Lechlade Library Opening Times
The Library is open on the following days:
| 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 slide to return books during any time we are closed.
Bank Holiday Closures
We are going to open on Easter Saturday, 4th April, but will be closed for Good Friday, 3rd April, Easter Sunday, 5th April, and Easter Monday, 6th April. We will reopen on Tuesday 7th April at 10am.
We will also 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 to Sunday 3rd January inclusive, and we reopen on Monday 4th January at 1pm.
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Joining
Adults – Can join online either via this link, “Join Now!!!!”
or at the 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.
To reserve a book from the Gloucestershire Libraries Catalogue, which as a Member you may then collect from any Gloucestershire Library, please follow this link or use your Gloucestershire Libraries App.
https://gloslibraries.uk/our-catalogue
Many of our services can be accessed online from the comfort of your own home by using the Spydus Libraries App, and Borrowbox 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 new Library app by searching iOS App Store or Google Play for Spydus Library.
Once installed:
Open the app and tap Select LibrarySearch for Gloucestershire Libraries.
Log in using your library card borrower number as your user name and your 6 digit PIN as your password.
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. Proof of use will be requested.
Computer use. We do not charge for use. If you are a Gloucestershire Library member then come in and use your Membership Card details to log on. You will be required to tick and agree to the Data Protection policy used on the computer network. If you are not a 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.
Children – If the parent is a member and willing to act as guarantor for the child (pay fines on late items etc) then simply bring in the parent’s library card and give us the child’s name and date of birth. We can open an account in the child’s name straight away. Where children are staying with separated parents, each parent can act as Guarantor and the child can be issued with 2 cards.
Library Charges
Replacement membership cards:
Adults (over 18’s) £1,
children 50p.
Late Returns
Book loans are up to 3 weeks. If requested the loan can be extended.
Thereafter Adult fines are 25p per day charged every day of the week. Maximum charge per item £12.
Children’s up to 18 years.
No charge.
Hire Charges
| Adult Audiobook | |
| 3 Weeks (There are certain criteria for free hire for sight disability) | £2 |
| Copying/Printing | |
| Black and white | 20p per side |
| Colour | 90p per side |
| Laminating | |
| Per Copy | 80p |
Ask Us Facility
Gloucestershire Libraries have an online subscription to Which? and this is accessible via Gloucester and Cheltenham Libraries.
Ask Us are also able to send information from Which? (including Which? Best Buys and relevant advice guides) via email to our customers.
If a customer would like us to carry out a search on Which? on their behalf, then we would just need to know the products/appliances they are interested in and we can get started on this for them.
We can be contacted by the following methods:
Telephone: 01452 426991
Email: ask@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Or use the “Ask Us” enquiry form.
BorrowBox
Explore our Digital Library – free with your library membership.
Try eBooks for the first time, hit the link below to join using your library membership card.
and borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines.
BorrowBox is a great App that offers you audible and written downloads, made available by using your Gloucestershire Libraries App membership details.
Reading Groups
Just head over to
And filter by titles for available items.
Reading groups and book ideas
Please take a look at our Guidelines for Reading Groups.
Why not try one of our eAudiobooks for your reading group?
We have monthly titles which have multiple downloads available via Borrowbox.
Main Gloucestershire Library
To visit the Main Gloucestershire Library Website please hit the link below