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Newington Temporary Library
Your nearest alternative library is John Harvard Library, which is located at 211 Borough High Street SE1 1JA.
Library items can be returned to any Southwark library and a returns box will be available from 2 January 2019 at the Castle Leisure Centre, 2 St Gabriel Walk SE1 6FG
Southwark Council will be working towards providing a brand new building for the library in Walworth and we will aim to keep any gap in service to a minimum.
Address
Elephant Artworks - Second floor
Elephant Road
SE17 1LB
How to get there
Bus: 12, 21, 35, 40, 45, 53, 63, 68, 136, 148, 171, 172, 176, 343, 363, 453, 468, P5
Rail: Train to Elephant & Castle
Tube: Elephant & Castle
Opening times
- 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 12pm to 4pm
Children: weekly and monthly activities
- Baby and toddler sessions - songs and stories, every Thursday 10.45am to 11.30am (ages 0 to 4)
- Colouring Club - every Friday 4pm to 5pm
- ChatterBooks - book club, crafts and activities, last Tuesday of every month, 3.30pm to 4.30pm (ages 7 to 11)
Adults: weekly and monthly activities
- Poetry group - share and discuss poems, first Monday of every month, 6.30pm to 8pm (email Cristina Veiga Hortas for details)
- Adult craft group - last Tuesday of every month, 11am to 12pm
- Starting with computers, email and the internet - every Monday, 11am to 12pm and 3pm to 4pm; Thursdays, 3pm to 4pm (booking required in the library)
What else is on offer
- books, talking books and DVDs to borrow
- free eBooks and eAudiobooks
- free eNewspapers and eMagazines
- 11 adult study spaces available
- photocopying facilities, colour and black and white
- free internet access- 11 PCs available for public use
- free Wi-Fi
- public toilets and baby change facilities
Accessibility
- lift to second floor of Elephant Artworks
- disabled toilet
- access to Dolphin Supernova software (allows screen magnification and audio assistance for visually impaired)
Newington Library
The original Newington Library is currently closed following the Walworth Road fire on Monday 25 March 2013. The Cuming Museum also remains closed. You can follow @SouthwarkLibs and @SwkHeritage on Twitter for updates.
Page last updated: 13 December 2018
