Contact details
Opening hours
- Monday 9.00am to 7.00pm
- Tuesday 9.00am to 5.30pm
- Wednesday 9.00am to 5.30pm
- Thursday 9.00am to 7.00pm
- Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm
- Saturday 9.00am to 4.00pm
- Sunday Closed
Services
- Broadband Wi-Fi Internet access
- 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
- Reading advice
- 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
- Local history and Archive services
* 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
- A children's area
- Copying and fax
- Adaptive Technology which allows access to computing for those
with disabilities
- Computers for public use
- John Clare Theatre and LP Hartley room available for hire
- The Get On Gateway an area specially designed for those wishing
to upskill for personal and career development.
Regular activities and events
- Craft club for the under fives, Tuesdays 2.15 to
2.45pm
- Storytime, Fridays 2.15pm to 2.45pm and Saturdays
11.00am to 11.20am
- Baby rhyme time, Thursdays 1.30pm to 2.00pm
- Homework Club (years 3 to 8), every Saturday (excluding
holidays) from 10.00am to 12.00pm and 2.00pm to
4.00pm
- Weekend readers, the first Saturday of each month from
2.00pm to 3.00pm.
- City Reading Group, every fourth Satuday 2.00pm to 3.00 pm.
New members wanted. Please contact library staff for the
date of the next meeting.
- Pensions Surgery, first Monday of each month
10.00am to 1.00pm.
-
Codex after school club
- Details and meeting dates for CodeX sessions are available here.
Taster Sessions
- Library tours
- Family history starter sessions
Class visits for schools
- Please contact the Library to arrange
Events and activities for families, adults and children
- Summer reading schemes
- Holiday activities
Look out for new events and activities on our website or in our
library.
Other services