What's in your library

Grays Library open: Tuesday 6 January

Grays Library is open today but please note that due to the cold weather there is no access via the Cromwell Road entrance.  Access is via the main entrance on Orsett Road. Issues with heating are ongoing but have been reported, and we will update accordingly. 

Bookstart for 0 to 5 year olds

Proud to support the National Year of Reading 2026

You can collect a free Bookstart baby pack from your health visitor at your baby's health check between the ages of 6 weeks to 8 weeks.

The baby pack includes:

  • a free board book
  • a rhyme sheet
  • a booklet of tips and ideas for sharing books with children from a very young age

We can provide a range of dual language books suitable for 3 year-olds and 4 year-olds.

If you are a child minder or work in an early years setting, contact Grays library for attention of the Children's Team to ask about:

  • packs suitable for babies and pre-school children with hearing impairment or visual impairment
  • packs for children aged 3 years-old and over with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

No-one is too young to have a library card – go to joining the library.