- Name
- Fountainbridge Library
- Regular activities for children and young people
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Friday
3pm, Lego Club for 5 to 12 year olds
Saturday
3pm, Saturday Crafternoons, children’s crafts and activities club - Bookbug sessions
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- Regular events and activities for adults
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Monday
2pm to 4pm, Seniors’ Computer Club drop-in
6pm, Creative Writing Monday group, first Monday of the month
Tuesday
Library Link service, please contact the library for more information
Wednesday
6pm, Creative Writing Wednesday Group
Thursday
2.30 to 4.30pm, Warm and Welcoming Public Living Room with Camerados
Friday
10am, Fountainbridge Spinners, a traditional yarn spinning group
12 noon, Fountainbridge Knitters
Saturday
10.30am, first Saturday of the month, surgery with Daniel Johnson MSP, Scott Arthur MP and Councillor Val Walker. - Book groups
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We run two separate book groups, meeting on the second and third Monday of every month at 6pm.
Contact us for more information. - About
- A striking and architecturally important building located between the Union Canal and Fountain Park with the shops and amenities of Dalry Road, Tollcross and Morningside close by.
- Address
- 137 Dundee Street
- Postcode
- EH11 1BG
- Telephone
- 0131 529 5616
- fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk
- Opening hours
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Monday: 1pm to 8pm
Tuesday: 10am to 5pm
Wednesday: 1pm to 8pm
Thursday: 10am to 5pm
Friday: 10am to 5pm
Saturday: 10am to 5pm - Services
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Visiting Fountainbridge Library, you can
- browse and borrow books
- return your books
- pick up free period products
- use the photocopier
- collect hearing aid batteries
- use a public computer and print
- apply for a National Entitlement Card (bus pass). - Facilities
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Disabled access
Charge points for personal devices and electric wheelchairs
Study areas
Public seating areas
Also located in the building is the Gorgie/Dalry Citizens Advice Bureau and the NHS Lothian Rivers Centre.
The Scottish Beekeepers Association’s extensive library of books and periodicals can be found in the Moir Library in the basement of Fountainbridge Library. Find out more about the Moir Library at https://scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/advice/the-moir-library/library-services - Bus routes
- Lothian 1, 34, 35 (direct) 22, 30, 2, 3, 4, 25, 33, 44, 27 (nearby). First Bus: 27, 28 (nearby)
- Room hire
- Find out about hiring a meeting room at this library
- Libraries home page
- Find out all about libraries including borrowing, reserving and renewing books