Oundle Library

16/10/2026

Our Oundle session is slightly later this month but we will be at the library to help with all your carrying needs. Why not also book in to the libraries baby group which is on at the same time.

16/10/2026

NorthNorthants Council Customer Services at Oundle Library
Get help and support as well as assistance with using your digital device to easily access our services - saving you time and money.

Friday 16th October 9:30-11:30

https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/customer-services-outreach

15/10/2026

NorthNorthants Council Customer Services at Oundle Library
Get help and support as well as assistance with using your digital device to easily access our services - saving you time and money.

Friday 16th October 9:30-11:30

Our team will be on hand to help with your query and show how to use your digital device to easily access our services - saving you time and money

15/10/2026

Turn the page on a new challenge!

Running from September 2026 until March 2027, we have a reading challenge for anyone age 16+ available at the library: Book Bingo! Take a bingo card from the library desk to join and be in with a chance of winning a £50 book token.

Whether you read every day or haven't picked up a book in years, Book Bingo is your chance to explore new ideas, stories and interests. Complete the six themed reading challenges between September 2026 and 13th March 2027. The themes are deliberately open, giving you the freedom to choose books that match your interests, hobbies and passions. Fiction, non-fiction, audiobooks, graphic novels, eBooks or large print all count.

Each time you complete a challenge, visit your library to have your card stamped. Complete all six challenges and you'll be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 book token!

Read what you love. Discover something new.

15/10/2026

North Northamptonshire Council is consulting on its draft Car Parking Strategy 2026-2036, which sets out a long-term approach for the management of Council owned car parks and parking services across the area.

The objectives for the draft Car Parking Strategy 2026-2036 are to establish a consistent approach to:

-Reduce congestion, particularly in town centres, encouraging efficient use of car parks
-Promote healthy and sustainable travel choices
-Adopt a user pays principle for car parks
-Reinvest and improve infrastructure within car parks, to include reliable, modern and efficient payment options
-Improve user experience and ensure car parks are safe, secure and fit for purpose

Please visit the Your Voice Matters hub for further information, including how to have your say at https://northnorthants.citizenspace.com/place-and-economy/car-parking-strategy/

You can also view all other consultation and engagement activities on the Your Voice Matters hub.

Please feel free to share with family and friends or your networks who may be interested to share their views.

This consultation closes at 23.59 on 20 December 2026

Find and participate in consultations run by North Northamptonshire Council

15/10/2026

Our ‘Library To You’ service brings books to your door for all housebound residents or those that have difficulty getting to the library.
Simply sign up and let us know what kinds of books you like, and every month a volunteer driver will drop off a bag of new books for you to try
For more information and to sign up contact Oundle Library on
0300 126 3000
(option 5 then option 3)
[email protected]
Or message us on Facebook

14/10/2026

Join Preacher The Storyteller for his FREE 'Quest of all quests' creative session here at Oundle library. He will be running this event in half-term on Friday 30th October from 11.00am-12.30pm.

Booking is now open for this session so please visit our Eventbrite page at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2001873306950?aff=oddtdtcreator to book your place.

14/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Storytime and Craft session this morning! Today we had a farm theme and read Bizzy Bear Tractor Trouble by Katie Woolley and Banji Davies. Then we made our own paper farms.

Booking is now open for our Big 50 Halloween Storytime session next week. So book now for some spooky stories and crafts.

To book a place please visit our Eventbrite link at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-50-halloween-storytime-special-tickets-1998229136137?

14/10/2026

Just a reminder that our poetry writing competition is still in full flow and will be running until 22nd October. We launched this competition on National Poetry Day and have already received some brilliant entries from both adults and children.

We would like you to write a poem based on this year's National Poetry Day theme of 'Wonder'. This can be in any poetry format that you wish to create and the Friends Of Oundle Library have kindly donated a book token prize for the winners of the two categories.

The closing date for entries is Thursday 22nd October after which they will be independently judged. As well as a book token, the two winning poems will be framed and put on display in the library.

To enter the competition all you need to do is pick up a blank template sheet from the library.

14/10/2026

It's October the month of Stoptober. Smoking is still a significant issue, with the right support, you have a much better chance of quitting for good this Stoptober.

We have a range of helpful quit smoking and wellness books available for loan out on display in the library.


There’s lots of free support to help you on your quitting journey.
Getting support from your local stop smoking service gives you the best chance of quitting smoking successfully – check out North Northamptonshire’s Smoking Cessation service for local support here: https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/quit-hub-stop-smoking-service

Also, you can visit the NHS website for more information or download the free NHS Quit Smoking app:
https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/