Coleshill Library and Information Centre

Warwickshire Libraries will continue to keep you and our staff safe. When you visit we ask you to:

• sanitise your hands

• choose to wear a mask

• respect the space of others

Adhere to the national restrictions and stay at home if you have any symptoms of coronavirus.

Christmas Opening Hours

December

• Friday 24 – open 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Saturday 25 – closed
• Sunday 26 – closed
• Monday 27 – closed
• Tuesday 28 – closed
• Wednesday 29 – closed
• Thursday 30 - open 9.30am to 12.30 and 1.30pm to 5.30pm
• Friday 31 – open 9.30am to 12.30pm

January

• Saturday 1 – closed
• Sunday 2 – closed
• Monday 3 – closed
• Tuesday 4 - reopens with normal hours

Library Services - latest information 

eLibrary - download eBooks & eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and eMusic for free. 

Telephone 0300 555 8171 for Coleshill Library information (depending on your call package, charges may apply). Lines are open:

• Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm
• Friday 9am to 4.30pm

All County Council managed libraries are closed on bank holidays.

19a Parkfield Road
Coleshill
Birmingham
B46 3LD

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• books, talking books, large print - browse and borrow books from our shelves
• request books online and collect in the library
• staff select and collect in the library.  We can supply book(s) that you like to read
• library account enquiries & general enquiries including joining
• computers with printing - printing is A4 black and white and colour. Bookable in advance online, by phone or ask inside
• scanning - instructions are available but staff support is limited. Book the Scanner PC to use this service
• photocopier – A4 black and white and colour
• Self service machines to issue, return & renew.
• Books on Prescription collection – mental health self-help books, eBooks and CDs.
• concessionary travel passes - applications and renewals by appointment only. Please contact the library to make a booking
• Community Collect: free coronavirus (COVID-19) lateral flow home testing kits on request; please ask in the library (for aged 18+)
• baby changing facilities
• public toilet

Currently unavailable

• newspapers and magazines
• Local Studies & family history service
• Micro:bits for loan – start coding with tiny programmable computers. For over 8-year-olds.
• WiFi
• study space
• UK Online Centre

Bookable events and activities for pre-school and school aged children.  Places are limited - please book in advance.

• Lego Club –  imaginative, creative Lego sessions for children
• Rhyme Time – songs and rhymes for 0 to 2-year-olds, and parents and carers
• Story Stomp – fun session for 2 to 4-year-olds and their parents and carers to follow on from Rhyme Time.

You can also find online events and activities on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

• Coleshill Poetry Appreciation Group – contact the library for details
• Remember When Crochet Group - contact the library for details

Currently unavailable:

• Silver Surfers – free computer and tablet help sessions for people aged 50 plus.
• Family history surgery. Every third Monday of the month, 10am to 12 noon.
• Knitting club. Tuesdays, 2pm to 4pm.
• Reading group. First Thursday of the month, 3pm to 4pm.

Coleshill Library is a Safe Place where you can go to get help if you feel unsafe or at risk when you are out and about.

We will help you contact your support worker, family member, carer or the police. You will know it’s a Safe Place as it will have a sticker in the window.

For more information visit the Safe Places page.

• accessible entrance
• public area on one level
• accessible toilet
• accessible parking
• access to low vision
• registered assistance dogs welcome
• facilities for visually impaired

• Renew a library book
• Search catalogue and reserve
• Join the library
• Library account - login
• Book a computer

Contact us