Explore Haxby & Wigginton Library

12/05/2026

Booking Advised.

Join us this May for Rowntree Park Reading Café's family fun day 🌻

Take part in our Explore Trail, enjoy sunflower planting, and treat yourself to delicious refreshments from the café. Search for clues around the park and café and win a prize when you complete the challenge - we can't wait!

📅 Saturday 23rd May 2026
⏰ 10am–2pm
🎟️ Explore Trail tickets £3 per family – booking link in the comments below.

12/05/2026

Our Ten Most Wanted list for this month is now live.
Thanks to your generosity we have reduced waiting times and shared the joy of reading with even more people across York.
Thank you for your support - we are so very grateful.
Find out how you can donate one of these books in the comments below 👇

12/05/2026

04/05/2026

Opening hours today - bank holiday Monday 4 May

☕Rowntree Park cafe open as normal.
📚Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.
⚽Community Stadium library open for self-service borrow and return.
Tuesday 8 May: All sites open as normal.

27/04/2026

Here are our opening hours for bank holiday Monday 4 May

☕Rowntree Park cafe open as normal.
📚Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.
⚽Community Stadium library open for self-service borrow and return.
Tuesday 5 May: All sites open as normal.

17/04/2026

TODAY Friday 17 April all Explore libraries, cafes and archives sites will be closed all day. We are sorry if you were planning to visit us and are disappointed. We hope you will understand how important it is for all our dedicated staff to have this time together once a year to reflect, learn, and plan for the future.

09/04/2026

Next Friday 17 April all Explore libraries, cafes and archives sites will be closed all day. We are sorry if you were planning to visit us and are disappointed. We hope you will understand how important it is for all our dedicated staff to have this time together once a year to reflect, learn, and plan for the future.

25/03/2026

With the Easter break just 2 weeks away here are our opening hours over the holiday weekend.

Good Friday 3 April: Rowntree Park cafe open as normal. Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.

Saturday 4 April: Libraries (except for New Earswick), archives reading room and cafes open as normal.

Easter Day - Sunday 5 April: Rowntree Park cafe open as normal. Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.

Easter Monday 6 April: Rowntree Park cafe open as normal. Libraries, archives and other cafes closed.

Tuesday 7 April: All sites open as normal.