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Canada Water Library
How to get there
Tube: Canada Water, Surrey Quays
Train: South Bermondsey
Bus: 1, 47, 188, 199, 225, 381, C10, P12
Location
location
Address
Canada Water Library
21 Surrey Quays Road
London
SE16 7AR
United Kingdom
Accessibility
This library has:
- flat access
- disabled parking
- lift access to all floors
- toilets on ground floor and first floor, including disabled access toilets, adult and baby change
- computers with screen magnification and audio assistance for visually impaired users
We operate a zero-tolerance approach to violence, aggression and abuse towards our staff.
Venue opening times
The ground floor opens from 8am (Monday to Friday) for access to the café, computers, Wi-Fi, printing and photocopying, collecting reservations, returning or renewing books, and browsing or borrowing a limited selection of books. The rest of the library opens from 9am.
Opening hours are:
- 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 12pm to 4pm
Venue notes
Activities for children and young people
Bookstart (ages 0 to 4), Mondays in term time, 10am to 11.30am
Chatterbooks (ages 7 to 11), last Monday of every month in term time, 4pm to 5pm
Stem, coding and robotics (ages 7-18), Mondays in term time, 6.15pm to 7.15pm
Rhymetime (ages 0 to 4), Tuesdays in term time, 2.15pm to 2.45pm
Picture This (ages 8+), alternate Tuesdays, 4pm to 5.30pm
Baby and Toddler session (ages 0 to 4), Thursdays in term time, 11am to 11.45am
Colour Me Happy (ages 5+), Fridays in term time, 4pm to 5pm
Saturday Craft and Colouring Club (ages 5+), Saturdays, 2.15pm to 3.45pm
Activities for adults
Canada Water Library short story club, third Tuesday of every month, 6pm to 7pm. Email canadawater1.library@southwark.gov.uk
Canada Water Library book group, second Thursday of every month, 6.45pm to 8pm. Email eve.gough@southwark.gov.uk
Online book group, third Thursday of every month, 6.45pm to 8pm. Email wes.white@southwark.gov.uk for more information.
Friday the thirteenth horror book club, every Friday 13 and Halloween, 6.13pm to 7.30pm. Email luis.menendez@southwark.gov.uk
Getting started with computers, email and the internet. Email isadore.auerbach-george@southwark.gov.uk or ask in the library to book.
'Warm welcome' sessions with free refreshments and conversation. Thursdays, 11am to 12pm
English+ group for free, casual English practice for language learners. Thursdays, 12pm to 2pm
Craft Social, last Thursday of every month, 2pm to 4pm.
Facilities and services
Books for reference and loan
41 study spaces
Library of Things. Borrow useful household items you don’t need to use often, from carpet cleaners, to drills, or projectors.
Health Station Kiosk: Check your height, weight, BMI, blood pressure and heart rate for free.