Glendale Avenue
Wash Common
Newbury RG14 6TL
Wash Common Library

Wash Common Library

A community library funded and run by The Friends of Wash Common Library. Registered Charity Number 1179703. If you would like to donate go to The Good Exchange we are Project Number 19309.


Wash Common Library Is Open

Our opening hours are:

Tuesday 2pm to 4pm
Thursday 2pm to 4pm
Friday 10am to 12pm
Saturday 10am to 12pm


(Subject to volunteers available to staff the library)

Christmas Opening Hours: Our last day of opening will be Saturday 23rd December 10 -12. Reopen Thursday January 4th 2 - 4pm.



Supported by Greenham Trust Ltd and Englefield Charitable Trust


The Friends of Wash Common Library, wish all our members and the Community of Wash Common a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our next event is the Book Sale at the Library on Saturday 3rd February, 10 - 12, lots of good quality books at good prices.

To donate on The Good Exchange please go to our Project page.

You can access our online book catalogue, click here.


Our Activities


The Poetry Reading Group is the secondMonday of the month at 3pm. The next one is on Monday 8th January the theme is Home.

Book Group is on the second Thursday of the Month Thursday 11th January at 7.45pm. Our book this month is Snap by Belinda Bauer.

The Knit and Natter Group is the 3rd Monday of the month at 3pm (nb change for 2024 to avoid the Bank Holidays. The next one is on Monday 15th January at 3pm

We hope to restart Spanish Group in the New Year. Watch this space!.

At Wash Common Library, we not only offers books and volunteering opportunities, but aim to provide community groups to bring people together. Start the Week coffee morning and Book Club, will begin again due course and we also intend to offer other groups to include : What you are reading discussion group, Knit and Natter, Coding club and more. If you would like to help with the running of any of these activities please get in touch as we are always in need of more volunteers.

If you have any suggestions for activities or groups that could use the library to meet up, then please get in touch by clicking on the contact us tab.

We look forward to seeing you soon,
Julia Calvert, on behalf of The Friends of Wash Common Library.