Carterton Library

Carterton Library is a much-loved, friendly, accessible community library situated in the centre of Carterton. All on one level the library is wheelchair and pushchair friendly offering a wide range of services for all ages. There are public computers available to all with two scanners, printer, and a photocopier plus free WiFi throughout the facility.

Visitors to the library will find a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, large print and audio books along with a reference and local history section. There are desks and portals for private study or just to spend quiet time for reading and research. The Children’s Library

The colourful and vibrant Children’s Library is everchanging with seasonal art and creative craft displays featuring well-known characters and creatures from picture books through to junior fiction and graphic novels. The Children’s Library provides a warm and friendly safe space for families to spend time with babies and toddlers or just to visit after school to spend time browsing and choosing from a large range of picture books, non-fiction, audio books, and junior novels for all abilities including dyslexiafriendly titles. The Children’s Library also includes a wide collection of teen fiction.

Activities and events

Carterton Library runs activities and events* throughout the year for adults and children including author talks, reading groups, rhyme time, and craft. The library offers space for community events including Autism Family Support Oxfordshire coffee mornings and Age UK. To see the full range of activities and events, you can follow Carterton Library on Facebook @ bookstoborrow. The large display windows by the entrance to the library are available for anyone to use to promote local groups, clubs, associations, and community projects.

Joining the library

You can join any Oxfordshire County Council library, either by dropping in, or online at: oxforshire.gov.uk/libraries. You can download the Library App to search the library catalogue, renew loans and access eBooks, audio books on BorrowBox or Libby as well as stream music, access online magazines and well-known reference resources including: Britannica Online, Which?, Who’s Who and Oxford Dictionaries. In addition, you can access online resources in language learning, family history, and business, plus much more – all free of charge. Carterton Library is one of the 44 libraries provided by Oxfordshire County Council and so if Carterton doesn’t have the book you’re looking for you can reserve it for a small charge and it will be made available for you to collect as soon as it is available.

Opening times Monday and Thursday 9.30am – 5.00pm Tuesday 9.30am – 7.00pm Friday 10.00am – 7.00pm Saturday 9.30am – 1.00pm

Carterton Library, 6 Alvescot Road, Carterton OX18 3JH Tel: 01993 841492 Email: carterton.library@oxforshire.gov.uk Facebook: Carterton Library @bookstoborrow

*Some of these activities at time of writing are not fully resumed following guidelines around COVID and safe practice.