Regular Activities

From reading groups to chess groups, stories & rhymes to arts & crafts, Lego clubs to creative writing classes, Hackney Libraries have something for everyone.

Check out what’s going on in your local library below!

Festive Opening Hours 2024

Tue 24 Dec — All libraries close early at 3pm
Wed 25 Dec — All libraries closed
Thur 26 Dec — All libraries closed
Fri 27 Dec — Dalston CLR James & Hackney Central open 10am-5pm
Sat 28 Dec — Dalston CLR James & Hackney Central open 10am-5pm
Sun 29 Dec — Stamford Hill open 1pm-5pm
Mon 30 Dec — Dalston CLR James & Hackney Central open 10am-5pm
Tues 31 Dec — Dalston CLR James & Hackney Central open 10am-3pm
Wed 1 Jan — All libraries closed
Thur 2 Jan — All libraries open as usual

A redbrick library

Clapton Library

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 10am-8pm Wednesday: 1-6pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday 10am-5pm

A library with lots of windows and the name 'Dalston CLR James' across the front in white letters

Dalston CLR James Library

Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: 1-5pm

The glass entrance to Hackney Central Library

Hackney Central Library

Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm

A 1960s library entrance

Homerton Library

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 10am-8pm
Wednesday: 1-6pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm

A contemporary library with the name Shoreditch Library on columns outside

Shoreditch Library

Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 10am–8pm
Friday: 10am–6pm
Saturday: 10am–5pm

A mid-century library with tree branches and foliage in the foreground

Stamford Hill Library

Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: 1-5pm

A redbrick building on a street corner

Stoke Newington Library

Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday: 10am-8pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm Sunday: 1-5pm


Stoke Newington Library is temporarily closed for renovations from 30 March 2024.

Library shelves in a volunteer-run library

Woodberry Down Library

Opening hours:
Monday: 10am-1pm and 2-6pm
Wednesday: 2-6pm
Thursday: 10am-12pm and 1-5pm

Woodberry Down Library is Hackney’s volunteer-led library service

Woodberry Down Library is closed from 1pm Monday 23rd December, reopening Monday 6th of January.

Community Library Service

If you can’t access your local library due to temporary or permanent illness, frailty or special needs, we can deliver library material to your home. The service is free and users receive a visit to their home every four weeks.
The Community Library Service is here for you!

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