Library
Welcome to the Harris Library
Located at Preston Guild Hall
The Harris Library: 9am – 5pm, Monday – Saturday – Closed Sundays
IT Services: Please note we close at 5pm but services are switched off at 4.40pm. We are open all day for drop-ins and you can also book at the Guild Hall IT desk, you will be able to log on for up to 2 hours from 9am onwards.
Please note, our Opening Hours over the Christmas period will be:
Closed: Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 December
Open: Wednesday 27 December – Saturday 30 December
Closed: Monday 1 January
Open: Tuesday 2 January onwards
Latest News
Harris KidsWhat's On
Toddler Sessions at Ingol and Ribbleton Libraries
Lancashire Libraries Reading Trail Scheme
Harris Kids
Little Steps
Harris Your Place
Harris Your Place First Look: The Library
Harris Your Place First Look: Family Library
Harris Your Place
Enjoy Online
World Nursery Rhyme Week: Sing-Along With Bounce and Rhyme At Home
Fun Children’s Activities From The British Library
Mental Health and Reading
Baby Bounce & Rhyme at Preston Guild Hall
Sharing songs and rhymes is a fun way for babies and toddlers to develop their language skills! Taking place every Tuesday 10.30am – 11am in the Harris Library, in its temporary ‘home from home’ in the Guild Hall, Preston.
We’re so much more than a place to borrow books! Computer Classes, Baby Bounce and Rhyme for parents and children, support for applications online for the NHS Healthy Start scheme plus much much more…
North West Reads
North West Reads Book 12: Dead Beat by Val McDermid
North West Reads Book 11: The Weird Shadow over Morecambe by Edmund Glasby
North West Reads Book 10: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
North West Reads Book 9: The Finding of Martha Lost by Caroline Wallace
Staff Recommendations: Young Readers
Harris Kids
#Goldilocks by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
Harris Kids
The Hug by Eoin McLaughlin
Harris Kids
Two Bears by Patricia Hegarty and Rotem Teplow
Harris Kids
The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Your Library At Home
Your Library at Home
The digital hub for all the main online resources available from Lancashire libraries, including eBooks, local history, eAudiobooks and more.
Check out your library at home today!
BorrowBox
BorrowBox
BorrowBox is the eBook and audiobook library for Lancashire libraries.
You’ll find a wide assortment of books available and you can sign up in minutes. All you need is your library card number and pin.
Check out the Digital Library homepage to find out more.
Book Recommendations
Women and Power by Mary Beard
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Book Reviews
10 Reading Escapes For Self-Isolation
Helen’s Picks For World Book Day
Our Top 5 Stephen Fry Audiobooks
