26 October, by Mayor J. A. Parsons, Grade II listed in 1976; 1909 Springbourne Branch Library, built with £2,000 from the Carnegie fund, opened on 27 March, by Mayor G. E. Bridge; 1910 Boscombe Branch Library, built with £4,000 from the Carnegie fund, designed by Mt C. T. Miles, opened on 22 June, by Mayor G. E. Bridge (relocated to new buildings in 1965); 1916 Westbourne Branch Library, built with £2,000 from the Carnegie fund, opened on 13 May, by Mayor H. Robson, Grade II listed in 1976.
  Bridgwater 1905, Edwardian Baroque style, Grade II listed.
  Calne 1905.
  Chadderton 1904-05 Former civic library, Jacobean Revival, designed by J Lindsay Grant of Manchester for Chadderton UDC with funding from Andrew Carnegie.Building wa
caption: Levenshulme Library, a Carnegie library in a small Manchester suburb, was built in 1904.
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