Every Thursday from 10.30-12pm at Widnes Library

Every Thursday from 3-5pm at Halton Lea Library, Widnes Library and Ditton Library.

Design. Construct. Create at our new Brilliant Builds weekly sessions.  Magnetic Tiles  K’Nex and other building materials will be available for children to create their own designs and inventions.

Every Monday 10-4.30pm, Widnes Library

Alex Ferguson is our Business & Intellectual Property specialist, and he’s available at Widnes Library every Monday from 10am-4.30pm offering one to one meetings and on the spot business advice for anyone who drops in.

The service is for anyone thinking of starting a new business or growing an existing one. As well as specialist advice, there is access to a range of databases which contain up-to-the-minute local, national, and international market and industry information, completely free of charge.

Currently suspended.

Halton Libraries Chatterbooks meetings will be filled with activities, games and plenty of time to share your love of reading with other children.

Chatterbooks is now running Weekly – Every Monday in Widnes library 4-5pm and Every Thursday in Halton Lea library 4-5pm.

For more information contact Nikki Lamb 0151 511 8323 or nicola.lamb@halton.gov.uk

1st Friday of the month, 11am-3pm, Widnes Library (starting in February)

Free drop in session, free access to Ancestry and help provided by library staff and local enthusiasts.

These free groups meet each month for a friendly chat and a coffee and are an opportunity to share memories of the past. We focus on a different theme each month, using resources from the library including memory boxes, local photos and books.

Halton Lea Library
First Wednesday of the month,11am

Ditton Library
Second Thursday of the month, 2pm

For more information contact:
Halton Lea Library 0151 511 7744
Widnes library 0151 907 8383

Meet other local home ed families.  Fun activities such as Lego, board games, painting and space to play provided at each session.

Free drop in session aimed to help you become more confident taking your first steps in I.T.

• Every Thursday at Halton Lea Library 3.30 – 5.00pm (changing to every Tuesday starting from 20th September)
• Every Tuesday at Widnes Library 3-5pm
• Every Monday at Ditton Library 3-5pm (starting 5th Sept)
• Every Thursday at Runcorn Library 3-5pm (starting 22nd September)
• Children get creative with Lego!
• Free, drop in sessions

Reading Friends chat, share stories and have fun.

Halton Libraries have 2 Reading Friends groups in libraries and one phone group. They meet every fortnight.

Reading Friends brings people together to read, share stories, meet new friends and have fun. We use reading – whether books, magazines, newspapers, or anything else – to start everyone chatting.

The groups are open to everyone and are on the following days

Halton Lea Library every fortnight on Wednesday 11am.

Ditton Library every fortnight on Thursday 3pm

Phone group every fortnight on Wednesday 2.30pm 

For information or to book contact Halton Lea Library 0151 511 7744 or haltonlea.library@halton.gov.uk

Halton Lea Library

• Saturday meets on the first Saturday of every month at 10.30am

Widnes Library

• Tuesday 1 meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 5.45pm
• Tuesday 2 meets on the last Tuesday of every month at 5.45pm
• The Classics group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 5.45pm

Runcorn Library

• Runcorn’s reading group meets on the last Monday of the month 10.30am – 11.30am

We also provide collections of books for reading groups to borrow. These include fiction, classic fiction and non- fiction books. A list of the books available is in the recommended reads section of the booklist.

Reading Group timetable 2022

If you would like to join one of our groups or borrow a collection, please contact Trudy Jones at Halton Lea Library

• Trudy.jones@halton.gov.uk

• Tuesday at Runcorn Library and Ditton Library 11.00-11.45am
• Thursday at Halton Lea Library 11.00-11.45am
• Friday at Widnes Library 11.00-11.45am
• Songs and stories for preschool children.

• Saturdays at Halton Lea and Widnes Libraries, 11-11.45am
• Bring your little ones along to our new Saturday Stories sessions, every Saturday at Halton Lea and Widnes Libraries.

• 3rd Saturday of the month at Widnes Library, 12.00-12.45pm
• New activities each week
• Drop in sessions suitable for children aged 5 – 12 years.

Free, drop in session.