Harwich Library
Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre (HAHC),
Mayflower School,
Main Road, Harwich,
CO12 4AJ.
Telephone: 0345 603 7628
Email: [email protected]
Service update
The library is now closed temporarily for refurbishment. It has relocated to the Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre until early summer 2025. Please see our news item for details.
Opening hours for Harwich Library
- Monday – 9.30am – 5pm
- Tuesday – 9.30am – 6.30pm
- Wednesday – Closed
- Thursday – 9.30am – 5pm – (Please note that from 9.30 am to 11.30am the library can only offer a reservation/collection or returns service due to main library floor being used for other activities)
- Friday – 9.30am – 5pm
- Saturday – 9.30am – 4.30pm
- Sunday – Closed
Please Note
1st Saturday of every month Harwich Library will be closed. The closures are due to availability of the main hall.
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
- Scanner
- Photocopying
- Study space
- Bookstart packs
- Battery recycling
- Small electrical recycling
- Tendring District Council food waste caddy sacks (£1.80 a roll)
- Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
- Everyone's Literacy Area
Other Services
- Registration Services (by appointment only)
Library Update
The Harwich Library is set to undergo significant changes as part of a multi-million pound revamp for Dovercourt. The project is being delivered by Essex County Council in partnership with Tendring District Council as one of the Dovercourt Capital Regeneration Projects.
The project will see Adult Community Learning (ACL) return to Dovercourt town within a refurbished library, increasing the opportunities for residents to benefit from courses locally.
For further information or for any questions, please contact the project team at [email protected]. They would be happy to assist you with your queries.