Opening Times

Day	Hours
Monday	1300 – 1600
Tuesday	1000 – 1300
Wednesday	1000 – 1800
Thursday	1000 – 1300
Friday	1300 – 1600
Saturday	1000 – 1300

If we have to close on any of these days a notice will be put on the door.

Please use our letter box to return books during times we are closed.

Bank Holiday Closures

We will be closed for the following Bank Holidays; Monday 4th May, Monday 25th May and Monday 31st August.

We will be open on Christmas Eve, 10am until 1pm Thursday 24th December, so do pop in and take out some books for the Christmas Holidays.

We will then be closed Friday 25th to Monday 28th December for Christmas, but will be open in between Christmas and New Year, on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th December, for you to swap your books for new reads!

We will then be closed for New Year Thursday 31st December and Friday 1st January. We reopen on Saturday 2nd January 2027 at 10am.

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Joining

Adults – Can join online either via this link

via GloucestershireLibraries

and selecting ‘Join’ in the top right-hand corner

or at Lechlade Community Library

If you join at the library, we can issue you with your card straight away. A form of photo ID and a recent bill to prove your home address will be required. 

Children

If the parent is a library member and willing to act as guarantor for the child, then bring in the parent’s library card and provide the child’s name and date of birth. We can open an account in the child’s name and issue a card straight away.

Where children are staying with separated parents, each parent can act as Guarantor and the child can be issued with separate cards.

Visitors

Visitors can get a temporary Library Card for 90 days but must prove that they belong to their local library through proof of a current Library Card.

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Reserving Books

To reserve a book from the Gloucestershire Libraries Catalogue which, as a library member, you may then collect from any Gloucestershire Library, please follow this link

https://gloslibraries.uk/our-catalogue

You will be notified, by email or telephone, when the book is available for you to pick up from your designated library.

Local Reservations

For the first 6 months that they are in the Spydus system, all new books are automatically categorised as non-reservable.

However, as a Community Library, we have created a manual system to allow local users to reserve our non-reservable stock. Please speak to one of the volunteers.

Renewal of Reservations

Books can be renewed online, by phone, or in person.

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Other Formats

Lechlade Community Library hold a limited number of

• CD Audiobooks
• Large Print Books
• Quick Reads

Browse the larger selection, and reserve, as usual on the Gloucestershire Library website

Home | Gloucestershire Libraries

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Reading Group Sets

For Book Clubs, browse our Reading Group Sets (multiple copies)

Search results | Gloucestershire Libraries

and reserve online in the usual way.

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Plays and play sets

Play sets are available at Cheltenham Library.

If you would like to borrow a play set, you must register your drama group.

Reservations for play sets must be placed online – no more than five sets on loan, and five sets reserved at any one time.

There is no charge for collection at Cheltenham, but there is an £8.00 fee for play set to be transported to other county library sites for pick up.

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Spydus

Many of our services can be accessed online from the comfort of your own home by using the Spydus Libraries App.

With the Spydus app, you can

• Search our entire collection anytime, anywhere.
• Manage your loans and reservations.
• Switch to easily manage other family accounts.
• Access your virtual library card and barcode.
• Scan any book’s ISBN to check if we have it in stock

Download the app by searching iOS App Store or Google Play for Spydus Library.

Once installed:

• Open the app and tap Select Library. Search for Gloucestershire Libraries.

• Log in using your library card borrower number as your username and your 6-digit PIN as your password.

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BorrowBox

Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, eNewspapers and eMagazines – free with your library membership.

The BorrowBox app is available for Android, iPhone/iPad and Amazon Fire tablets. You can download the app from your usual app store or using the links at the bottom of the BorrowBox webpage 

https://gloucestershire.borrowbox.com/.

You can sign in using your library membership card.

You can borrow or reserve up to 10 eBooks and 10 eAudiobooks, e.g. if you have 3 eBooks on loan, you can reserve up to 7 eBooks, or borrow 2 eAudiobooks and reserve 8, etc.

Loan periods are 7 days for eAudiobooks, 14 days for eMagazines and eNewspapers, and 21 days for eBooks. eAudiobooks can be renewed up to 3 times, and eBooks twice, even if there is a waiting list (unless the title is no longer available).

The BorrowBox ePress service provides unlimited access to the world’s top digital newspapers and magazines, including national and local UK newspapers, and titles in a variety of other languages.

All titles can be read in their original print layout via a wide variety of devices with no limit on downloads. Content is available via the app and the website, and can be exported to a variety of eReaders.

Search or browse for titles and receive automatic downloads of future issues by selecting ‘Subscribe’ when you borrow a title. You can also choose to listen to content using accessibility settings on your smart device (app users) or using a screen reader (website users).

For more information go to

eBooks and eAudiobooks | Gloucestershire Libraries

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Computer Use

We do not charge for use of computers.

If you are a Gloucestershire Library member then come in and use your Membership Card details to log on.

If you are not a Gloucestershire Library Member, please speak with our Volunteers who will help set you up on the computer. ID and proof of your home address will be required.

The public computers cannot be used to watch live, or catchup, TV as the Library does not have a television licence. If you use your own computer to watch TV, you must have your own TV Licence.

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Local & Family History

The following websites can be accessed for free with a library membership, via a customer computer at the library:

• Full version of the Ancestry database providing access to all geographic content and records
• Free access to Findmypast family history database
• British Newspaper Archive can be accessed for free

Library computers and a library membership give you free access to:

• Birth, marriage & death records
• Census (including 1921 & 1939), electoral & parish registers
• Military & war, immigration & emigration records
• Regional and national newspapers from 1700

BorrowBox gives you free access to:

• ‘Who do you think you are’ eMagazines

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Ask Us: Enquiry Service

From quick questions to in-depth research, you can ask any question and the Ask Us team can help you get started or refer you to the most relevant agency or person to help you with your query.

Ask Us: Reference, Enquiry & Business Service | Gloucestershire Libraries

Their experienced staff will research the information you need, free of charge, and get the results directly to you by your preferred means: email, phone, letter or by referral through a branch library. Their aim is to respond to you within three to five working days.

To contact the Ask Us team please

• fill in the form at Ask Us: Enquiry Form | Gloucestershire Libraries
• telephone 01452 426991
• email ask@gloucestershire.gov.uk

This service is available to anyone who lives, works or studies in Gloucestershire and is available 10 am till 4 pm Monday to Friday. A voicemail facility is available if they are unable to take your call.

Please note that volunteers at Lechlade Community Library cannot directly answer your questions.

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Free Computer Help

Every Thursday 10am to 1pm – Free computer and IT help

No Question too Trivial! Free and No Need to Book!

In Person, Not on the Telephone. Come in and ASK:-

• How to set up an email account
• How to Print using Bluetooth
• How to research your Ancestry

Whatever IT and Computer Questions YOU have, We will try and ANSWER

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Library Charges

Late Returns

Book loans are for 3 weeks. If requested the loan can be extended.

If not returned by the due date, the following charges will apply: –

• 25p per day, charged every day of the week. Maximum charge per item £12.
• Children and Young Adults up to 18 years. No charge.

Copying/Printing

• 20p per side black and white
• 90p per side colour

Please note that we can only copy/print up to A4.

Laminating

• 80p per sheet

Please note that we can only laminate up to A4.

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Jigsaws

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Main Gloucestershire Library

The Main Gloucestershire Library Website is at

Gloucestershire Libraries

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New Library Books

Here’s the latest books from our collection, we have many more books in the library, for all the books we’ve published use the main menu.

As a Lechlade Library Member you can reserve our New Books. Simply phone us on 01367 252631 or call into the Library. We have a written system in place especially for our Members.