Events

A sociable adult knitting and crochet group. Bring your own knitting/crocheting or use needles, hooks, wool and knitting patterns provided by the group. Help is on hand for any knitting/crocheting queries.

Join our librarians for songs, stories, and rhyme sessions.

After the creation of the London Borough of Lambeth in 1965, Lambeth’s new Department of Architecture and Planning, led by Ted Hollamby, went on to design some unusually diverse and distinctive council housing across the borough.

Vauxhall and Kennington have long thrived with artistic energy—from grand paintings and sculptures at the Pleasure Gardens to the pioneering Lambeth School of Art under John Sparkes. Today, creativity still flourishes here. 

Behind the scenes tour of the Lambeth Palace Library building, including visits to the Collections Care Studio and the 8th floor terrace for amazing views.

Do you know where you come from? East Surrey Family History Society can help you start your journey to find more about your black heritage or unknown family members or any Lambeth ancestors.

After the creation of the London Borough of Lambeth in 1965, Lambeth’s new Department of Architecture and Planning, led by Ted Hollamby, went on to design some unusually diverse and distinctive council housing across the borough.

Join us on Saturday mornings for play, stories, songs and rhyme. Playtime is from 9.30am and the songs and stories begin at 10am

Join our librarians for songs, stories and rhyme for the under 5s

There are commemorations of 70 service personnel and over 160 civilian fatal casualties from the Second World War at WNC.

Local crime fiction writer and Chair of the Clapham Book Festival, Julie Anderson, will lead this two hour walk around Clapham Common discussing the famous writers who have lived in Clapham and their works from the seventeenth century onwards.

Enjoy some of Kennington and Vauxhall’s green spaces, and discover the fascinating stories of how they have come into being on this 90 minute walk.

(2 for1 early bird offer)

Booking essential

A chess club for all ages and abilities. Chess boards and pieces provided.  

Drop in on short tours of Brixton’s historic windmill running across the weekend.

No booking but you may need to queue. Cafe, exhibition, Windmill shop, toilets.

Use flour from the mill to build a collective three dimensional cross section of Brixton Windmill. Explore the architecture of Brixton Windmill as part of Heritage Open Days Festival.

Drop in workshops suitable for all ages.

Congratulations, Explorers! You've completed your Summer Explorer Reading Adventure. Now it's time to celebrate your amazing achievement with a fun party and collect your well-earned medals and certificates! Well done

There are commemorations of over 600 service personnel fatal casualties from the First World War at WNC.

This 90-minute walk shows how shopping grew from nothing to make Brixton South London’s biggest shopping centre by the 1920s. The development of shopping was one of the key elements in the development of Brixton and a vital part of its history.

Congratulations, Explorers! You've completed your Summer Explorer Reading Adventure. Now it's time to celebrate your amazing achievement with a fun party and collect your well-earned medals and certificates!  Well done 

Congratulations, Explorers! You've completed your Summer Explorer Reading Adventure. Now it's time to celebrate your amazing achievement with a fun party and collect your well-earned medals and certificates!  Well done