Bretton Library is located on the right just inside the entrance
to the Cresset if you are approaching from the bus stop or health
centre. If you're coming into The Cresset from the main reception,
we're right down the other end.
Contact details
Opening hours
- Monday 9.30 to 5.00
- Tuesday 9.30 to 5.00
- Wednesday 9.30 to 7.00
- Thursday 9.30 to 5.00
- Friday 9.30 to 5.00
- Saturday 9.30 to 2.30
- Sunday Closed
Services
- Free Library Membership
- A range of Books - fiction, non-fiction and
reference
- Picture and board books
- DVDs and music CDs
- Talking books on tape and CD
- Free requests for all items from our catalogue
- Renewal of books 24hrs per day by phone or internet
- 24/7 access to online information and resources newspapers,
reference books, journals and encyclopedias.
- Access to Council Information
- Free use of PCs and access to the internet*
- Enquiry and information service
- Local and community information
* If you do not have a PIN or have forgotten it, please see a
member of library staff with your library card and a form of
ID.
Facilities
- Meeting room available for hire
- A children's area
- Copying and fax
- Adaptive Technology which allows access to computing for those
with disabilities
- Computers for public use
What's on - regular activities and events
Storytime
- Thursdays 11.00am to 11.30am
Baby rhyme time
- Tuesdays 2.00pm to 2.30pm
Storytime and rhyme time
- Saturdays 10.30am to 11.00am
Adult reading group
- Meets on Saturdays 10.00am to 11.00am every last Saturday of
the month. Please contact the library for next meeting date.
Group currently full.
- Queer Eye reading group meets every fourth week on a Wednesday
6.00 to 7.00pm. Please contact the library for
next meeting date.
CodeX after school group
Other activities and events
Class visits for schools
- Please contact the library manager to arrange
Events and activities for families, adults and children
- Summer reading schemes
- Holiday activities
Computer taster sessions
- As well as Online Basics courses, we also offer a family
history tasters and Silver Surfers sessions.
- Please ask staff for details
Many of Peterborough’s most popular cultural and sporting
facilities are part of Vivacity, an independent,
not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.
Find out more about
the trust on the Vivacity website.
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