South Woodham Ferrers Library

13/10/2026

Have you seen our Black History Month display in South Woodham Ferrers Library?

This Black History Month, we celebrate the lives, experiences and contributions of Black people who have helped shape Essex across generations. While the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks remains a defining chapter in our county's story, records show that people of African and Caribbean heritage were living in Essex centuries earlier. By exploring these stories, we gain a deeper understanding of our shared history and recognise the contribution Black residents have made, and continue to make, to communities across Essex.

https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital-content/our-reading-suggestions/black-history-month

08/10/2026

Is there Room on the Broom for you? 🧹

Grab your broomsticks and fly on over to South Woodham Ferrers Library for a magical morning of free crafts!

Tuesday 27 October 10.30am to 12 noon. No booking required:

https://library-events.essex.gov.uk/event?id=379523

06/10/2026

Dyslexia can affect the ability to read and spell, but it is not the same for everyone.

Essex Libraries has a range of Dyslexia friendly reads for both adults and children.

Visit South Woodham Ferrers Library to pick up a book today.

03/10/2026

Five new Poirot novels have arrived in this week's delivery. In the spirit of Agatha Christie mysteries, we've hidden them round the library for you to find. Use your little grey cells to deduce their locations and live out your detective dreams. Good luck mon ami.

1. Where stories of lives well told reside. Look where one person's journey is described.

2. Not real life but worlds of wonder. Castles, curses, spells of thunder.

3. Two souls meet, their dreams come true. Your treasure waits where love leads you.

4. Reserved names stand in order neat. Books set aside, waiting, complete.

5. Generations, lives entwined, legacies and tales combined.

Have you found one yet?

02/10/2026

Come along to a FREE creative workshop at South Woodham Ferrers Library on Saturday 3 October.
Hosted by Culture Chelmsford and the Museum of Chelmsford, book your place by emailing [email protected]. Suitable for ages 10+ including adults.

What objects tell your Chelmsford story?

📢 SPARK! are working with the Museum of Chelmsford to help shape the future of the Museum's collection, and we’d love you to take part.

🎨 Join us for a free hands‑on Creative Workshop this Saturday to explore the everyday objects that tell the story of life in Chelmsford today.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at:

📍 South Woodham Ferrers Library, Trinity Square, Chelmsford CM3 5JU
📆 Saturday 3rd October
⏰ 11am-12.30pm OR 2-3.30pm
🎟 FREE, booking required as spaces are limited
🤩 Suitable for anyone aged 10+, including adults

To reserve your place, email Jess at [email protected] or text/call 07934 755562 to confirm your preferred workshop time of 11am-12.30pm OR 2-3.30pm. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Collecting Our Future is produced by Culture Chelmsford and SPARK!, in collaboration with the Museum of Chelmsford and funded by Arts Council England, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford City Council, Chelmsford College and Chelmsford For You.

02/10/2026

Get your copy of Grady Hendrix's 'Witchcraft for Wayward Girls' at South Woodham Ferrers Library. Our Book of the Month for October.

They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.

Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. There, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament.

Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely.

There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.

29/09/2026

This year National Poetry Day celebrates the theme Wonder.

Poetry can be funny, magical, thoughtful, surprising and sometimes just a few words can make us wonder about something in a completely new way.

Pop into South Woodham Ferrers Library and explore our poetry collection.

24/09/2026

Family History
Saturday 26 September
1 to 4pm
South Woodham Ferrers Library

Can't make it? Then why not step back in time with ProQuest Historical Newspapers!

Explore over 200 years of history with access to The Guardian and The Observer archives, covering 1791 to 2009.
Perfect for family historians, researchers, students and anyone curious about the past.

Free with your library membership https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital.../our-online-library

22/09/2026

This is your reminder to check your blood pressure!

Come along to South Woodham Ferrers Library and try out our free standing blood pressure monitor.

You can also borrow a blood pressure monitor from your library. Complete with instructions for using the machine and a guide for how to interpret your results.

For more information visit
https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/blood-pressure-monitors-for-loan

17/09/2026

We've got a lovely set of brand new books for anyone looking for a short story.

If you're short of time or new to reading, a shorter book could be the one for you. Our Everyone's Literacy area has plenty for everyone. We have Quick Reads for shorter stories, Dyslexia Friendly print and books for those just learning to read.

Find our Everyone's Literacy area by the newspapers or ask a member of staff for more details.