Thurloxton Book Exchange

14/02/2026

What a glorious day to sort the book exchange!!

Today I had a s̶l̶a̶v̶e̶! Sorry, I mean a volunteer to help.

Young Toby (AKA Menace) is doing his Silver Duke of Edinburgh Awards and needed to tick the volunteering box.

He did a grand job in clearing all the old books and sorting them into damaged books for recycling and good books for the charity shop to sell.

There is now 120 books on the shelves all tidy and ready to enjoy.

Thanks for your help Toby!!

02/02/2025

Book Exchange all tidied up again with 148 fresh books on the shelves and 4 bags of old books ready to be dropped of at the charity shop!

10/11/2024

Book Exchange Autumn tidy up.
Old books removed and donated to charity shop ☑️
Over 150 freshly donated books stacked on shelves ☑️
Lots of great children's books on bottom shelf ☑️
Cobwebs removed and Snails evicted☑️
Old Mouse house removed and entrance blocked☑️
Floor swept☑️
Go and enjoy villagers!

15/10/2023

Thurloxton Book Exchange has had a tidy up and there are 120 fresh books in it ready to enjoy.

Remember of you take a book you must leave a book.

Donations welcome in the blue bag on the floor.

The old books will be donated to Dr Barnardo's in Norton Fitzwarren.

21/05/2022

A lovely email today from the Barnardo's shop where I donate all the old books from the book exchange.

Dear Thurloxton Book Exchange,
It was great to see you in store today, thank you so much for donating your pre-loved items to Barnardo’s and for being a valued little green card holder.
By donating to us and signing up to Gift Aid, you're helping us to raise the vital funds we need to change the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families across the UK.
On behalf of all those who rely on Barnardo’s work – a big thank you for your support!
Thank you.

The Barnardo's Retail Team

14/05/2022

What a beautiful day to sort the book exchange out! 170 books all tidied up and all the new additions have been added to the shelves.

Remember if you take a book please leave a book that you think someone else will enjoy.

The old books will be gifted to Barnardo's at Norton Fitzwarren.

20/01/2022

The book exchange has been tidied up and every book in there has been changed. There are some great childrens books in there as well!

I delivered 2 massive sacks of the old books to the charity Dr Barnardo's who were extremely grateful for them and will sell them in their Norton Fitzwarren shop to raise money for their fantastic charity.

21/11/2021

Not only are we back in business but I received the following email today thanking me for the donation of books to Barnardos.

This donation was made up of duplicate books and books left from when I last sorted the book exchange.

Dear Thurloxton Book Exchange,

It was great to see you in store today, thank you so much for donating your pre-loved items to Barnardo’s and for being a valued little green card holder.

By donating to us and signing up to Gift Aid, you're helping us to raise the vital funds we need to change the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families across the UK.
On behalf of all those who rely on Barnardo’s work – a big thank you for your support!
Thank you,

The Barnardo's Retail Team.

Barnardo's is a children's charity that protects and supports the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. We help bring out the best in them – no matter who they are or what they have been through.

21/11/2021

We are back in business!!

Thank you to all of you that have donated books. There are now over 200 books in the book exchange ready for you to enjoy.

Don't worry if you can't see the books you donated, I was snowed under with them and they are in my garage ready to go in the book exchange. We have enough donations now thank you.

If any of you saw anything suspicious last Wednesday feel free to update our crime reference number 5221274197. If you see anyone taking lots of books that isn't driving a Silver Range Rover Sport then they are stealing them.

Regarding the old books that have been unread for over a month, these are now donated to Barnardos charity shop in Norton Fitzwarren, mainly because I can park outside easily and they are really grateful for them.

I've had 2 companies offering help with CCTV and I will be dealing with this soon.

Happy reading!!

18/11/2021

I'm seething!!!!

Some greedy, selfish, halfwit has stolen every single book from the book exchange including the yellow tub for new donations!!

I'm waiting for the local PCSO to call me back to report it. The thieves did leave a clue in the from of a receipt from a shop in Bournemouth dated yesterday.

I suppose this means we now need to fit CCTV to the book exchange. Is there any local companies that would like to help sponsor us with this?

It's been an amazing resource for the village which is well very used. Furthermore when we finish with the books they are donated to charity shops to sell.

In the meantime feel free to donate books to the Thurloxton Book Exchange in the old Phone Box next to the old Pub that was the Green Dragon.