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Check out our new online offer with BorrowBox and ePress, all free with your Essex Library card.Enjoy thousands of eBook...
24/06/2026

Check out our new online offer with BorrowBox and ePress, all free with your Essex Library card.

Enjoy thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and Manga.

Borrow up to 10 eBooks, 10 eAudiobooks and 20 eMagazines for three weeks. Age restrictions apply for child accounts.

No overdue charges and items return automatically.

Download the app on Apple, Android or Kindle Fire and start reading anywhere.

Browse now:

https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital-content/our-online-library/borrowbox?fbclid=IwY2xjawSc6zxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBKWVZtUkc3QjlJaXJEbzMyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHj9ZMXeKcUNiy19jlbpQJ5G4WDiAk0Am1DAepzECAo1LfbrJIN7-WHs8TgRf_aem_YWdncwDwtt4ONfkJUTatYP96KhzP&brid=YWdncwFMN-ohiJCqqPhGbZUB_I4b

23/06/2026

SERVICE UPDATE:
Due to extreme weather conditions affecting the vehicle, the following Week 3 route CM1 stops in Nazing and Stewardstone have been cancelled.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

**CANCELLED** Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to ill health.The final talk takes place this Saturday 27 ...
22/06/2026

**CANCELLED** Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to ill health.

The final talk takes place this Saturday 27 June at Vange Library ☺️

Join us at Vange Library for a trio of talks by local historian Norman Bainbridge. The talks will start at 10.30 last about an hour with a short Q&A after with refreshments.

Saturday 2 May 2026 at 10.30 - London Prisons, this talk will introduce you to the records that help us to trace and reconstruct the stories of those ancestors of ours who, for one reason or another, came into contact with the law. We will see that they don’t just tell us about the people who committed the crimes, a whole host of other names appear in the records; witnesses, police officers, judges, jurors and, of course, the victims of the crimes.

Saturday 30 May 2026 at 10.30 - By 1914 the Post Office employed over 250,000 people with a revenue of £32 million making it the biggest economic enterprise in Britain and the largest single employer of labour in the world. Find out how this service was crucial during the WW1

Saturday 27 June 2026 at 10.30 - Could your relative be a witch? Essex was the epicentre of witch-hunting in 16th and 17th-century England, with up to 1,000 people accused, particularly around Chelmsford, Colchester, and Manningtree.

Please email [email protected] for any additional information.

https://library-events.essex.gov.uk/event?id=325019

Don’t judge a book by its cover, check out our Blind Date with a Book Crime display! 🕵 Pick a book based on its first li...
17/06/2026

Don’t judge a book by its cover, check out our Blind Date with a Book Crime display! 🕵

Pick a book based on its first line, you might find a new favourite!

17/06/2026

And we're off! Beat the Street starts today in Basildon! The aim of the game is to earn as many points as possible for you and your team by walking, wheeling or cycling between Beat Boxes from 17 June - 29 July. beatthestreet.me/basildon Basildon Borough Council Find Your Active - Basildon Active Essex Basildon Library

Come along to Vange Library and join in one of our sessions for babies and toddlers! 👇 Baby and Toddler Rhymetime sessio...
15/06/2026

Come along to Vange Library and join in one of our sessions for babies and toddlers! 👇

Baby and Toddler Rhymetime sessions: Free your child’s imagination with songs and stories, give their early communication skills a boost and have fun together! Every Monday at 10am.

Stay and Play sessions: Join us for a relaxed play session with baby and toddler appropriate toys, games and puzzles for ages 0 to 5 years. Every Friday at 10am.

The sessions are free and no booking is needed.

https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/location/basildon/64

15/06/2026

The wait is over – schools have started handing out player cards, and distribution points are fully stocked! 🏃‍♂️

✅ Set up your Family Account online
✅ Add player profiles for each family member
✅ Connect a card to each profile
✅ Join your team and select your school year group (if you're participating through school)

Once you're set up, you'll be able to track performance and follow your journey! 📊🙌
Sign up: beatthestreet.me/basildon
Basildon Borough Council Find Your Active - Basildon Active Essex Basildon Library

Join the library today!We offer a wide range of services you can access using your library card including books, e-books...
12/06/2026

Join the library today!

We offer a wide range of services you can access using your library card including books, e-books, e-audio, e-magazines and newspapers, music streaming, movies, theory test pro, ancestry and much more.

https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital-content/az-of-library-services?fbclid=IwY2xjawSPs2ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBKWVZtUkc3QjlJaXJEbzMyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkkVwjHb851SmpRrOEfF3MRlA5gOSLOXf6dA2lmItkja_TOk588_Hk6fhkNs_aem_YWdncwD2YOtAyYuuDToLiSLTPTsl&brid=YWdncwHUL6fF0zamK92ttP_VuW7N

Come into any Essex library with identification that includes your name and address and we can sign you up.

Today is the first game of the Football World Cup! 🏆 🏐 Come in to see our display, keep track of the results and borrow ...
11/06/2026

Today is the first game of the Football World Cup! 🏆 🏐

Come in to see our display, keep track of the results and borrow a football book.

Come on England!

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St Martin's Square
Basildon
SS141EE

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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+443456037628

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