Dogsthorpe Library
Museums & Science Centres · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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Open now — closes 7pm
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–58–12☔ Rainy-day friendly🆓 Free entryEducationalToddler sessions
Access & inclusion
- SEN friendly
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Dogsthorpe Library is a Peterborough City Council public library on Central Avenue in the Dogsthorpe area of Peterborough. The library is open seven days a week from 8am to 7pm, using the Open+ self-service system outside staffed hours (registration required). It is free to join and free to visit. Children and families are well catered for with a free Rhymetime session for under 5s on Tuesdays at 10:30am, a Storytime for pre-schoolers on Thursdays at 2pm and a Storytime for 5-8 year olds on Thursdays at 3:30pm. The library offers books, e-books and audiobooks, free children's activities, computer access and an autism-friendly social story to help prepare children for their visit.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.- Backseat organiser
- Formula dispenser
- Children's paracetamol sachetsThe one thing a farm shop never sells.
AntihistamineStings and pollen, both far from a pharmacy.- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Portable highchair harness
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