Events

Calling all gamers! Dive into the exciting world of esports at our Esport Youth Club.  Enjoy thrilling gaming sessions, meet fellow enthusiasts, and challenge your friends in a friendly, competitive environment.

Join members of The British Music Hall Society as they share fascinating stories behind some of the items in the society’s archive which recently found a new home at Lambeth Archives.

Women's writing club for those interested in journaling, life writing and memoir.

Doultons were based in north Lambeth and were well-known makers of both pottery and building materials. The speaker, Benedict O’Looney, is a well-known conservation architect. 

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As dancer, teacher and creator of spectacular ballets, Katti Lanner was a well-known figure in the theatrical world of the late nineteenth century but is today almost unknown. A long-term resident of Clapham.

Join London Fire Brigade Museum curators at his drop-in open morning at our 1930s listed Memorial Hall, which commemorates firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

A Clapham resident of 30 years, Jessica Forde is a licensed mudlark, fossil and flint tool searcher. Come and see her finds, and hear stories from her adventures exploring the river banks of London, the wilds of Norfolk, and beyond!

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.

The session starts with 30 minutes of play and socialisation from 10 am.

At 10:30 am library staff will lead with songs and rhymes, especially for babies and toddlers.

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

Join our librarians for songs, stories, and rhyme sessions

Join our librarians for sessions of songs, stories, and rhymes.

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

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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.

Adult book group reading mostly adult fiction, both contemporary and classic, prize-winning authors, fiction in translation and occasionally non-fiction books. All books are selected from the Library’s Reading Group Collection.

Stanley, the celebrated adventurer who located the supposedly lost Dr Livingstone, provides an

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.

Do you enjoy football and want a chance to borrow a good quality football? Lambeth Libraries are excited to have teamed up with the Alive and Kicking Organisation and become an official @weareakuk Football Library!

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.