Last Alteration: Sunday 07 April 2013
Central Library
Central Library
Alexandra Road, Swansea, SA1 5DX
Swansea's Central Library (originally known as the "Free Library") was opened in 1887 by British Prime Minister William Gladstone. One of its notable features is a circular reading room. The Library was closed on 6th November 2007 in favour of a new library at the Civic Centre. Swansea's Metropolitan University is currently believed to be interested in acquiring the empty building.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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Portland Street (The End of Time): 0.22 miles. 
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Kardomah Cafe (The End of Time): 0.24 miles.
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Plantasia Botanic Gardens (The Doctor's Daughter, Cold Blood): 0.26 miles. 
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Cambrian Place (The Unquiet Dead, Voyage of the Damned): 0.50 miles. 
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Brangwyn Hall (Silence in the Library, Children of Earth: Day Two, Children of Earth: Day Three, Children of Earth: Day Four, Children of Earth: Day Five, The Big Bang, Let's Kill Hitler): 0.98 miles.
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No 27 Cambridge Street (Immortal Sins, The Gathering): 1.27 miles.
In the News:
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10 Jun 2011: BBC News - "Swansea Metropolitan University buys library building"
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13 Apr 2010: Daily Telegraph - "Shelf Life at the Old Library, Swansea, review"
Other show-related mentions for the location:
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31 Jan 2008: This is Swansea - Report on filming at the library.
Also seen in:
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1 Aug 2010: Sherlock: The location featured as the inside of the National Musuem in The Blind Banker
Related Stories
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Silence in the Library [31 Jan, 1-2,4-7 Feb 2008]: The Library
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