Temporarily closing of the Local Studies and Archives

Temporary changes to the Local Studies and Archives Service this winter, as the service prepares to move to its new home in the redeveloped Spindles.

The current base at 84 Union Street will close to the public on 30 November with the service’s new temporary home opening in March 2024 within Oldham Library, prior to its move to Spindles when the new permanent archives centre is created.

Moving to a new site is a huge task and they will have to reduce some of the archive services until this work is done.

Users of all Oldham libraries will still be able to enjoy free access to family history websites, including Ancestry and FindMyPast alongside online census information from 1841 to 1921 on our public computers.

For more information on this service update, please visit our website.