Provide museum and library services for Southend.
Six libraries serve the city of Southend-on-Sea.
The Forum is open from:
8am - 7pm, Monday – Friday
8am – 5pm, on Saturday
Leigh, Westcliff, Kent Elms and Shoeburyness Libraries are open from:
9am - 5pm, Monday – Saturday
Southchurch Library is open from:
9am – 5pm, Monday – Tuesday & Thursday – Saturday
We encourage the continued use of face coverings whilst in the library.
Home Library Service
We offer a free service delivering library resources to customers in their homes when they may no longer be able to visit the library.
The Home Library Service can only reach a limited number of people at any one time. So we will seek to provide the service for those people who need it most.
This means that you may be asked to wait until there is a place available at your nearest library.
Contact 01702 534123 or email librarydevelopment@southend.gov.uk
To obtain more information visit the website www.southend.gov.uk/library