Greenford Library

What it’s like

A small community library where Thursday's free Story Time for under-fives is the main event, plus books to borrow.

Thursday's your day here. Story Time runs 11:15am to 11:45am for under-fives and their grown-ups, free, drop in, no booking faff. Half an hour is about right for a two or three-year-old, though a baby will mostly just watch the bigger ones. It's term time only, so check the calendar before you bundle everyone into the car.

The rest is a proper library, and for a four or five-year-old that means picking their own stack of books and feeling very important about the card. There's an IT suite they can use too. If you're in a hurry on the uniform front, the site mentions a school uniform hub for Greenford residents, up to 5 items. Worth knowing that's there.

The catch is the hours. Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 5pm, Wednesday and Saturday 10am to 2pm, closed the other three days. That Wednesday and Saturday afternoon shut-down rules out after-school trips entirely, so it's a morning or a weekday-afternoon outing or nothing. Free entry, which takes the sting out of it.

Since 1 October 2025 the place has been run by community volunteers rather than Ealing Council, and they say the times are being expanded over the next year. So the people running it are clearly trying to build something. Events are free but you fill in a sign-up form to hold a place, which is the one bit of admin to expect.

Facilities

Need to know

Best for

Under-5s, especially Thursday's Story Time

• Story Time is term time only, so it vanishes in the school holidays
• Wednesday and Saturday close at 2pm, so no after-school visits on those days
• Closed Sunday, Monday and Friday
• The school uniform hub gives Greenford residents up to 5 items

Plan your visit

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