Darlington Libraries

01/09/2026

Join us for story and craft at Cockerton Library today and on Thursday from 3:30pm to 5pm. We will read a story and make beautiful birds. The session is a free drop-in, no booking required but spaces are limited. See you soon!

01/09/2026

☀️A huge thank you to everyone who attended our summer events at Darlington Library and Cockerton Library this year. ☀️
We loved seeing so many people taking part and enjoying the activities, from crafts, rhymetime adventure play and animation sessions to slime making, virtual reality and more!

Now we'd love to hear from you! Your feedback is really important to us and helps us plan and improve future events. Whether you attended one event, lots of events or didn't manage to make it to any this year, we'd be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete our short survey:
https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/DL26SE08SH

Thank you for your support, and for helping us make our events even better!📚✨

30/08/2026

Both Darlington and Cockerton Libraries will be closed for the bank holiday on Monday.
We will reopen as normal on Tuesday 1st September.

30/08/2026

Our regular, term time, Rhymetime sessions will be restarting on
🌟MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER🌟

Please note: There will be no Rhymetimes or stay and play session this week (1st - 4th September)

Tickets for our Cockerton sessions will go live on Friday 4th September at 8am. You can book via Eventbrite 😃

29/08/2026

Today is your last chance to be in with the chance of winning some amazing prizes in this year's Summer Reading Challenge! Pop into Darlington or Cockerton Library today, borrow a book and scan the QR code to be entered into the prize draw.

The prizes up for grabs include:
🌟iPad and Apple Pencil bundle
🌟Instax Instant Camera bundle
🌟Jellycat Bunny
🌟Mickey Mouse Duplo
🌟Squishmallow Axolotl
🌟Fortnite Gift Card
🌟Moana Lego
🌟Vue Gift Card
🌟Minions inter-changeable face toy
🌟Crayola Art Case
🌟Minecraft Lego
🌟6-in-1 Toddler Trike
🌟Pantomime Tickets x 4 at Darlington Hippodrome
🌟Step Into Christmas Tickets x 2 at Darlington Hippodrome
🌟"The Gruffalo" Tickets x 4 at Darlington Hippodrome
🌟Soft Play Voucher for two children at The Dolphin Centre
🌟Family Swim Voucher at The Dolphin Centre
🌟Family Bowling Voucher at The Dolphin Centre
🌟Family Explorer Gift Voucher at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens

Why not stay for our Lego Club at Cockerton Library 10am-12pm and our Satur-Yay at Darlington Library 10am-2pm too?

28/08/2026

Whether you visit the town centre or not, we encourage you to complete this survey offered by Darlington Borough Council and help improve our town. 👌

There's only two weeks left to have your say on your town centre!

We want to know your views as part of our town centre strategy consultation which ends in a couple of weeks.

The link to the survey and more information is in the comments.

Thank you.

27/08/2026

Look at all our happy little Lego builders! We created some pencil pots to take home ✏️🖊️🖍️

Join us today (Thursday 27th August)
to make some more 🙂

🔵Cockerton Library
🔴3.30pm - 5pm
🟡Free - drop in (while stocks last)

26/08/2026

Today we say a heartfelt goodbye to our much loved colleague, Laura. 👑

Over the past 10 years, Laura has played a huge part in shaping and developing our library service, and her hard work, dedication and warmth will be greatly missed by colleagues and our library community.

Thank you for everything, Laura. We wish you lots of luck, happiness and success for the future! 🌟📚