Libraries

Find out more about your local library, including opening times and services.

Joining the library is free and available to those that live, work or study in Plymouth

Search our library online catalogue

Check your library account, renew or reserve a library item

You can use your library card to download a wide selection of eBooks and eAudiobooks

Read digital copies of your favourite magazines, comics and newspapers for free

Use our free computers and Wi-Fi in libraries

Online resources

Library resources and activities for children and young people

Access to professional advice and resources including books, curriculum resources, eBooks, eLearning, artifacts, costumes and DVDs

Local history, family history and naval history

Activities and events in libraries, reading groups, rhymetimes, work clubs, family history, gadget drop-ins

Plymouth Libraries are free to join and you can use any of the 11 libraries in the city to borrow books, use the computers and free Wi-Fi

How to contact the library service

List of charges for library services 

If you're looking for something that isn't in your library, we'll try and find it for you

What you can borrow from libraries, books and audiobooks, eBooks and eAudiobooks, language courses

Music and drama in libraries, music sets, playsets

Health information and support available in libraries 

The Home Library Service is for Plymouth residents who want to borrow books and audiobooks but who are unable to get to a library; either through ill health, injury or disability

Volunteering opportunities in libraries 

We have rooms available to hire in several of our libraries

Information about Library Apps 

Manage your library account online or via our app, read eBooks and magazines for free, download and listen to audiobooks and access quality information resources

Information about Library Market Days, when they are happening and how to book a table