Events

Join our librarians in the children’s library for our interactive wriggle and rhyme .

The story of the City and Guilds of London Art School, from its foundation as the Lambeth School of Art providing instruction to working artisans, to today’s highly regarded, distinctive, educational institution.

A club designed to support children learning to read, struggling readers, and those learning English. The sessions are led by a retired school teacher and provide personalised guidance to help children build confidence in reading.

Dr Jane Jordan’s  illustrated talk looks inside Doulton’s Lambeth Art Pottery, Vauxhall to discover what conditions were like for professional women artists, and why many chose long careers over marriage.

A one-day symposium, exhibition and concert marking the Festival of Britain's 75th anniversary, exploring the overlooked contribution of Jewish immigrants and refugees from Nazism to the Festival and its legacy and by extension, to British cu

Seven bridges cross the Thames from the borough of Lambeth (counting Hungerford and the Golden Jubilee bridges as three) but more than that have been replaced or vanished altogether.

Chatterbooks is a reading group with a difference. Each month we talk about what we've been reading, play games and do lots of activities all around the wonderful world of books. This is aimed to target 7-12yr olds.

Are you between the ages of 7 and 11 and love to read? Then join our book club to talk about books, write reviews, make new friends, and have a blast with fun activities! Light refreshments provided.

Join Mick Taylor from Wandle Industrial Museum to discover why Brixton’s Ashby family  relocated to the Wandle. In 1804 the Wandle was said to be the hardest working river for its size in the world.

Join our librarians in the children’s library for our interactive wriggle and rhyme each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Join our librarians in the children’s library for our interactive wriggle and rhyme.

Get into reading – gives you a place to relax, a chance to make new friends and a new way to share reading.

You don’t have to read anything. You can simply drop in and enjoy having a good story or poem read to you.

Join us for an exclusive tour behind the scenes of Lambeth Archives’ new building on Brixton Hill. See our purpose-built strongroom, meet the team, and explore a selection of treasures from the archive.

Good Things Foundation are giving away SIM cards via Lambeth Clapham library for adults (over 18) who need smartphone access or to be able to text for jobseeking etc

Gain employment, move into education or find voluntary opportunities

What can I expect?

Join Lambeth Tour Guide Nikky Catto to meet the Old Vic, Emma Cons and Lilian Baylis and their legacies in Waterloo and across the world.

What did people do with their rubbish before the local Council did the bin collections? They threw it into the nearest river such as the Effra and the Walbrook and of course into the Thames.

Discover the history of electrical and standardised time with a free curator’s tour of the museum and workshop at The Clockworks.

The Clockworks, 6 Nettlefold Place, SE27 0JW