Chelmsford Library

 

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH

 

 

Contact the library

 

Opening hours for Chelmsford Library

 

  • Monday - 9am to 5:30pm
  • Tuesday - 9am to 5:30pm 
  • Wednesday - 9am to 5:30pm
  • Thursday - 9am to 7pm
  • Friday - 9am to 5:30pm
  • Saturday - 9am to 5pm 
  • Sunday - 10:30am to 1:30pm

Public holidays

All libraries are closed on the following days:

  • Bank Holidays
  • Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
  • Good Friday and Easter Sunday

Facilities and Services available

  • WiFi 
  • Computers 
  • Printing
  • Direct printing
  • Scanner
  • Photocopying - please ensure you have the correct change available
  • Study space
  • Bookstart packs
  • Sensory wall
  • Room hire
  • Hearing aid battery collection point
  • Battery recycling
  • Small electrical recycling
  • Accessible bathroom facilities
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
  • Everyone's Literacy Area
  • Essex Knitters and Stitchers, knitting and crochet group, every second Thursday of the month, 10am to 12noon
  • Quieter Hour, Thursdays 5.30pm to 6.30pm
  • Crochet and Knitting Club, Saturdays 10am to 1pm
  • Block Builders Construction Club, Saturdays 2pm to 4.30pm
  • Write Bulb, creative writing group, every second Saturday of the month, 2pm to 4.30pm
  • Pens and Puzzles for kids, Sundays 11am to 12.30pm
  • Crochet Club, Tuesdays 10am to 1pm
  • Mothers at Home Matter, local parenting group supporting mothers, every first and third Friday of the month, 10am to 12noon
  • Walking Talking Book Group, every first Saturday of the month, 10am to 11am
  • African and Caribbean Books and Writers Group, every first Satruday of the month, 3pm to 4.30pm
  • For the Love of Books Book Group, every first Saturday of the month, 11am to 12noon
  • Autism Friendly Group, Thursdays 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Other Services


 

Upcoming Events

 

Calendar with a tick on a day

Chelmsford Library's Upcoming events

 

Warm Welcomes

 

A steaming coffee cup

Warm Welcomes are back in our libraries this winter, offering cosy spaces where you can drop by for free hot drinks and utilise all that the library has to offer.  

 

Wednesdays 10.30am to 11.30am

 

Photo

 

The view outside Chelmsford Library

 

Map

 

Disabled access to the library