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Librarian View, Reading Challenges & exhibitions

A wonderful library part of many of our community libraries. I've worked previously in library services both as an online ambassador in another role in life and also as a volunteer both as a library o...

Inviting public space

Friendly and helpful staff a very well laid out public space. A great library with plenty of space to read/study and computer screens for public access. Meeting rooms are ideal for group training an...

Not very user friendly

It's a large library yet the bottom shelves are at floor level, making it impossible to read the authors/titles on the bottom two shelves. Ridiculous! The previous (old) library in Victoria Avenue was...

More than a library

This is a pleasant building, but I would like to point out that Southend On Sea is in Essex not Kent, which is where it is shown as on here.

Better than my local library

I use libraries all over the country to access my e-mails when away from home and I found this one well-appointed and the staff very helpful and pleasantly-mannered.