The Place at Platt Lane
ENTRY
Free
WHERE
Manchester
What it’s like
Free drop-in sessions for every age, from baby rhymes to a Saturday LEGO club and a teens poetry project.
This is a library that's doing a lot more than shushing people. Thursday mornings are given over to story time for babies and toddlers, the sort of session where nobody minds if your one-year-old shouts through the whole thing. Saturday afternoons switch to LEGO Club for the school-age crowd, and there's a Homework Club running Tuesday afternoons for anyone from Year 4 up to GCSE, which is a genuinely useful thing to have on your radar if revision season is looming.
There's also a project called Poetry, Portraits & Pronouns aimed at 11 to 16 year olds, which is a braver bit of programming than you'd expect from a library timetable and worth a look if you've got a teenager who likes to write or needs a reason to leave the house.
Everything here is free, which counts for a lot when you're trying to fill a week of half term without spending a fortune. The trade-off is the opening hours are a bit of a puzzle: most days it shuts at 5, Monday and Thursday it stays open till 7, and Saturday is a shorter 10 till 5. Worth working out which session lands on which day before you turn up expecting story time on a Saturday.
What’s on here
Need to know
- Best for
- Babies through teens, with a different session for each age on different days
- Everything on the timetable is free
- Thursday's the long day, open till 7 and story time's in the morning
- Saturday hours are shorter, 10 till 5, which is when LEGO Club runs
- The poetry project for teens is a bit different from the usual library offer
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
Nothing, everything listed here is free to attend.
What's on for a baby or toddler?
Story time on Thursday mornings, aimed at babies and under-fives.
Do we need to book anything?
There's no booking link given for any of these, so turning up on the day looks like the way it works.
What about older kids and teenagers?
LEGO Club runs Saturday afternoons for the 5 plus crowd, Homework Club is Tuesday afternoons for Year 4 through GCSE, and there's a poetry and portraits project for 11 to 16 year olds.
What are the opening hours?
It varies by day: 9 to 7 on Monday, 9 to 5 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 to 7 on Thursday, and 10 to 5 on Saturday.
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