Colchester Library
Trinity Square
Colchester
CO1 1JB
Contact the library
Opening hours for Colchester Library
- Monday - 9am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday - 9am to 5.30pm
- Wednesday - 9am to 7pm
- Thursday - 9am to 5.30pm
- Friday - 9am to 5.30pm
- Saturday - 9am to 5pm
- Sunday - 10.30am to 1.30pm
Public holidays
All libraries are closed on the following days:
- Bank Holidays
- Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
- Good Friday and Easter Sunday
Facilities and Services available
- WiFi
- Computers
- Printing
- Scanner
- Photocopying
- Study space
- Bookstart packs
- Bookable gallery space
- Imagination Centre (not available Friday mornings; may also be unavailable at other times, please follow Colchester Library Facebook page for updates)
- Room Hire
- Battery recycling
- Changing Places facility
- Accessible bathroom facilities
- Lift
- Baby changing facilities
- Everyone's Literacy Area
- Quieter Hour every Wednesday 5.30pm to 6.30pm
- This library does not take cash payments and accepts card payments only
Other Services
Book a Room
What's On
Regular Groups and Activities
Saturdays
- Games Morning, 10am to 1pm
- Block Builders Construction Club, 2pm to 4pm
- Teen Creative Writing Group, every other Saturday from 24 January 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Photo
Map
Disabled access to the library