
Southsea Library
19-21 Palmerston Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 3QQ
Parking
Parking nearbyAshby Place car park
Public car park · 4 min walk · 63 spaces
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. · Open 24 hours
Ashby Place, PO5 3NA. Portsmouth City Council; ringGo 1371.
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.
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.
Getting in
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:30am-5:30pm, Fri 9:30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5:30pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
Finding your way
Food & drink
Library café (now open on Sundays). Startup Sunday provides free tea, coffee and snacks.
What's on offer
What's on here
Nothing scheduled at Southsea Library yet.
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.
- Contact
- [email protected]023 9268 8997
These visitor details were gathered from public sources (Portsmouth Libraries & Archive branch page; Startup Sunday Eventbrite; Portsmouth City Council Ashby Place car park page; OpenStreetMap; bustimes.org) on 16 October 2026 and haven't been confirmed by the venue yet. Parking charges, time limits and access can change, so check with Southsea Library before you travel. This is general information, not advice.