Supermobile library

Our supermobile library carries around 3,000 items of stock, including books, DVDs and audiobooks.

You can come on the vehicle to choose your own books, but if you would like us to select books for you to collect when we visit, call 01609 533878 or email supermobile@northyorks.gov.uk.

April 2025

Date Location Time
Wednesday 23 RAF Leeming Cancelled
Thursday 24 Castleton Cancelled
Friday 25 Sherburn Cancelled
Saturday 26 Hunmanby Cancelled
Monday 28 Sleights 10am to midday
Tuesday 29 Kirk Smeaton 10am to midday
Wednesday 30 Staithes 10am to midday

May 2025

Date Location Time
Thursday 1 Cowling 10am to midday
Friday 2 Slingsby 10am to midday
Saturday 3 No route -
Monday 5 No route -
Tuesday 6 Balne 10am to midday
Wednesday 7 Buckden 10am to midday
Wednesday 7 Kettlewell 1pm to 3pm
Thursday 8 Danby 10am to midday
Friday 9 No route -
Saturday 10 Hovingham 10am to midday
Monday 12 Robin Hoods Bay 10am to midday
Tuesday 13 Eggborough 10am to midday
Wednesday 14 Rosedale 10am to midday
Thursday 15 Osmotherley 10am to midday
Friday 16 Sheriff Hutton 10am to midday
Saturday 17 Hunmanby 10am to midday
Monday 19 Sherburn 10am to midday
Monday 19 Weaverthorpe 1pm to 3pm
Tuesday 20 Brotherton 10am to midday
Tuesday 20 Fairburn 1pm to 2pm
Wednesday 21 RAF Leeming 10am to midday
Thursday 22 Castleton 10am to midday
Friday 23 No route -
Saturday 24 No route -
Monday 26 No route -
Tuesday 27 Kirk Smeaton 10am to midday
Wednesday 28 Staithes 10am to midday
Wednesday 28 Sleights 1pm to 3pm
Thursday 29 Cowling 10am to midday
Friday 30 Slingsby 10am to midday
Saturday 31 No route -

Locations

  • Balne: Crossroads on Thorntree Lane
  • Brotherton: Near United Reformed Church
  • Buckden: National Parks Coach and Car Park
  • Castleton: On the corner of Ashfield Road with Church Street
  • Cowling: Methodist Church Hall Car Park
  • Danby: Village Hall Car Park, Dale End
  • Eggborough: Weeland Road (next to the Horse and Jockey Public House)
  • Fairburn: adjacent to the community centre
  • Hunmanby: Outside Bayley Gardens
  • Hovingham: Opposite the entrance to Hovingham Hall and Village Hall on Hall Green
  • Kettlewell: National Parks Coach and Car Park
  • Kirk Smeaton: Shoulder of Mutton Public House Car Park
  • Osmotherley: Oswaldene Estate
  • RAF Station Leeming: adjacent to the RAFA Kidz Nursery 
  • Robin Hoods Bay: Station Coach and Car Park, Station Road
  • Rosedale: Adjacent to the Green, by Telephone Kiosk
  • Sleights: Coach Park
  • Sheriff Hutton: Village Hall Car Park
  • Slingsby: The Green, adjacent to Porch House
  • Sherburn: St Hilda’s Street opposite the Primary School
  • Staithes: Car and Coach park
  • Weaverthorpe: Opposite Village Hall

Joining the supermobile library

You can join the library service by visiting the supermobile at your nearest stop.

Borrowing items

The supermobile provides access to the full range of materials held by the library service. You may request items from the supermobile as you would from a library.

If you miss a supermobile visit and you need to return borrowed items, you can return them on its next visit or you can also return items to any library. There are also other ways of renewing your books and other items, including online and over the telephone. For more details, see the loan renewals page. Charges do apply to some items on the supermobile.