Closed Today
APOLOGIES. Due to staff shortages we are unable to open this Saturday (August 1). We are usually open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm and the first Saturday of the month 11am-4.45pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.’
New Book Club
Are you aware 2026 has been designated the National Year of Reading, involving special activities in local libraries up and down the country?! It struck us how good it would be to do something similar in the Evangelical Library. How about a Book Club, in which we aim to read the top 10 Christian classics,…
DetailsAnnual Library Lecture 2026
We remind readers that there will be an in person lecture at the Library on Monday, June 1 at 6.30 pm. This is our Annual Lecture. The lecturer will be Brian Edwards and he will be speaking on William Tyndale and five hundred years of Bible translation. This year is the five hundredth anniversary…
DetailsLibrary Closing Dates
The Library will be closed from Friday April 2, 2026 until Monday April 13, 2026. At the moment the Library is only open Monday to Friday but we hope to open one Saturday a month from May.
DetailsChristmas Closing
The Library will be closed from Saturday December 20, 2025, and will not reopen again until Monday January 5, 2026.
Saturday Closing
We regret to announce that for the foreseeable future the Library will no longer be open on Saturdays. We will keep the situation under review and if there are further changes, we will let people know. We are sorry for any inconveniene this may cause to any of our readers.
Autumn Lectures 2025
Readers will be interested to learn that we have arranged a new set of zoom lectures for this Autumn. All lectures are on a Monday and will began at 1 pm and be over by 2 pm. Logon details can be obtained from the Library near the time. The lectures will be as follows …
DetailsAnnual Lecture 2025
We remind readers that there will be an in person lecture at the Library on Monday, June 2 at 6.30 pm. This is our Annual Lecture. The lecturer will be our trustee Norman Hopkins (Strood) and he will be speaking on John ‘Rob Roy’ MacGregor 1825-1892. MacGregor was a renowned traveller and philanthropist. He…
DetailsSpring Zoom Lectures 2025
We hope to have another series of lectures on Zoom this Spring. The first of these will be on Monday February 10 when Roger Fay will speak on “The Great Yorkshire Revival of the 1790s”. Zoom details from the Library. (We also hope to have further lectures on March 10 on Octavius Winslow and April…
DetailsLibrary closed today (Jan 6 2026)
The Library will not be open today due to a problem with staffing. Our apologies.. Open again soon.