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Library services are open. We look forward to seeing you. When you visit we ask you to:
- sanitise your hands
- choose to wear a mask
- respect the space of others
View the Covid-19 national guidance
- Opening hours
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Day Opening hours Monday 9.30am to 12.30pm Tuesday 9.30am to 12.30 and 1.30pm to 5.30pm Wednesday 9.30am to 12.30pm Thursday 9.30am to 12.30 and 1.30pm to 5.30pm Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm Sunday Closed 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.
- Location
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19a Parkfield Road
Coleshill
Birmingham
B46 3LD - What we offer
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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
- Reading Well collection – mental health self-help books, eBooks and CDs
- Micro:bits for loan – start coding with tiny programmable computers. For over 8-year-olds.
- concessionary travel passes - applications and renewals by appointment only. Please contact the library to make a booking
- baby changing facilities
- public toilet
- member of Online Centres Network (OCN)
Currently unavailable
- Local Studies & family history service
- WiFi
- study space
- Children’s and young adult groups and activities
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Regular children's activities - no need to book.
- 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.
- Other groups and activities
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- Coleshill Poetry Appreciation Group – 1st Saturday of the month, 10-12. No need to book
- Knitting club. Tuesdays, 2pm to 4pm. No need to book
- Remember When Crochet Group - Thursdays 10-12. No need to book
Currently unavailable:
- Family history surgery. Every third Monday of the month, 10am to 12 noon.
- Reading group. First Thursday of the month, 3pm to 4pm.
- Safe Place
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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.
- Disability access
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- accessible entrance
- public area on one level
- accessible toilet
- accessible parking
- access to low vision
- registered assistance dogs welcome
- facilities for visually impaired
- Do it online
- Contact us