Knaresborough library
Marketplace
Knaresborough
HG5 8AG
Email: knaresborough.library@northyorks.gov.uk
Telephone: 01609 533610
Library opening hours
- Monday: 9:30am to 5pm
- Tuesday: 9:30am to 5pm
- Wednesday: 9:30am to 5pm
- Thursday: 9:30am to 1:30pm
- Friday: 9:30am to 7pm
- Saturday: 9:30am to 1:30pm
- Sunday: closed
Finding the library, parking and access
The library is in the marketplace, at the end near the phone boxes and post box. The bus station is a five minute walk from the library and is served by the number 1a, 1b and 780 buses. The nearby train station is served by trains on the York to Leeds line.
No public car parking is available at the library. There is car parking for up to two hours on the marketplace, except for market day on Wednesdays. Several parking spaces for disabled users are available near the front of the library on the marketplace. The Castle Yard, Chapel Street and Fisher Street car parks are also within a few minutes' walk and all offer up to two hours of parking.
The library has automatic doors and all public areas are accessible to wheelchairs.
Items available from the library
You can borrow a range of books for all ages in a variety of formats, including large print and audio. Music CDs, DVDs and foreign language titles are also available for loan, as well as micro:bits. You can request any item that is not immediately available.
Information and facilities at the library
- baby changing
- family history
- free online access to Ancestry.com, Find My Past, the British Newspaper Archive and Access to Research
- free wi-fi
- help and support using IT
- induction loop
- internet and computer access
- language courses
- local studies
- magazines and newspapers
- meeting rooms available for hire
- parents' collection
- photocopying, printing and scanning
- study area
- tea and coffee
- toilets
- wheelchair available
Activities at the library
For further information about any of the activities below, please contact the library.
Baby rhyme time
Baby rhyme time sessions are held every Friday from 2.15pm to 2.45pm.
Class visits
Class visits to the library may be organised.
IT support sessions
Free, one-to-one support sessions are available with a volunteer IT consultant at the library. Please contact the library for more details.
Library shop
We have a range of fair trade gift items and bags for sale in the library.
Reading Hacks - a Reading Agency project
Join the Reading Hacks and inspire others to enjoy literacy through planning events and activities. The group is for 13 to 18 year olds and meets on Wednesdays between 3.45pm and 4.45pm.
Relaxed storytime
A children's relaxed storytime is held every Friday from 10.30am to 11am.
School holiday activities
We offer activity events during the school holidays. Please contact the library for more details.
Storytime
A storytime for children under five is held every Monday from 10:30am to 11am. Attendance is free.
Imagine and Play for the under 5’s
Imagine and Play for the under 5’s Tuesdays 2:15pm to 3pm.
Social media
You can follow North Yorkshire libraries on Library Service Twitter.
Volunteering
There are a number of opportunities to volunteer at the library. See the library volunteering page or ask at the library for further details.