We asked everyone with a library card how they use the four branches. Borrowing has held steady. What has changed is how long people stay once they are through the door.
1,412
replies, online and on paper
4
branches, including the mobile library
3–28 Mar
2026, rounded to whole per cent
How readers get to their branch
Share of 1,412 replies
46%23%18%13%
On foot
By bus
By car
By bike
What readers would add first
Top five of eleven options, one choice per reader. The bars run to a 40% scale.
01
Longer Saturday opening
28%
02
A bookable quiet study room
21%
03
More large-print and audio stock
14%
04
A café corner at Moor Street
11%
05
Evening author talks
9%
The other six options shared the remaining 17%.
ONE NUMBER WORTH KEEPING
72%would recommend
Up from 61% in the 2023 survey, and highest among readers under 25.
“Moor Street is the only warm, quiet place I can work from on a Tuesday.”
REPLY 0317, AGED 18 TO 24
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