New opening hours for Wood Street library from Monday 23 January 2012

  • Monday, 10am-6pm
  • Tuesday, 10am-6pm
  • Wednesday, Closed
  • Thursday, Closed
  • Friday, 10am-6pm
  • Saturday, 10am-4pm
  • Sunday, Closed

Address and contact details

Forest Road
Walthamstow  E17 4AA

Tel 020 8496 1156 (voice and minicom)
Fax 020 8496 1155
Email wf.libs@walthamforest.gov.uk
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Regular activities

Monday

  • Internet short courses, 10am-12noon
    Simon Education are offering short, two-hour online/Internet sessions designed to help you email and search online, use the Internet safely and access public services. For more information and to book a place, please contact Rachel Boothby on 020 8496 1156 or email rachel.boothby@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Silver Surfers computer training, 11am-12noon
    Volunteer-led supported sessions for absolute beginners aged 60 or over who want to learn how to use a computer and get on the internet. For more information and to book a place, please contact Rachel Boothby on 020 8496 1156 or email rachel.boothby@walthamforest.gov.uk
  • Reading Group meets on the third Monday in the month, 2pm-3pm.
    For more information and to book a place, please contact Rachel Boothby on 020 8496 1156 or email rachel.boothby@walthamforest.gov.uk

Tuesday

  • Storytime for under 5s, 10am-10.30 am
    For more information contact Wood Street Library on 020 8496 1156

Friday

  • Rhyme Time with Aislinn (Speech and Language Therapist)
    11.30am-12.30pm
    Share songs and rhymes, help your child to learn new words, and ask questions about learning to talk. For more information, please contact Aislinn on 020 8509 4375 or email aislinndunne@nhs.net
  • Storytime for under 5s with Peter, 2.30pm-3pm.

Saturday

  • Councillors' Surgery, Every Saturday (except Bank Holidays), 10am-11am
  • Wood Street Education and Learning Library Project (WELL), 10am-1pm
    Saturday School for pupils aged 7-11 (KS2) run by the African Caribbean Women's Development Centre (ACWDC). Qualified, CRB checked staff offer help with English, Maths and Science. For further information, please phone ACWDC on 020 8556 4053, text 07941 769 234 or email admin@africaribwdc.org.uk

Stock and services

Wood Street Library offers a wide range of books, CDs, DVDs and Internet access. Services include:

  • Adult fiction, non-fiction and large print stock
  • Books in community languages
  • Selection of newspapers, magazines and journals
  • Children's section with a wide variety of stock - board books, picture books, stories, information books and books in dual text
  • Children's story cassettes and CDs
  • Teenage section
  • Audio library with tapes and CDs for hire including language courses
  • Computer use including FREE Internet access and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint)
  • Photocopy services
  • Councillors surgeries (call for further details)

Services include: