Dereham Library
Address: 59, High Street, Dereham, NR19 1DZ
Email: libraries@norfolk.gov.uk
Map of Dereham showing library location
Did you know you can renew your library books online? You'll need your library card and PIN.
Opening hours
Register for our Open Libraries service for easy extended access to the unstaffed library outside normal opening hours using your library card and PIN.
- Monday 8am-7pm (staffed 9.30am-7pm)
- Tuesday 8am-7pm (staffed 9.30am-7pm)
- Wednesday 8am-7pm (staffed 9.30am-7pm)
- Thursday 8am-7pm (staffed 9.30am-7pm)
- Friday 8am-7pm (staffed 9.30am-7pm)
- Saturday 8am-4pm (staffed 9.30am-4pm)
- Sunday 10am-4pm (Open Libraries access only)
If you just need to drop a book off out of hours, use the letterbox labelled Returns to the right of the main entrance. Please make sure that books drop into the box completely and aren’t left sticking out.
Computers can be booked online.
Services at Dereham Library
- Story Sacks
- Tourist information
- Recorded music
- Computer games – DS, Wii and Xbox360 formats
- Colour photocopier
- CD Roms for sale
- Spectacles for sale
- Induction Loop
- Wheelchair accessible lift
- Disabled person's WC
- Disabled person's parking
Services at all Norfolk libraries
- Books for loan - information, education, leisure
- Large print books
- Language courses on tape
- Information service
- Book request service
- Free computer access and WiFi
- Self-service
- DVDs
- BBC Micro:bits
Events
20 July 2018
9:30 - 11:30
Come along and enjoy some good company over a cuppa with our friendly Knit and Natter group. Bring a project or start something new or swap tips and ideas. Absolute beginners welcome. Every Friday 9.30-11.30am.
23 July 2018
9:45 - 10:15
Bounce and Rhyme Time at your library! Fun with songs and rhymes for pre-school children and babies and their parents/carers. Held every Monday 9.45-10.15am (excluding bank holidays). All welcome!
23 July 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and colour session every Monday 2-4pm. Pencils and colouring sheets provided, or bring your own. Come along, meet new friends and have a doodle!
25 July 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and have fun with a selection of games, toys, puzzles and colouring activities available for children and their parents or carers to enjoy together. Stay and Play is a self-serve activity held every Wednesday 2-4pm.
26 July 2018
10:00 - 12:00
Feeling at a loose end, or want to get out of the house for a bit? Then come along and get together for a cuppa and a chat with Mayor Hilary Bushell and the Dereham Forget-me-nots. Every last Tuesday of the month 10am-12noon.
27 July 2018
9:30 - 11:30
Come along and enjoy some good company over a cuppa with our friendly Knit and Natter group. Bring a project or start something new or swap tips and ideas. Absolute beginners welcome. Every Friday 9.30-11.30am.
27 July 2018
19:30 - 21:30
Gather a team together and pitch against others at our Norfolk themed quiz night. 3pounds per person.
7.30-9.30pm
27 July 2018
14:00 - 15:30
Create your own model lighthouse, windmill or stained glass window in this fun family craft activity. Children under 8 should be accompanied by an adult.
30 July 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and colour session every Monday 2-4pm. Pencils and colouring sheets provided, or bring your own. Come along, meet new friends and have a doodle!
01 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and have fun with a selection of games, toys, puzzles and colouring activities available for children and their parents or carers to enjoy together. Stay and Play is a self-serve activity held every Wednesday 2-4pm.
01 August 2018
10:30 - 12:00
Get creative and make your own Beano character head. Best for children aged 5 and over. FREE. Booking essential.
03 August 2018
9:30 - 11:30
Come along and enjoy some good company over a cuppa with our friendly Knit and Natter group. Bring a project or start something new or swap tips and ideas. Absolute beginners welcome. Every Friday 9.30-11.30am.
06 August 2018
11:00 - 12:00
Get loud in the library as you get to the beat! Best for children aged 5 and over. £3 per child. Booking essential.
06 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and colour session every Monday 2-4pm. Pencils and colouring sheets provided, or bring your own. Come along, meet new friends and have a doodle!
07 August 2018
10:30 - 12:30
Dog-themed stories and a craft activity and a chance to read with our visiting Reading Dog, Jet. Best for children aged 5 and over. FREE
08 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and have fun with a selection of games, toys, puzzles and colouring activities available for children and their parents or carers to enjoy together. Stay and Play is a self-serve activity held every Wednesday 2-4pm.
10 August 2018
9:30 - 11:30
Come along and enjoy some good company over a cuppa with our friendly Knit and Natter group. Bring a project or start something new or swap tips and ideas. Absolute beginners welcome. Every Friday 9.30-11.30am.
13 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and colour session every Monday 2-4pm. Pencils and colouring sheets provided, or bring your own. Come along, meet new friends and have a doodle!
15 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and have fun with a selection of games, toys, puzzles and colouring activities available for children and their parents or carers to enjoy together. Stay and Play is a self-serve activity held every Wednesday 2-4pm.
16 August 2018
15:00 - 16:00
Be a Mischief maker and come and make Obnoxious Oblique, Gloopy Poop and Eye ball Slime. Suitable for children aged 5 and over. £3 per child. Booking essential
17 August 2018
9:30 - 11:30
Come along and enjoy some good company over a cuppa with our friendly Knit and Natter group. Bring a project or start something new or swap tips and ideas. Absolute beginners welcome. Every Friday 9.30-11.30am.
20 August 2018
11:00 - 12:00
Come and have boomwhacking fun making music with these tuned percussion tubes! Best for children aged 5 and over. £3 per child. Booking essential.
20 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and colour session every Monday 2-4pm. Pencils and colouring sheets provided, or bring your own. Come along, meet new friends and have a doodle!
22 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and have fun with a selection of games, toys, puzzles and colouring activities available for children and their parents or carers to enjoy together. Stay and Play is a self-serve activity held every Wednesday 2-4pm.
23 August 2018
10:30 - 12:00
Explore the world of Microbits with staff and volunteers. Learn to code a micro-computer and create your own games. Suitable for children 8-11. FREE. Booking essential.
23 August 2018
10:00 - 12:00
Feeling at a loose end, or want to get out of the house for a bit? Then come along and get together for a cuppa and a chat with Mayor Hilary Bushell and the Dereham Forget-me-nots. Every last Tuesday of the month 10am-12noon.
24 August 2018
9:30 - 11:30
Come along and enjoy some good company over a cuppa with our friendly Knit and Natter group. Bring a project or start something new or swap tips and ideas. Absolute beginners welcome. Every Friday 9.30-11.30am.
27 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and colour session every Monday 2-4pm. Pencils and colouring sheets provided, or bring your own. Come along, meet new friends and have a doodle!
29 August 2018
14:00 - 16:00
Drop in and have fun with a selection of games, toys, puzzles and colouring activities available for children and their parents or carers to enjoy together. Stay and Play is a self-serve activity held every Wednesday 2-4pm.
29 August 2018
10:00 - 10:45
Storyteller Liam Carroll will be telling stories about mischief making monkeys, disobedient chickens, the coyote who couldn't keep his word, Anancy the spider who liked to play tricks, and of course stories about the Lord of Mischief himself, Loki.
These stories are fun, humorous and full of opportunities to join in and make a noise
This is a free event, please contact the library for more information
