Northampton Central Library

Tuesday between 9am and 10am will be our quieter hour to enable our customers with sensory needs and their families to enjoy Northamptonshire Central Library. We appreciate our customers' support in minimising noise during our quieter hour. For more information please visit our website - Accessibility, health and wellbeing in our libraries | West Northamptonshire Council

We aim to bring people together to read, share stories and have fun. We use reading – whether books, magazines, newspapers, or anything else – to start everyone chatting. Our Reading Friends group meets on the 3rd Wednesday every month at Northampton Central Library to talk about reading and anything else that interests them. You don’t have to read anything before the session and everyone is welcome so come along, meet new people and share stories together. No booking is required and you don’t have to be a library member to take part. If you have any questions about Reading Friends then please email readingfriends.libraryplus@westnorthants.gov.uk.

Start-up Day is back on the Monday 17 November 2025 at Northampton Central Library 09.30 -14.30. Visit for all or part of the day. Start-up Day is back on the 17 November 2025 at Northampton Central Library 09.30 -14.30. Visit for all or part of the day! Many of us have brilliant ideas for businesses that we haven’t acted on and the Business & IP Centre National Network have a wealth of resources to support and inspire budding entrepreneurs to take the first step to turning their brilliant idea into a business. Activities on the day include talks and networking to help you on the way with your business journey. Talks: ??From start-up to success - Stuart Thomas of Medi8 Therapy Start-up stars: How I turned my business idea into reality - panel session of BIPC Northamptonshire grant winners being interviewed by Ruth Roan of the South Midlands Growth Hub. Grant winners include: Julia Williams - Antler and Rose, Jo Whight - Red Lotus Consultancy and Clare Wood - Little Bear Introduction to GrantFinder - Matt Godfrey of Idox Brand evolution for start-ups - Marie-Louise O’Neill of Lovely Evolution? Susan Liverman of The Kindful will be delivering a mini workshop called ‘From stressed to steady’.

For anyone thinking about starting a business, this workshop provides an opportunity to explore the basic principles and procedures required If you are thinking of starting a business, but not sure where to start then this workshop is for you! In this business basics workshop we will provide you with an opportunity to explore the basic principles you need to consider and procedures you need to follow to set up and establish a successful business. For enquiries please email bipc@westnorthants.gov.uk This workshop is for people living in the UK only. Following the event Business & IP Centre Northamptonshire will send a feedback form which we would be grateful if you could complete to allow us to monitor the success of our events. This is facilitated by our third party processor Reason Digital Limited.