Upminster library

Upminster Library has books, CDs and spoken word available for loan and activities for young and old as well as free internet access and computer classes. Tel: 01708 434933

Opening times

Transport

The library is situated between Saint Lawrence's Church and Upminster Park. Buses 370, 246, 248, 225, 271, 273 and 347 stop close by.

Facilities and activities

• Enquiry service
• Fifteen People's Network computers providing Internet access.
• Online resources; including Ancestry, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Reference, Britannica Online, Infotrac Newspapers, Grove Art and Grove Music.
• Family History books
• Microfiche European Union information
• CDs/Playstation games/spoken word cassettes
• Adult Reading Groups 
• A meeting room available for hire to local groups, organisations and businesses
• Storytimes for the under 5s.
• Children's centre 
• Registrar's : Births (During the period that Langtons House is closed)  
• Cycle racks
• Wheelchair access to all areas 
• Some exhibition space
• other services including Citizen's Advice Bureau (see below)

The Exhibition space is near the front of the library which is used for general displays and promotions by groups such as Age Concern, Havering Association for People with Disabilities and the Volunteer Community Action for Havering.  If there are any groups who would like to use this area, please contact Maria Louca on 01708 434587.

The meeting room is available and can be hired by local groups, organisations and businesses for meetings, events and seminars.   For further information or to make a booking please contact Janice Kirk on 01708 433820 or go to our Exhibition Space page.

We sell green garden sacks and stock free recycling orange sacks.  You can also pick up parking permits and have your freedom pass issued.

Local History in the Dictionary of National Biography
A famous figure from Cranham's past is James Oglethorpe, founder of the American state of Georgia, also William Derham, Rector of St. Laurence Church, Upminster (1689-1735) and scientific pioneer.   You can learn more about these two famous figures and others from Havering in the Dictionary of National Biography.  Click on the pictures of Oglethorpe or Derham (upper right) under See also and log on to the Dictionary of National Biography website with your Havering Libraries card.