Ventnor Library
Welcome to Ventnor Library
The library provides a welcoming space to relax in Ventnor.
Opening hours
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 9:30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5pm
- Wednesday: 9:30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5pm
- Thursday: Closed
- Friday: 9:30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5pm
- Saturday: 9:30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Special activities and events
Scarecrow craft for children aged 5+
- Saturday 20 September 2025
- 10.30am to 11.30am
- No need to book
Halloween craft workshop with New Carnival
- Friday 24 October
- 2.00pm to 4.00pm
- Suitable for 11- to 18-year-olds
- Booking required
Colouring competition
- Wednesday 29 October
- 10.30am to 11.30am
- Families can enter to win an air fryer!
Regular events and activities
Rhyme time for babies and toddlers
- Weekly on Fridays at 11.00am
- Free singing, dancing, and music
- Starting Friday 17 October
LEGO and Duplo Club
Do you love LEGO? Then come along to our junior LEGO club. For ages five years and over. Offered every Saturday from 2pm to 3pm.
Adult Colouring Group
Relax, be creative, make new friends, and have fun. We provide coloured pencils, felt tips, and colouring sheets, and it's free. You are welcome to bring your own supplies if you want. Meets every Friday, 2pm to 4pm.
Stitch by Stitch
Bring along your knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery, cross-stitch, tapestry, applique, quilting, lace-making, darning or any other needlework projects you're working on. Make new friends, relax, have a cuppa and get creative. Every Wednesday 2pm to 4pm.
NEW!
Ventnor Library Reading Group
If you are thinking about joining a reading group, then look no further! Ventnor Library is starting a new group and they would love you to join. Email ventnorlibrary@iow.gov.uk with your name and contact details.
Rhyme time for babies and toddlers
Weekly on Fridays at 11.00am
Free singing, dancing, and music.
Starting Friday 17 October 2025
Police Beat Surgery with the local PCSO
2.00pm to 3.00pm on the following dates:
- Friday 19 September 2025
- Friday 17 October 2025
- Friday 14 November 2025
- Friday 12 December 2025
- Friday 9 January 2026
- Friday 6 February 2026
Come along to discuss any local issues and concerns around anti-social behaviour
What we offer
- Books
- Free internet access and Wi-Fi
- Talking books on CD
- Large print books
- Computer facilities
- Free access to Find My Past family history website
- Online reference resources
- Word processing
- Scanning facilities
- Colour/B&W photocopying and printing services - charges apply
- Reference collection
- Local Studies collection
- Newspapers
- Bus Pass applications
- Teenage area
- Children's area
- Homework collection
Isle of Wight Library Service fees and Charges
Friends of the Library
The Friends of Ventnor Library group provide invaluable help to the library and its staff.
The number of activities now available in the library has grown significantly with the help of our supporters group. They raise funds for the library, provide help to organise and run events and provide essential support and advice to the library service. The group is a valuable link between the council and Ventnor residents, enabling us to test out ideas and check that our plans for the library are what residents want.
For more information, visit their Friends of Ventnor Library Facebook page