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Inspire Learning Courses
In the heart of Retford, on Churchgate, facing the church of St.Swithun’s, Retford’s Denman Library is housed in a fascinating old building.
For any information about the following events, ask at the Help Desk or contact the Library :
01777 708 724/Retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk
 
◄ What’s on for Children and families this Christmas.
Inspiring Arts and Culture at Libraries - read all about it here ►
Christmas Reading Café
Monday 15th December 13:30-15:30
Join Retford Library staff for a festive bookish afternoon. Bring along a short seasonal reading or poem to share or just listen to others. There will also be a fun quiz and time to chat over some seasonal treats.
Tickets £2 (cash only please) - booking is essential as places are limited - see top of this page..
Dracula has returned! We are so pleased to let you have the new date for a talk by Martin Jones. Tickets flew out last time like bats from a spooky castle so don’t delay!
Dracula - Eighty Years Undead
Retford Library
Thursday 15th January 18:00
Local writer Martin Jones invites us in for a unique visual journey through the story and background of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel: from page to some of the immortal screen versions that followed.
Tickets £3 to include refreshments. Booking is essential.
Retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk
01777 708 724
Inspire’s eLibrary is changing....
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◄ Retford Library’s news and What’s On December 2025 - March 2026
Bassetlaw Inspire Libraries have a vast range of events and courses available through December-March, 2026. Read their 32-page Guide here too!
For Retford Library contact details, see bottom of this page.
Exciting changes are happening in our libraries
At the beginning of November, 2024 we changed to a new system for managing library stock and customer data. The new system looks a little different, but it makes it easier for you to search, reserve, renew and be inspired by books. Read more here...
Latest Love Reading newsletter here...
Want to go to university but don't have the qualifications you need? Inspire Learning can help here...
Great News for Family Historians! After almost 2 years of work, Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire's Anglican baptism, marriage, and burial Parish Registers can now be searched via free access to Ancestry.co.uk in library buildings and at Nottinghamshire Archives.
Find out more here...
Retford library is now a wonderfully spacious and welcoming facility - for details, click here...
We also note here that Worksop Library is back after recent flooding repairs - take a peek here...
If you have any queries about the library service or your library account you can:
Contact Ask Inspire
Email: ask@inspireculture.org.uk
Phone: 01623 677 200
www.inspireculture.org.uk
On-line resources: Inspire subscribe to many fascinating and useful online resources, all accessible for free from Library PCs and some from home. These include Ancestry and the British Newspaper Archive.
Nottinghamshire library service became a Community Benefit Society with exempt charitable status in April 2016. This means they are a not-for-profit organisation so all funds must be spent on culture, learning and library activities for the communities we serve. Therefore, Nottinghamshire Libraries are now delivered by Inspire, a Community Benefit Society. For more about Inspire, click here...
For more details of the regular events listed here, or to book your place, see contact details at the bottom of the page.
Mobile Library services
Clarborough (and North/South Wheatley and Clayworth) residents may also be interested in Inspire’s mobile library service timetable - known officially as North, Route 4.
Click here for the current local timetable or for a wider selection of communities covered by mobile libraries.
As well as all of the facilities you would expect from one of Nottinghamshire’s Libraries, the ever-helpful staff have a wide range of activity sessions to tempt you. All are free unless otherwise stated.
Home Library Service
Retford Library has a team of RVS Volunteers who deliver a selection of Library books to those who are housebound and cannot access the Library. If you know someone who would benefit from this service, please let a member of the Library staff know. Also, if you would like to volunteer to be part of this scheme, we would be happy to hear from you.
Help with Homework at your library. Young people can use PCs and the Internet for free along with some free printing for homework purposes. There are many online resources available including free access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as helpful staff!
Many other services are available at the Library. Free access to Research, Ancestry, British Newspaper Archive and Which? - available on Library PCs. Free printing for homework. Please ask for details.
Retford Library contact details: Tel.: (01777) 708 724 E-mail: retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk Website: www.inspireculture.org.uk |
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