That’s it, folks, for now.

The John Rylands Library is undergoing some serious building work till about March 2025. Visitors can still enter, but only in small numbers and can only go into the Reading Room. It really does need an Ed Glinert or a John Alker to explain the statues and why they’re there, so please hang on!

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Ed Glinert’s “John Rylands and More” tour is the only one that goes into the heart of this remarkable building and explains why the Rylands family dedicated it to the Protestant view of Christianity. Glinert unveils its history, purpose, the scope of the collection and tells the stories of the key figures honoured in statue that include some of the greatest figures in English history including John Wycliffe, William Tyndale and John Rainolds.

* We can only take 30, yet so many book without turning up!
* Sorry, not suitable for children, however the library does do excellent family tours.