Southsea Library

About Southsea Library

Portsmouth City Council's branch library in the Palmerston Road shopping area of Southsea, open seven days a week. It has public PCs, a bookable IT suite, a hireable meeting pod and a café (Lily and Lime), and hosts The Lark Network's monthly Startup Sunday meet-up for women and non-binary founders.

• Step free
• Accessible loos

Finding the door

Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:30am-5:30pm, Fri 9:30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5:30pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Parking

No library parking. Ashby Place council car park (63 spaces, 24 hours) is about 4 minutes' walk; it is free daily 3pm-6pm and from Wednesday 6pm to Thursday 6am. A Waitrose multi-storey is also nearby (terms not checked).

• Ashby Place car park

  Nearby · 4 min walk · 63 spaces

  Time limit: All-day tariff (no maximum stay stated)

  1 hr £2, 2 hrs £3.40, 3 hrs £4.50, 4 hrs £5.60, 6 hrs £7.30, 8 hrs £9.60, all day £13.30. Free daily 3pm-6pm and Wed 6pm-Thu 6am.

  24 hours

Getting here

Buses 3, X3 and 18 stop at Southsea St. Judes Church (1-2 minutes); 3, X3, 23 and 25 at Southsea Shops (2-3 minutes). Nearest stations are Portsmouth & Southsea and Fratton, both well over 15 minutes' walk.

• Southsea St. Judes Church (W-bound) · 1 min walk

  3, X3, 18

  E-bound stop opposite. Lines per bustimes.org.

• Southsea Shops (Stop A) · 2 min walk

  3, X3, 23, 25

  Stops B and C alongside. Lines per bustimes.org.

Inside

Access: Level access, accessible toilets and space for buggies (Startup Sunday organiser); public/disabled toilets and baby changing listed by the library. OSM tags the library wheelchair accessible.

Food and drink

Library café (now open on Sundays). Startup Sunday provides free tea, coffee and snacks.