# Timaru Public Library

Library · 56 Sophia Street, Timaru

https://www.chch.live/facility/library-4

## The record
- Timaru Public Library
- Layer type: Library
- Listing: http://www.timaru.govt.nz/about-the-library.html
- Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-44.3959313460081&lon=171.25070197529126)

## The nearest of its kind

The next records filed under the same kind — measured point to point.
- [Temuka Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-5) · 16.9 km
- [Geraldine Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-6) · 33.6 km
- [Public Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-9) · 41.0 km

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Timaru Library Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/473-timaru-library-grounds) — Reserve · 13 m to its edge
- [Museum Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/377-museum-grounds) — Reserve · 103 m to its edge
- [Sophia / Perth St Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/319-sophia-perth-st-corner) — 114 m to its edge
- [Strathallan Corner, Toilets Etc.](https://www.chch.live/park/378-strathallan-corner-toilets-etc) — Reserve · 177 m to its edge
- [Trees In Front Of Winz](https://www.chch.live/park/430-trees-in-front-of-winz) — Reserve · 259 m to its edge
- [Chisholms Beds](https://www.chch.live/park/502-chisholms-beds) — Reserve · 329 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.3959313460081&lon=171.25070197529126

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Timaru Public Library?**

Library.

**Where is Timaru Public Library?**

56 Sophia Street, Timaru.

**Where does this record come from?**

Environment Canterbury’s open facility layers — this entry’s source is 064.

Data: https://api.chch.live/facility?id=library-4 · source: 064 · layer refreshed 18 September 2026