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Gillingham Library

Opening hoursPhoto of Gillingham Library exterior

  • Monday, 9am-7pm
  • Tuesday, 10am-7pm
  • Wednesday, 9am -7pm
  • Thursday, 9am-7pm
  • Friday, 9am-7pm
  • Saturday, 9am-5pm

Facilities include:

  • fax (01634 283805)
  • flat-bed scanner
  • freephone for council services
  • Medway Council Contact Point
  • payment by credit and debit card
  • photocopiers - colour
  • public access computers (free of charge)
  • public car parking is just a minute's walk away (local charges apply)
  • quiet study room
  • Wi-Fi with free access

Medway Libraries are proud to offer accessible services for everybody. Find out about access to services at Gillingham library

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Additional services

We supply recycling bags, dog poop bags, issue visitor's parking vouchers; and we sell memory sticks and earbud headphones.

Regular events at Gillingham library

  • Baby bounce and rhyme - Friday, 10.45-11.15am
  • Councillor surgery with Adam Price (Gillingham North) and David Coleman (Gillingham South) - Fourth Saturday of the month, 10.30 - 11.30am
  • Hi Kent hearing advice - Third Monday of every second month, 10-11.30am
  • Jobcentre Plus - every Tuesday, 10am - 12noon
  • New to computers - Arranged on request
  • Readers' group - Second Tuesday of the month, 10.30am
  • Storytime - Monday, 2.15-2.45pm
  • Toddler shake and boogie - Tuesday, 10.45-11.15am
  • West Kent Lifeways - every Wednesday 1-4.30pm and Friday (fortnightly), 9am-12noon 

Library events

Visit Medway to find on what's going on at your local library.

How to find us

By car

A231 from Chatham to Gillingham High Street. The library is on the right.

View map of Medway libraries.

By train

The nearest train station is Gillingham Railway Station, 0.4 miles.

By bus

  • From Chatham Waterfront bus station, take 176, 184, 101, 113, 114, 116, 120, 121, 132, 156, 182, 197 or 700.
  • From Gillingham, Duncan Road, take 101.
  • From Chatham, University of Greenwich, take 156.

The nearest bus stops are Medway Park war memorial, Canterbury Street St Marks Church and Jeffrey Street.

If you have a suggestion you feel would improve this library, we would like to hear from you.

 

For more information contact Medway Libraries by telephone: 01634 337799 / fax 01634 283805 or by email: gillingham.library@medway.gov.uk.

Write to: Medway Libraries, Gillingham Library, High Street, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1BG

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