Southwell Library

Southwell Library

Welcome to Southwell Library!

Situated in the heart of Southwell on King Street, we are a friendly team and always happy to help.  There is always something happening in Southwell Library, for children we have weekly Rattle, Rhyme and Roll Sessions on a Monday morning,  Storytime Hullaballoo every Tuesday, and for the more creative we have a Lego Club every Friday and Saturday.

There is a wide range of events for adults too that take place in the evening, from Jazz to Blues or Classical to Rock Concerts, Plays, Readings, Author Visits. There are regular Open Mic nights were budding authors of poetry prose, scripts…anything! Anyone can come along and read their work to a friendly receptive audience.

We have several Rooms for Hire, from a small counselling room to the whole of the library, perfect for any size of group. There is a large coffee area, with coffee or hot chocolate at £1 it’s a great place to meet friends and socialize, or just come and read one of our daily papers or magazines. We have an excellent Local History Collection including books, maps and photographs of Southwell and the surrounding villages.

Don’t forget we have a Facebook page @InspireSouthwellLibrary where you can find out what’s happening in Southwell Library.

We look forward to welcoming you very soon!

Important notices

Library Catalogue Planned Maintenance - Wednesday 15 January

The library catalogue will be unavailable from 8pm on Wednesday 15 January until the morning of Thursday 16 January due to planned essential maintenance by the service provider. 

Thank you in advance for your patience.

Library Closures due to staff training - January 2025

The following libraries will be closed on the following dates, in order to enable staff to attend training.

Any books due back on these dates at the below libraries will be automatically renewed for an extra week.

Friday 24 January:

Carlton-in-Lindrick
Carlton Hill
Edgewood
Edwinstowe
Warsop
Woodthorpe (afternoon 2-5 only)

Friday 31 January:

Bilsthorpe
Dukeries
Carlton Hill
Ollerton

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the closures.

Christmas Closure 2024-2025:

All Nottinghamshire libraries and archives will close for the Christmas period on Monday 23 December 2024, and reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025. With the exception of Dukeries Library, which will be closing on Friday 20th December 2024 at 1:30pm and re-open Monday 6th January 2025 8:30am.

Ask Inspire will close at 6pm on Monday 23 December and reopen at 9am on Thursday 2 January. 

Education Library Service will close at 5pm on Monday 23 December and reopen at 8:30am on Thursday 2 January.

We look forward to welcoming you back in the new year.  

Library service and catalogue updates

Our libraries have recently migrated to a new system for managing stock and customer data, including a new online catalogue. Find out more and check for updates as we settle into this new way of working.