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Hempstead Library

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Hempstead Road
Hempstead
Gillingham
Kent ME7 3QG
Telephone/fax: 01634 361544

Opening hours

  • Monday, 9am-1pm
  • Tuesday, 2-6pm
  • Wednesday, closed
  • Thursday, closed
  • Friday, 2-6pm
  • Saturday, 10am-4pm

Facilities include:

  • fax;
  • free public access computers;
  • a photocopier;
  • disabled access;
  • payment by credit and debit card;
  • free street parking.

Stock includes:

  • books; 
  • graphic novels; 
  • spoken word cassettes and CDs;
  • books in large print;
  • DVDs;
  • local history books.

Additional services

We supply recycling bags and dog poop bags.

Regular events at Hempstead library

  • Homework club - Friday (term time only), 3.30-5.30pm
  • Baby bounce and rhyme - Tuesday, 2.15-2.45pm
  • Storytime - Friday, 2.15-2.45pm
  • Knitting for charity group - Monday (fortnightly), 10.30am
  • Medway health walks - First and third Saturday of the month, 10.15am for 10.30am start 
  • New to computers - Arranged on request 
  • Readers group - Meets monthly, 10.30am (contact library for details of next meeting)
  • Family history group - Monday, 9.30-10.30am 

If you have some spare time and are interested in supporting Hempstead Library then you can join the Friends of Hempstead Library.

 

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Events for children and young people at Hempstead Library.

 

How to find us

By car

The library is on the same site as Hempstead Infant School on Hempstead Road.

View map of Medway libraries.

By bus

From Chatham Waterfront bus station, take 113, 114, 116 or 132.

The nearest bus stops are Hempstead Post Office and Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre.

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

 

For more information contact us by telephone: 01634 361544 / fax 01634 361544 or by email: chatham.library@medway.gov.uk.

Write to: Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3QG

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