Library Blog

  • Literature Map

    Literature Map

    Have ever wanted to find a new author that wrote in a similar style to one of your favourite authors, then check out this website https://www.literature-map.com/ You can put in an authors name and it will come up with a range of authors that are similar.

  • Learn to play MahJong

    Learn to play MahJong

    at Lechlade Library! The MahJong Club meets 4pm to 6pm every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. New players very welcome. Book your place by emailing info@lechladelibrary.co.uk or popping into the library.

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    Books bring us joy. They can ignite our imaginations and reshape our view of the world. Yet Britain is facing a reading crisis. We are losing the habit of reading for pleasure. How do we change that? We support the Sunday Times campaign to get Britain reading. Sign up using the below link and read…

  • Halloween Activities

    Halloween Activities

    A date for your half-term holiday diary. All welcome, including children who are not library members. See you there!

  • It’s time to bin your bra!

    It’s time to bin your bra!

    In collaboration with Lechlade WI, Lechlade Community Library will have a big red Bra Box for the month of October. This is in aid of https://www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk/ Their web site says ‘Our bra recycling scheme takes your unwanted or unloved bras and through our network of bra banks raises vital funds for pioneering breast cancer research. Together…

  • New Library App

    New Library App

  • Library Book Club

    We meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 5.30pm to discuss the story and meet up with other readers. If you would like more information, please pop into the Library or email Clare at info@lechladelibrary.co.uk Please do like and follow us on Facebook at Lechlade Community Library and Tourist Information Centre.

  • Library of Things!

    Library of Things!

    Did you know that there is a Library of Things! Gloucestershire libraries will loan you things like a dehumidifier or a food dehydrator in the same way that you can borrow a book! You have to go and collect from Charlton Kings but what a wonderful thing to have access to with your Library card!

  • Maps and Guides for sale

    Maps and Guides for sale

    There are a variety of Maps and Booklets for sale in the library, which will inspire you to explore the beautiful Cotswolds. These leaflets are wonderful little maps, each of them showing a circular walk from Lechlade Market Square. They vary from the interesting Heritage Walk of just over 1 mile around Lechlade, or the…

  • Library home delivery?

    Library home delivery?

    Unable to get to your local library? Let us bring the library to you! We are considering a new initiative for volunteers to deliver books direct to the home for those unable to visit the library themselves. Is this of interest to you or someone you know in our community? This service will have to…