Libraries in Midlothian - Lasswade Library
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The Lasswade Centre
Lasswade Library
19 Eskdale Drive
Bonnyrigg
Midlothian -
EH19 2LA
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0131 271 4534
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Opening hours
Monday: 10:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: 10:00 - 19:00
Wednesday: 10:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 19:00
Friday: 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 13:00 -
Summer Holiday Activities 2025
Drop-in for the following FREE activities, available from 30 June to 9 August 2025.
Story Garden Craft Fun
A different arts & craft activity on Mondays and Thursdays.
- Monday 30 June, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Forest Floor Creations! Get creative with leaf rubbings and nature-inspired crafts using real leaves, petals, and more!
- Drop-in
- Thursday 3 July, 3.00pm - 4.00pm
- Create your very own Seedling character — full of energy, imagination, and a love of books!
- Contact branch to book a place
- Thursday 10 July, 3.00pm - 4.00pm
- Build a Bug Hotel! Create a cosy home for garden bugs! Design, build, and decorate your own mini bug hotel to take home
- Contact branch to book a place
- Monday 14 July, 3.00pm - 4.00pm
- Get creative and grow your own cresshead! Decorate a pot, plant some seeds, and watch the green hair sprout
- Contact branch to book a place
- Thursday 17 July, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Design your own comic strip inspired by the great outdoors! Create characters, adventures, and wild worlds
- Drop-in
- Monday 21 July, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Crafty Flowers and Creepy Crawlies. Make flower bouquets and garden insects out of coloured paper and old book pages!
- Drop-in
- Thursday 24 July, 3.00pm - 4.00pm
- Junk Modelling: Fairy Houses! Create a magical fairy house from recycled materials — then display it in our library garden!
- Contact branch to book a place
- Monday 28 July, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Sunflowers & Spinners! Make bright paper sunflowers and spinning pinwheel windmills in this fun summer craft session!
- Drop-in
- Thursday 31 July, 3.00pm - 4.00pm
- Rock Painting: Bug Edition!Paint rocks to look like your favourite bugs and pop them in our fairy garden!
- Contact branch to book a place
- Monday 4 August, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Come along and make a wind chime for the garden!
- Drop-in
Storytelling in the Garden
Settle in among the flowers for enchanting stories about animals, plants, and outdoor adventures. (Weather permitting)
- Monday 7 July, 2.00pm - 3.00pm
- Drop-in
Bookbug
Story, song, and rhyme session for families with babies and young children
- Tuesdays, 11:30am to 12:00pm
- 1 July, 8 July, 15 July, 22 July, 29 July, & 5 August
- Fridays, 11:30am to 12:00pm
- 4 July, 11 July, 18 July, 25 July, 1 August & 8 August
- Drop-in
LEGO Club
We provide the LEGO; you bring the creativity!
- Wednesdays, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
- 2 July, 9 July, 16 July, 23 July, 30 July, & 6 August
- Drop-in
Bubbleology
Come and make a bubble wand - then test it out!
- Thursday 7 August, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Drop-in
On throughout the summer:
- Colouring pages and competitions
- Puzzles etc
- Find the Mid Mice treasure hunt
- Monday 30 June, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
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Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Quiet Room
- Books
- DVDs
- Talking Books
- Large print
- Self-service kiosks are currently offline
- Hearing Aid Batteries
- Photocopier*
- Laminator*
- Free public access computers
- Printing*
- Scanner
- National Entitlement Card: 60+ and disabled
- National Entitlement Card: Young People
- Blue Badge Forms
- Reference and information
- Exhibitions/displays
- Careers information
*These services carry a charge -
Accessibility
Fully accessible, public toilets are available within the centre -
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