Services affected by Walworth Town Hall fire
Due to a fire in Walworth Town Hall on Monday 25 March, the Walworth One Stop Shop, Cuming Museum and Newington Library are closed. Alternative locations are now available for many affected services.
Canada Water Library
21 Surrey Quays Road
London
SE16 7AR
Tel: 020 7525 2000
How to get to the library
Tube: Canada Water, Surrey Quays
Train: South Bermondsey
Bus: 1, 47, 188, 199, 225, 381, C10, P12
Opening times
Ground floor lobby
- Monday 8am to 8pm
- Tuesday 8am to 8pm
- Wednesday 8am to 8pm
- Thursday 8am to 8pm
- Friday 8am to 8pm
- Saturday 9am to 5pm
- Sunday 12noon to 4pm
Main library
- Monday 9am to 8pm
- Tuesday 9am to 8pm
- Wednesday 9am to 8pm
- Thursday 9am to 8pm
- Friday 9am to 8pm
- Saturday 9am to 5pm
- Sunday 12noon to 4pm
What else is on offer
- 41 quiet study spaces for adults on the gallery floor
- Free internet and Wi-Fi
- 48 pcs available for public use
- Books, cds, dvds, blu-ray films, PS3 and Wii games to borrow
- Theatre, music and dance in the culture space
- Daytime adult book group, fourth Thursday of every month, 2pm to 3pm
- Evening adult book group, second Thursday of every month, 6.45pm to 8pm
- Poetry group, first Thursday of the month, 6pm to 7pm
- Feel better with a book, every Wednesday 11am to 1pm
- Creative writing group, alternate Mondays, 1pm to 3pm
- Bookstart session for under sixes, every Monday 10am to 11.30am, term time only
- Board games club, every Monday 4.30pm to 6pm, for 6 years and over
- Manga club, every other Tuesday from 3 January 2012, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, for 10 years and over
- Creative writing for ages 6 upwards, every other Wednesday from 4 January, 4pm to 5pm
- Little Bunnies: Baby and Toddler Mandarin Stories and Rhymetime. Learn Mandarin through songs, stories and play. Every Wednesday, 9.15am to 10am.
- Baby and toddler session for under fives, every Thursday 11am to 11.45am, term time only
- Baby Rhyme Time, every Tuesday, 2pm to 2.30pm, term time only.
- Family learning: help your child with Maths and English homework, every Wednesdays from 7 November 2012, 4pm to 6pm,
- Meeting rooms for hire
- Water's Edge cafe
- Free computer classes and learning in libraries
Access for people with disabilities
Fully accessible:
- Disabled parking
- Lifts
- WCs on all floors, including disabled WCs and adult and baby change
Our first birthday
Building a new library at Canada Water was one of our first Fairer Future promises to be fulfilled. Now we're celebrating our first birthday and you can too - by entering our photo competition before 1 February.
