Hedge End Library - Hampshire County Council

20/08/2026

👀🤩Look at the wonderful new, shiny collection of Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon books that has arrived in the library today!🐉🐲 Why not pop in and pick one up!

How to Train Your Dragon is a series of children's books written by the British author Cressida Cowell. The books are set in a fictional Fantasy Viking world, and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, as he overcomes obstacles on his journey of "becoming a hero, the hard way!"

20/08/2026

Come down to West End Library, pick some new books, join in on Rhymetime, play some games, and then cool down with a refreshing ice pole once you have completed the amazing trail the West End Parish Council Grounds and Maintenance Team have made to get into the Spirit of Read to the Beat🎹🎶❤️

The Summer Reading Challenge Trail in Hatch Grange is now open 📚

Pick up a sheet from The Hatch Cafe West End and explore the top field (behind the Parish Centre) to locate the 6 characters and answer the questions on the activity sheet.

Return your sheet to get a free ice-pole from the cafe ☀️

Big shout out to the West End Parish Council Grounds & Maintenence manager for designing and installing the trail. The characters are really fun, and we hope it inspires even more children to get involved with the

19/08/2026

Don't forget the challenge for the National Year of Reading this month.

Hampshire Library Service have been creating some collections on BorrowBox for you to have a look through. This is included with your membership, you just need to make sure you download the BorrowBox app.

🌞Sunshine Crime 🌞
https://hampshire.borrowbox.com/product-group/48641/sunshine-crime

🍃Outdoor Living 🍃
https://hampshire.borrowbox.com/product-group/48592/outdoor-living

15/08/2026

Today we have had our Neighbourhood Policing Team, PCSO's Tracey, Mica and Colin visiting the library. They have been very busy registering and marking lots of bikes as well as being available for a chat and advice in their Beat Surgery. It was lovely to see so many people coming out in the sunshine to take advantage of this event.

14/08/2026

⚠️We have the Neighbourhood Policing Team in the library tomorrow⚠️

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PCSO Mica and PCSO Colin will be outside doing bike registering and bike marking ahead of the return to school in a few weeks time.

It would be great to see lots of you here 😃

13/08/2026

🚓We have some visitors in the library on Saturday 🚓

The chair of Hedge End Town Council, Cllr Hadaway, will be joining the Neighbourhood Policing Team to chat to you all. Please do pop down and see them 😀

12/08/2026

🎤Summer Reading Challenge! 🎤

Hedge End stats so far:
✨470 children have signed up to Read to the Beat
✨47 children have already finished their 6 books

👀Have a look and see how your school is getting on 👀

📚How many more do you think we can get finished by the end of this week? 📚

10/08/2026

👀Are you ready to try something new for the challenge this month? 👀

Hampshire Library Service have been creating some collections of ebooks on BorrowBox for you to have a browse through. There is something for everyone!
This is included with your membership, you just need to make sure you download the BorrowBox app.

📚Tales from the Library 📚
https://hampshire.borrowbox.com/product-group/48639/tales-from-the-library

😄Family Fun 😄
https://hampshire.borrowbox.com/product-group/48635/family-fun

08/08/2026

🐙 What would you do if you found an octopus? 🐙 What would you do if it suddenly disappeared again?!

✨Come and join us in Rhymetime and Storytime (Mondays and Thursdays at 10 o'clock) this month to find out more. ✨

06/08/2026

🤩 Author of the Month 🤩

Lynda La Plante is best known for the iconic detective series’ Prime Suspect’, which reinvented the genre with it’s tough, uncompromising female lead. Lynda La Plante is always popular amongst our borrowers. Pop in and pick one up for yourself.

You could even have a look at the selection of titles available on BorrowBox?

https://hampshire.borrowbox.com/product-group/48633/adult-author-of-the-month-lynda-la-plante