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
