Ashburton Library
Services
- books, CDs, DVDs, videos for reference and loan
- children's library
- homework help club - see below
- enquiry service
- local history material
- free access to PCs including the internet
- black and white photocopier
- books in community languages
- newspapers and periodicals
- community information
- reading groups - see below
Opening hours
- Monday
- 9am - 7pm
- Tuesday
- 9am - 6pm
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- 9am - 6pm
- Friday
- 9:30am - 6pm
- Saturday
- 9am - 5pm
- Sunday
- Closed
Children's events
We run the following free drop-in events for young children during the school term:
- Bookstart Rhymetime - Tuesdays 11 - 11.30am (babies and toddlers)
- Wiggle and Jiggle - Thursdays 10.30 - 11am (toddlers)
- Rock and Rhyme - Saturdays 11am - 11:30am (babies and toddlers)
- Story Storytime for Under 7's - (term time only) Thursdays 4 - 4.30pm
Homework help club
Our specially trained helpers offer young people aged 9-16 support with homework assignments. Students benefit from space to study, access to a wide selection of books, word processing and supervised internet access.
The club is free and young people can drop as and when they please.
Operating hours
- school term time: Tuesday and Thursday 4 - 6pm, Saturday 2 - 5 pm
- half-term and Easter holidays: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 2 - 5pm
- summer and Christmas holidays: closed.
Reading groups
Our family reading group meets one Saturday a month, 2.15 - 3.15pm. Please contact the library for more details.
Our adult reading group usually meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm.
Chatterbooks for children aged 8 - 11, meets on the last Friday of the month from 4 - 5pm. Places for this reading group are limited so please contact the library for more information.
Location Map
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Ashburton Library
- Telephone
- 020 8726 6900
- ashburton@croydon.gov.uk
- Address
- Ashburton Learning Village
Shirley Road
Croydon CR9 7AL
