Opening Hours
MAIN LIBRARY:
Tuesday 10am to 6pm
Wednesday 10am to 6pm
Thursday 10am to 7pm
Friday 10am to 7pm
Saturday 12 noon to 4pm
Sunday 12 noon to 4pm
DEDICATED CHILDREN'S AREA:
Tuesday 10am to 6 pm
Wednesday 10am to 6pm
Friday 10am to 5pm
Saturday: 12 noon to 4pm
Children's books and DVDs are available during all Main Library Hours.
Monday and Bank Holidays : LIBRARY CLOSED
08 November 2022
Book Donation guidelines
Donations of Books and DVDs are vital to the Library !
Since opening in 2011, we have added and replaced some 20,000 books. Many of these replacemements come from donations from the Community which saves precious resource in buying them.
Q- What condition of the books do you want?
A - We are a library! Donated books need to be of good quality to be useful.
One guideline is whether YOU would borrow it! If in doubt please ask first !
Q - When can I bring books? :
A - You can bring books at any time we are open - no notice needed - just call in advance (020 7431 1266) to check we are open.
We can usually help in collecting books from cars parked on the yellow lines outside the Library.
Q - What do you do with donated items ?
A - We have a little team dedicated to sorting out all the donations.
Those for the library collection go on the shelves ( either as new or to replace a "tired book"), others are kept for the next book sale and any that fail to sell are sent to an online seller. We aim make the most of every one.
Q - What type of books?
A- All TYPES and Genres of book - (fiction or non fiction, adult or children) but please see notes below.
We no longer take DVDs or CDs as the demand is low.
Q - Do you collect?
A - We would if we had willing volunteers! If you can help, please let us know.
At the moment, however, we cannot offer this service.
Please do NOT give us the following:
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Books without bar codes or ISBN numbers unless in pristine condition that we can sell.
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Books in poor condition, incomplete, dirty or mouldy ( you would be disappointed at the items sometimes dumped on us) .
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Encyclopedia sets and dictionaries - Sadly, here is no longer any demand as it is all on the internet
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Magazines and catalogues.
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School text books
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Music scores
- Foreign language books
- Audio cassettes
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Video cassettes - VHS tapes
- Toys
- Clothes