Our services: Libraries and site information: Bill Bryson Library

There is no visitor car parking, except for disabled parking bays near the entrance. There are bike sheds available.  

Access is on level ground via a power-assisted door. There are disabled parking bays near the main entrance, adjacent to the Geography building.

For more information on parking, please call 0191 334 6002 or email car.parking@durham.ac.uk prior to your visit. There is a card-operated accessible gate. There are two lifts available within the building.  

Please see our Accessibility and Support Guide for further information.

All visitors are required to wear a face covering when moving around our buildings and study spaces or speaking to someone (unless you are exempt). 

In addition, to maintain reassurance and comfort of all our users, we have identified some areas within the Bill Bryson Library where face coverings are required to be worn at all times, including when seated (unless exempt). These areas are: 

• Level 1: North, South and East Wing (non-bookable)
• Level 2: East Wing (non-bookable)
• Level 3: East Wing (non-bookable)
• Level 4: East Wing (bookable)
• Room 404 (bookable – PG students only)

During your visit, please follow the safety measures we have in place and be considerate of other users. For any queries regarding our spaces, please contact our Virtual Enquiry Desk, Ask DULib.

Please review the World Health Organisation’s guidance on the safe use of face coverings.

Please follow our current safety measures during your time in the building.

From Monday 27 September, you won’t need to book a timeslot to browse the shelves or for individual study spaces for any of our sites. We will have a mixture of bookable and non-bookable individual study spaces available at Bill Bryson Library - please see our Study Spaces Guide for full details.

Small Island Coffee is located on Level 2 of Bill Bryson Library and offers a range of sandwiches, salads, drinks and snacks. You can pop in to buy items during your time in the Library (as of 4 October 2021) or you can pre-order your items on a click and collect basis. Please see Small Island Coffee webpages for current opening times.

Please remember to clean as you go during your time in the building and place all rubbish in the bins provided. 
 

Winter Vacation opening times:

Vending machines will be available throughout the period.

Visitors are usually very welcome. However, we are still operating at restricted capacities and unfortunately are unable to welcome visitors at this time.  

Please visit our webpages for updates.