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
Wednesday 3pm to 5pm*
Thursday 2pm to 4pm
Friday 10am to 12pm
Saturday 10am to 2pm*
(Subject to volunteers available to staff the library)
* Wednesday opening, and extending Saturday opening to 2pm, are for a two-month trial period
Supported by Greenham Trust Ltd and Englefield Charitable Trust
Wash Common Library is run and funded by the The Friends of Wash Common Library, it costs over £5000 per year to keep the library running, if you would like to help keep this Community Library, then please donate through our project on the Good Exchange.
To donate on The Good Exchange please go to our Project page.
You can access our online book catalogue, click here.
News and Events
Following your feedback in our recent survey, we are pleased to announce additional opening hours from 1 May. For a trial period, we will be opening on a Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm and extending Saturday opening to 2.00pm (from 3 May), on top of our usual hours.
Thank you to those of you who supported our book sale on Saturday 10 May. Watch this space for details of future book sales to raise funds to help keep our library open.
Our Activities
The Poetry Reading Group is the second Monday of the month at 3pm.
Book Group is on the second Thursday of the Month at 7.45pm.
The Knit and Natter Group is the third Monday of the month at 3pm.
Rhyme Time is on every Thursday (Term Time ONLY) at 3pm.
At Wash Common Library, we not only offers books and volunteering opportunities, but aim to provide community groups to bring people together.
Activities include monthly meetings of our Poetry Group, Book Club, and Knit and Natter, along with a weekly Rhyme Time for pre-school children and parents.
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.