The move has come ahead of an 18 month, £6 million refurbishment project in the Broadway building, to make sure it is kept up to modern standards.
Staff spent a week removing thousands of books from the old library, moving them to the Northminster site, to other libraries across the city, or even putting them into safe storage.
Now the Broadway building is almost completely empty – with just a few desks and bare shelves gathering dust ahead of the major works.
The Peterborough Telegraph was granted exclusive access to the building – which has been home to the library for more than 35 years – to see the rather spooky empty space.
6. Central Library
A path marked out by books on the pavement leads to the new location from the old one Photo: PT
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