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Camberwell Library
All Southwark libraries will be closed for the bank holiday on Monday 26 August 2019
Take part in the Summer Reading Challenge at all Southwark Libraries from 13 July to 1 September 2019
Address
48 Camberwell Green
Camberwell
SE5 7AL
How to get there
Bus: 12, 35, 40, 42, 45, 171, 176, 185, 436, 36, 345, 484
Train / Overground: Denmark Hill
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
- Bookstart session - every Tuesday, 10am to 11.30am, term time (ages 0 to 5 and their parents / carers)
- Baby and Toddler sessions - every Monday, 10:30am to 12pm (ages 0 to 4) (term time only)
- ChatterBooks - first Saturday of the month, 2pm to 4pm (ages 7 to 11)
- Kids Club - second, third and fourth Saturday of the month, 2pm to 4pm (ages 7 to 11)
- Storystop - every Sunday, 1pm to 1.30pm (ages 3 to 8 and their parents / carers)
- Rhyme Time every Friday 10.30am to 11am (ages 0 to 4)
Adults: weekly and monthly activities
- Feel Better with a Book - every Tuesday, 2pm to 4pm (no need to read anything in advance - just drop in, sit down and enjoy listening to a good story or poem)
- Book group - second Tuesday of every month, 7pm to 8pm (contact David Penn for more information)
- Conversation Café - every Thursday, 11am to 12pm (free informal meeting to practice your English with other non English speakers)
- Creative writing - alternate Mondays, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
- Craft session - alternate Mondays, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
- Starting with computers, email and the internet - every Monday, Thursday and Friday, 2pm to 3pm and Saturday, 11am to 12pm (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
- 27 adult study spaces available
- photocopying facilities
- free internet access
- free Wi-Fi
- meeting rooms for hire
Accessibility
- wheelchair access to both floors
- disabled toilets
- access to Dolphin Supernova software (allows screen magnification and audio assistance for visually impaired)
Page last updated: 20 August 2019
