Council services
Libraries - general information: Outline
There are 7 branches in the Library Service:
- Southend Central
- Friars
- Kent Elms
- Leigh
- Southchurch
- Thorpedene
- Westcliff
You can reserve or renew books over the Internet by going to the Elan site.
Further Information
- Library Branches
- Meeting Rooms
- Storyrhymes
- Library Service Offers Free Requests
- Tracing your family history?
- Are you an Internet Novice?
- Book in for your Message in a Bottle
- The Saturday Singalongs
- Southend Libraries Book Festival
- Learning to Drive?
- Practising for your British Citizenship test?
- Plugged in for Safety
- Children's Book Festival
- Annual Essay and Poetry Competition
- Cinema Memories at Southend Library
- Free Library Talks and “Discovery Tours”
- Six Book Challenge
- Polish and Roma Communities Advice Sessions
- Volunteering Opportunities with the Libraries
- Community Library Services
- Multi Cultural Library Service
- E-books and E-audio
- Library Services
- Children's Library & Teenzone
- School Library Service
- Jelly Beans Reading Group (7-11 years)
- The Wordsmiths Children's Reading Group (10-11 years)
- Children's Reading Group at Westcliff Library (10-11 years)
- Teen Reading Group
- Culture Club Reading Group
- Coast Reading Group
- Grass Roots Reading Group
- The Diskettes Reading Group (for the Visually Impaired)
- Monday Readers - Women's Reading Group
- TAKE 2 Reading Group
- The Estuary Reading Group
- The Reading Room at Leigh Library
- Thorpedene Reading Group
- Westcliff Reading Group
- Books and Reading Useful Websites
- The Milton Reading Group
- Want to start up your own Reading Group?
- The Saturday Readers
- Libraries
- Libraries Information and Advice
- Library Events
- Joining the Library
- Library Services
- Healthy Living
- Children's Library Services
- Reading Groups
- Library Facilities and Fees
Contact: Leisure, Culture & Tourism (including leisure/sports facilities, libraries, museums & parks)
Email: council@southend.gov.uk
Telephone: 01702 215011
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-sea, Essex, SS2 6ERContact: General Enquiries & Out of Hours Service
Email: council@southend.gov.uk
Telephone: 01702 215000
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6ER