Libraries have re-opened with rules to help keep you safe – go to coronavirus (COVID-19) safety. As well as ordering and renewing library items online, you can use libraries order and collect to ask our staff to choose items.
Grays Library and Register Office services will be open from Friday 30 July, following a temporary closure of the Thameside Complex due to a nearby gas leak. Cadant Gas services has said they will carry out further maintenance work at a future date, which may mean we have to ask visitors and staff to leave the building for a short time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Coronavirus safety restrictions remain in place for some services, as before – please check individual service notices before visiting.
If you live, work or study in Thurrock you can become a library member at any age.
It's free to join and you don’t need to show any proof of who you are. You can join online and collect your library card when you visit your chosen library.
If you join at your local library there are no forms to fill in, just ask a member of staff to sign you up.
If you are under 16, bring a parent or guardian along with you the first time you visit.
You can use your card to borrow items from any Thurrock or Essex County Council library.
Group membership allows you to borrow books for children or groups of children that you care for.
Group membership is available for:
A group membership form can be picked up from your chosen library.
