Drumbrae Library Hub

Drumbrae Library Hub is located at 81 Drum Brae Drive, Edinburgh EH4 7FE, United Kingdom. You can reach them by phone at 0131 529 5244 or email drumbrae.library@edinburgh.gov.uk. Stay connected via their Facebook page (facebook.com/drumbrae) and Twitter (@drumbraeL). Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday 10am–8pm, Thursday and Friday 10am–5pm, Saturday 10am–5pm, closed on Sundays. This public library offers all the usual services: browse and borrow books, return items, pick up free period products, use the photocopier, collect hearing aid batteries, access public computers and printing, apply for a National Entitlement Card (bus pass), and access NHS C:Card Plus services. There is also a Music Instrument Library in partnership with Tinderbox Orchestra, allowing members of all ages to borrow musical instruments for free – including saxophones, trombones, clarinets, flutes, keyboards, accordions, guitars, ukuleles, violins and cellos. All instruments have been donated by the community; if you have an instrument gathering dust, consider donating. For children and young people, regular activities include: Monday Kids Group (P5–P7, weekly), Tuesday Junior Creative Writing (P5+, fortnightly) and Chatterbooks (ages 8–11, fortnightly), Wednesday The Teen Group (S1–S5, weekly), Friday Funky Craft (ages 5+, fortnightly) and Game Time (ages 8+, fortnightly), Saturday Lego Time (ages 5+, fortnightly) and Comic making workshop (ages 8+, fortnightly). Bookbug sessions are also available. Adult events and activities: Monday Scottish Seniors Computer Club (2–4pm, booking required), Tuesday NHS Baby Weigh Clinic (10–11am) and Hearing Link hearing loss advice (second Tuesday, drop-in), Thursday Mindful Movement (10.30am, fortnightly) and Colouring Group (11am, fortnightly), Northwest and Southwest Locality Office Customer Service Drop-in (2–4pm, fortnightly), Friday RNID drop-in for hearing aid information and maintenance (fourth Friday, 10.30am–12.30pm). On Saturdays, the Hub Board Gamers run all-day board games for adults, hosted by the Edinburgh Board Gamers group. Players can discuss games in advance at meetup.com/Edinburgh-Gamers. The event uses large, well-lit tables in the Day Support Centre, with a kitchen area to refill water bottles and a supply of free tea, coffee and biscuits until 3pm. You may bring your own lunch or visit the Scotmid next door. The library asks that attendees tidy up and leave by 4:30pm. Extra tables and chairs can be taken from the side room and must be returned at the end of the day, leaving only one near the door and two at the windows. Book groups meet on the last Monday and last Tuesday of the month (booking required). Macmillan Cancer Support services are also available. Drumbrae Library Hub is dog-friendly on Thursdays. Facilities include free Wi-Fi, a photocopier, toilets with baby changing, parking for electric vehicles, and full disabled access: wheelchair accessible at entry level from both north and south doors, internal ramps on the ground floor, and a lift to the first floor. Charging facilities for mobile devices and electric wheelchairs are provided. There are seven EV charging points (Type 2, 7kW, Level 2) operated by POD Point, with a public membership-required usage type (complicated tariff: £0.45/kWh and £0.75/kWh). Parking is available. Bus routes: Lothian 1, 17, 21, 26. Rooms are available for hire. The library has a rating of 4.6 from 80 user reviews on Google Maps, with a business status of OPERATIONAL. Its primary type is Library, and it is also classified as a board game venue and community hub.