Ripon Library

Ripon Library We are a public library in Ripon, North Yorkshire; offering a warm welcome, books, activities, and a digital library.

🌟 It’s Volunteers’ Week! 🌟This week, marks Volunteers' Week and we’re celebrating the incredible people who give their t...
01/06/2026

🌟 It’s Volunteers’ Week! 🌟
This week, marks Volunteers' Week and we’re celebrating the incredible people who give their time, energy, and passion to support Ripon Library. 📚💛
From helping visitors discover new books, to supporting events and creating welcoming spaces across our communities—our volunteers make a huge difference every single day. 📚
Thank you for everything you do. Your kindness, dedication, and enthusiasm help bring our library to life. We simply couldn’t do it without you! 👏

Celebrate the with us and Ripon City Photographic Society!📚📸Come and take a look these gorgeous pictures taken by the ...
31/05/2026

Celebrate the with us and Ripon City Photographic Society!📚📸
Come and take a look these gorgeous pictures taken by the Ripon City Photographic Society. This collection of photographic prints celebrates the joy that books bring to our lives and the deep love of reading itself.📖✨
Through this collaboration with RCPS we hope to encourage people across the county to reconnect with reading and to rediscover its enduring importance in our lives. Make sure to come and take a look before this collection begins it's tour across many North Yorkshire Libraries! ❤️

What book lovers actually mean when they say "I'm busy" ✨📚
31/05/2026

What book lovers actually mean when they say "I'm busy" ✨📚

The 2026 The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation Adventure Writing Prize short list has been announced! Six expansive novel...
30/05/2026

The 2026 The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation Adventure Writing Prize short list has been announced! Six expansive novels reflecting the many places adventure can be found. The shortlist was selected by a panel of 35 dedicated librarians and library staff from across the UK, including one of our very own library staff from Ripon Library! ✨
So, why not and reserve and borrow one of these books up from our library? 📚

🗺️✨ Adventure starts at your library!Did you know you can borrow Ordnance Survey maps and explore the great outdoors wit...
29/05/2026

🗺️✨ Adventure starts at your library!
Did you know you can borrow Ordnance Survey maps and explore the great outdoors with confidence? 🌿🥾
Whether you’re planning a weekend walk, discovering hidden trails, or going all in on your next big adventure, we’ve got the maps to guide you every step of the way.

📚 A call to all grown-ups! 📚Do you know what your child or grandchild is reading right now? Better yet, do you know what...
28/05/2026

📚 A call to all grown-ups! 📚
Do you know what your child or grandchild is reading right now? Better yet, do you know what book they might fall in love with next?❤️
We know it’s our job to recommend great reads — but no one knows your children quite like you do.
So, we’re inviting parents, grandparents, carers, and all book-loving grown-ups to step into the world of children’s books with us!📚
Borrow a children’s book, explore new authors and genres, and maybe even rediscover your own love of reading along the way. ✨
We’ve put together a small selection of reads, featuring a mix of chapter books and genres to get you started — but feel free to choose absolutely any children’s book that catches your eye.
No time to read a whole book? No problem! Try just the first chapter or even the first 10 pages. It might be all you need to spark a brilliant book chat with your child.
You never know what you might discover… 📖💛

Local History Month may be coming to and end, but your Local and Family History research doesn’t have to! As a member of...
27/05/2026

Local History Month may be coming to and end, but your Local and Family History research doesn’t have to! As a member of North Yorkshire Libraries (which is free to join), you have free access to:

✨Find My Past
✨Ancestry.com
✨The British Newspaper Archive
✨NewsBank
✨The BFI collection
✨ British Library Newspapers
✨The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Happy World Dracula Day!🧛May 26th is World Dracula Day, celebrated annually to commemorate the publication of Bram Stoke...
26/05/2026

Happy World Dracula Day!🧛
May 26th is World Dracula Day, celebrated annually to commemorate the publication of Bram Stoker's iconic gothic novel Dracula, which was first released on this date in 1897. The holiday was established in 2012 by the Whitby Dracula Society. Why not check out some of the spooky books we have chosen for the occasion!

Are you a young carer or think you might have one in the family? Come and chat to our Young Carer Practitioner for the H...
25/05/2026

Are you a young carer or think you might have one in the family? Come and chat to our Young Carer Practitioner for the Harrogate district and find out what sort of support may be available to you.

📍Ripon Library
📅Thursday 28th May
⏰11 am - 1pm

📚HELP US START A MEN'S BOOK CLUB!📚To celebrate the we’re looking for a male facilitator to help start up and guide a r...
24/05/2026

📚HELP US START A MEN'S BOOK CLUB!📚
To celebrate the we’re looking for a male facilitator to help start up and guide a relaxed, supportive men’s reading group in collaboration with Ripon Library.
If this is may be something of interest to you, please pop into the library or reach out to us via email: [email protected]

Address

The Arcade
Ripon
HG41AG

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+441609536623

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