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Gillingham Library
High Street
Gillingham
Kent ME7 1BG
Telephone: 01634 337340
Fax: 01634 283805
Opening hours
- Monday, 9am-7pm
- Tuesday, 10am-7pm
- Wednesday, 9am -7pm
- Thursday, 9am-7pm
- Friday, 9am-7pm
- Saturday, 9am-5pm
Notice of improvement works
Gillingham library will be undergoing major building works,
starting Monday, 27 February 2012 and lasting for
approximately 6 weeks. The library will remain open but
some some areas will have limited access during this
time. We apologise for any inconvienance.
Facilities include:
- photocopiers (black and white and colour);
- fax;
- a quiet study room;
- free public access
computers;
- plasma screens;
- printing and scanning facilities;
- a lift;
- a hearing loop;
- disabled access;
- payment by credit and debit card
- Medway Council Contact
Point;
- freephone for council services;
- public car parking is just a minute's walk away.
Stock includes:
- books;
- graphic novels;
- quick
reads;
- DVDs and Blu-ray
discs;
- console games (Wii,
XBox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo DS);
- spoken word cassettes and CDs;
- books in large print;
- books in languages other than English;
- language courses on CD;
- free three-week loan of energy meters.
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
- Readers' group -
Second Tuesday of the month, 10.30am
- New to computers -
Arranged on request
- Hi Kent hearing advice - Third Monday of every second
month, 10-11.30am
- West Kent Lifeways - Friday (fortnightly), 9am-12noon
- Reach out 2 work - Monday and Tuesday, 10am-12.30pm
- Health and lifestyle advice - First Monday of the month,
10am-12noon
- Councillor surgery with Adam
Price (Gillingham North) and David
Coleman (Gillingham South) - Fourth Saturday of the month, 10.30 -
11.30am
- Storytime - Monday,
2.15-2.45pm
- Baby bounce and
rhyme - Friday, 10.45-11.15am
- Toddler shake and
boogie - Tuesday, 10.45-11.15am
What's on at Gillingham Library
Find out
what's on at Gillingham library.
Events for
children and young people at Gillingham 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.
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