Request and Collect library books

Collecting and returning

You can choose which library you want to collect and return your books from.

Open libraries

Using the return boxes

Once you're finished with the books:

  1. Drop your books off at any of our libraries listed in the section above.
  2. Put your returned books in the return boxes inside the library. Please only put the books in the box, don't put any plastic bags or anything else in the box.

Contact Library Service

Telephone: 0300 303 8876

This phone line is open Monday–Friday 9am–5pm

Library events

There are lots of events and activities taking place in our libraries from IT training, reading and poetry groups to writing workshops, knitting groups, coffee mornings and more.​​

Events in libraries

Join the library

Become a member and get free access to thousands of books, audiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers. You can also access a range of online resources including Ancestry UK and BFI Replay, a film and TV archive available only in libraries.

Join the library