Stapleford Library and Learning Centre

Exterior of Stapleford Library
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Welcome to Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, situated at the heart of the town centre. Our friendly team are always happy to welcome and assist you with your queries. We have an extensive range of adult and children’s books and audio books, plus Arthur Mee collection and extensive local studies collection. We also offer public PCs for both adults and children, with printing, photocopying and scanning facilities available. Free WiFi is also available for library members, and there are study areas around the library.

Our library activities offer something for all, whatever your needs. Whether you want to come and spend some quiet time helping us complete our jigsaw, join in with some of our events, or even just take a seat and read a book – everyone is welcome. We have frequent child activities throughout the year, especially during school holidays, including colouring, crafts and the occasional competition. For pre-schoolers, our ever popular Rattle, Rhyme and Roll sessions run every week from 11.15am – 11.45am.

For anyone looking for work or needing help with their CV, our Job Club runs every Tuesday from 10am – 12pm where you can access support and guidance to make your journey into work that bit easier. We are also looking forward to starting up our new Places of Welcome sessions in August; these friendly groups are a great way to get out and meet new friends over a free cuppa and biscuits, check our events listings for more details.

Following our recent refurbishment made possible by an investment by the Stapleford Town Fund, we can now also offer three new learning spaces to our existing meeting room to enhance our Inspire Adult Learning programme. Whether you want to fit in a new hobby or learn a new skill, we can offer a high-quality learning experience in a comfortable and welcoming venue.

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We look forward to welcoming you 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.