Opening hours
- Library hours
- Christchurch City Council service desk hours Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Transport
- The number 5, 125, 130 and 140 bus routes stop nearby. See the Metroinfo timetables for more information.
- Purchase and top up Metrocards
- Off street parking behind library, including mobility parking
- bike stands at front of library
Services and facilities
- Services available at all Christchurch City Libraries
- Book a librarian one on one sessions
- Purchase and top up Metrocards
- Bookable spaces
- Public toilets in building foyer, including mobility accessible
- Baby changing facilities
- Events at Hornby library
Computers and technology
- 8 public computers with free internet access (4 with 30 minute time limit on sessions; 3 with 60 minute time limit; 1 with 15 minute time limit)
- 1 children's computer
- Free wireless internet access
- Printing and photocopying
- Scan to email or USB
Collections
- Fiction and nonfiction
- Magazines
- DVDs
- Children’s and young adults’ material
- Jigsaws
- Large print and Talking books
- Newspapers
- Ngā Pounamu Māori
- World Languages Collection
Matatiki: Hornby Centre
A new Hornby library, customer services, and recreation and sport centre planned for the growing south-west community. Construction of the new centre began in November 2021 and is expected to be completed in late 2023. It will incorporate a library, customer service area and aquatic facilities including a multi-purpose lane pool, family spa pool, hydrotherapy pool, and toddlers’ wet play area. It will also have an espresso bar, a creative activities room, and multi-purpose rooms for meeting and quiet study. Find out more
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