Opening hours

• Monday: 9am to 6pm
• Tuesday: 9am to 6pm
• Wednesday: 9am to 6pm
• Thursday: closed
• Friday: 9:30am to 7pm
• Saturday: 9am to 5pm
• Sunday: closed

Services

• books, audio books and DVDs for reference and loan
• children's library
• teen library for young people aged 11 to 19
• enquiry service
• WiFi internet access
• free use of PCs including internet access
• colour photocopier
• books in community languages
• newspapers
• community information
• reading and writing groups (see below)
• homework club (see below)
• quiet study spaces; access is subject to availability and may be affected by events taking place in the library at the time; contact the library for details

​Accessibility​

C​heck accessibility details at DisabledGo

Events

View the events calendar. 

Children's events

We run the following free weekly drop-in events for young children:        

• Rhymetime: Tuesdays 11am to 11:30am (toddlers)
• Stay and Play: Learning is fun Tuesday: 10am to 11am (toddlers)
• Craft Time: Mondays 4pm to 5pm (ages 5 to 10, term-time only)
• Rhymetime: Wednesdays 10:30am to 11am
• Storytime: Saturdays 11am to midday

Reading and writing groups

• crime reading group (adults): second Saturday of each month  12:30pm to 1:30pm
• pond life reading group (adults): first Saturday of the month 1pm to 2.30pm

Contact the library for further information.

Other activities for adults

• knit and knatter: fortnightly on a Friday 11am to 12noon; drop-in
• older people's club: fortnightly on a Friday 11am to 1pm; drop-in

Homework club

For young people aged 9 to 16. Students benefit from space to study, access to a wide selection of books, computer and photocopying facilities, and free printing for up to 5 pages per child. The club is free and young people can drop in.

Operating hours | school term time only:

• Tuesday and Friday 3:30pm to 5:30pm
• Saturday 2pm to 5pm
• Summer and Christmas holidays: closed.

Waste bags

Food waste bags

Food waste bags cost £5.99 for 100 and are available from all Croydon libraries.

Green waste bags

Green waste bags cost £1 each and are available from all Croydon libraries.

Events calendar