Peterlee Library

All of our libraries are currently closed, and the mobile library is not operating due to Covid-19.

Fines will not be charged while this is in place.

If you are a library member, you can borrow book using our Pick and Collect library service, or borrow ebooks, eaudiobooks, emagazines, enewspapers and ecomics free of charge.

Services available at our library

If you would like to browse our catalogue, request an item or renew an item already on loan, please visit Library Online. This facility also offers members of the library service access to a range of websites including Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Grove Music Online and Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.  

• books, including large print and picture books, audiobooks and reference books
• HealthZones
• information leaflets
• language courses (by reservation)
• music scores (by reservation)
• public access computers with internet, word processing and other Office packages facilities.
• Wi-fi (free)
• colour photocopier
• colour printer
• scanning facilities
• ancestry online

How to get there

There is a bus station in Peterlee town centre which is served by numerous buses. Car parking is available.

Cycle parking facilities.