Blythe Centre

26/06/2026

🎶 Get ready to turn up the volume on reading! 🎶

The Summer Reading Challenge 2026 launches in Staffordshire Libraries on Saturday 4 July.

This year’s theme, Read to the Beat, brings together books and music to make reading even more fun.

Created in partnership with The Reading Agency and Universal Music Group UK, it’s all about helping children discover new stories and enjoy reading all summer long.

✨ We’ve got some fantastic events and activities planned for your little ones throughout the summer holidays!

📚 Pop into your nearest library to find out more and get involved.

25/06/2026

📚🌈 Discover Our LGBTQ+ Collection! 🌈📚

Looking for your next great read? Our library is proud to offer a diverse and growing collection of LGBTQ+ books for readers of all ages. From inspiring memoirs and thought-provoking non-fiction to bestselling novels, heartwarming romances, and inclusive children's stories, there's something for everyone.

Whether you're exploring your own identity, learning about different experiences, or simply looking for a fantastic book, our shelves are filled with stories that celebrate diversity, acceptance, and belonging.

Visit the library to browse our collection or speak to a member of staff for recommendations. Everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in the stories they read. 💜

19/06/2026

Our June newsletter is online now, with features on the Summer Reading Challenge and our upcoming day at the fayre!

Welcome to our June bulletin. +Up for a Challenge As it does every year, Blythe is taking part in the nation-wide children’s Summer Reading Challenge. Kids between 4 and 11 years are invited to rea…

09/06/2026

The June exhibition at the library is a small collection of photographs of the 'Faces of St Margaret's Church Draycott-in-the-Moors'. The ancient church in the nearby village of Draycott has carvings of people going back 800 years.
There is also a free guide as to who these faces from our history belong to.
This 'taster' exhibition shows just a tiny selection of the one hundred faces which one can see in the building. The whole collection is being gathered now; and will be permanently on show in the church from the autumn.

28/05/2026

📚🐿️ We’re excited to announce the newest member of our library community… a squirrel!

This little visitor has been spotted checking out the grounds, supervising story time from the trees, and reminding us that libraries are for everyone — even the furry readers. 🥰

If you see our new woodland friend during your next visit, be sure to say hello (from a respectful distance, of course)!

Have you thought of a name for our newest library member? Drop your suggestions in the comments! 👇

24/05/2026

The as-new book-sales shelves in the library’s entrance-area are full of bargains! The two main books here - Treasures In Your Home and Home Crafts - are each worth over £20 new, and are selling for for £2 only, together!
Many of the costs of the are down to us. The county council funds the basic functions, but the centre's activities' costs have to be funded from somewhere else.
One main source of income is books sales. So, drop in whenever you are you’re passing and pick up some bargains...

22/05/2026

20/05/2026

📚✨ Festival of Brilliant is heading to the libraries this May half term! ✨📚

Get ready for a week of stories, creativity, illustration and noisy fun for children aged 5–11 at libraries across the Staffordshire Moorlands.

Join us for:
🎨 Kids Craft Afternoon
✏️ Illustration workshops with Ruth Hearson
🔊 Noisy Noise Noise sound button workshops

🗓️ Activities will take place across the week at:
📍 Biddulph Library
📍 Leek Library
📍 Werrington Library
📍 Cheadle Library
📍 Blythe Bridge Library

Perfect for curious minds, creative kids and young storytellers 📖✨

🎟️ And don’t forget — tickets for Festival of Brilliant this July are available now! http://festivalofbrilliant.org/

Staffordshire Libraries

20/05/2026

Our Library-Centre's latest newsletter is online now

Welcome to our May bulletin. +Pop-up at Blythe Some very good news is that there will be a special workshop for children here over the May half-term. Ruth Hearson, an illustrator who works with the…