December adults
Fri
1
Coffee and chat with Yeatmans Funeral Directors
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Sat
2
Meet the author – Alex Stone Southbourne 11am–12.30pm
Julia’s House Christmas coffee morning
Canford Heath 10am–12 noon
Fri
8
Poole Mens’ Sheds coffee and quiz
Oakdale 10.30am–12 noon
Carols in the library West Howe 10.30–11.30am
Tue
12
Make a German bell ornament Hamworthy 10.30–11.30am
Carol singing Creekmoor 5.30–7pm
Fri
22
Christmas quiz and mince pies
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Children under 8 must be accompanied
by an adult
Most of our events are free but please ask at your
local library for booking details
booking required
More details about all these featured events and more
are available from local libraries, their facebook pages
or on the events tab on our website
bcpcouncil.gov.uk/libraries
What’s on in libraries
September to December 2023
bcpcouncil.gov.uk/libraries
Welcome to your library
Our libraries are friendly, welcome spaces in your
local community where you can meet others, take
part in activities, get a warm drink, or spend some
quiet time away from your home.
As well as the events listed here, all libraries have
regular activities for adults such as reading groups,
games clubs, knitting and craft sessions and coffee
get togethers.
Activities for children and families include Wriggle &
Rhyme, Toddler Time, Lego and games clubs, with
lots more during the school holidays.
Ask at your local library for details or check our
website.
Mon
13
Royal Signals Museum coffee morning with Geoff Budden
Boscombe 11am–12.30pm
Tue
14
Exhibition: Happy Snappers photography
Creekmoor until Fri 18
Craft & Chat: Iris folding craft Winton 2–4pm
Thu
16
100 word stories – write your own Southbourne 10–11am
Local history coffee morning Winton 10.30–11.30am
Fri
17
Christmas crafting with Diana Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Fri
24
Talk: All about the museum – Poole Museum on the Move
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Sat
25
Talk: Hilary Shaw - Antarctica and Svalbard
Oakdale 10.30am–12 noon
Mon
27
Setting Sail – Poole Museum on the Move
Creekmoor 2–5pm
Features
Fantasy: Realms of the Imagination
Black History Month
Libraries Week
International Games Month
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Exhibition from the British Library Living Knowledge Network
Kinson 27 Oct – 13 Nov Bournemouth 20 Nov – 20 Dec
Christchurch 1 – 29 Jan
Broadstone 5 – 25 Feb
Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds
of fantasy. Gather your fellow adventurers and step through your
library’s portal into the realms of fantasy as it has never been
chronicled before. Who knows where your journey will lead…
Fri 27 Oct launch event, Kinson
Wed 6 Dec Fantasy reading group Bournemouth 5.30–6.30pm
Coming soon - live streams with Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman
and other fantasy writers
Interested in Dungeons & Dragons?
Ask for details of new sessions
October adults
Black History Month Displays in all libraries
Exhibition: Black GIs in Dorset During WWII Poole until 31 Oct
Mon 2 to Sat 7
Banned Books Week quiz and display Boscombe
Exhibition:
Antarctica and Svalbard Hilary Shaw’s photographs,
blogs and maps Oakdale Mon 2 Oct to 29 Nov
September adults
Thu
7
Drop in to meet your Police Community Support Ofcer
Parkstone 11am–12 noon
Talk: Mike Andrews -
The lost buildings of Christchurch
Christchurch 2.30–4pm
Tea and memories with Abbeyeld Winton 2.30–4pm
Fri
8
How Read Easy UK are helping adults learn to read
Boscombe 10am–12 noon drop in
Talk:
Southbourne Local Heritage with Alex McKinstry
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tea and Memories Café Oakdale 2–3.30pm
Sat
9
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Branksome during opening hours until Sep 23
Thu
14
Macmillan Coffee morning and quiz
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tue
19
University Hospital Dorset drop in
Oakdale 2.30–4pm
Thu
21
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Charminster 11am–12 noon
Fri
22
Make a Flower Posy with Diana Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Wed
27
Talk and photos: Mike Read - The Wildlife of France
Highcliffe 2.30–4pm
Thu
28
Macmillan coffee morning
Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Fri
29
Macmillan coffee morning
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Tue
10
Craft, chat and a cuppa
Winton 2–4pm
Wed
11
Talk: Christchurch and Highcliffe in the 50s, 60s and 70s
with local historian and photographer John Lewis
Highcliffe 2–3.30pm
Fri
13
Talk: Lifeline Emergency Contact System
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Get Online Week Special sessions with our tech buddies
Mon 16 & Tue 17 Kinson 2–3pm Tue 17 Southbourne 4.30–5.30pm
Wed 18
Broadstone 2–4pm Thu 19 Boscombe 9.30am–5pm
Thu
19
Local History Coffee Morning Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Talk:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times:
The Charles Dickens Story
with Brian and Jacqueline Sutton
Christchurch 2–3.30pm
Fri
20
Talk: The War of the Roses – a horrible history by John Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Julia’s House books and bakes sale
Westbourne 10am–12 noon
National Libraries Week 2–7 October
Celebrating all that’s great and green about your local library.
Lots more to come, ask in your library for details.
Make your own bird feeder
Southbourne
Life Stories in Libraries: A Human Library Boscombe
Tue 3 Coffee morning and quiz Charminster 10.30am–12 noon
Thu 5 Dorset Family History Society Westbourne 10am–2pm
Celebrating Poetry Day Southbourne 10–11am
Card making for adults Charminster 10am–12 noon £3
Sat
7
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Broadstone until 20
November adults
November is Movember – changing the face of men’s health
Look out for moustaches in libraries!
Wed
1
Remembrance display with handmade poppies
Broadstone until Thu 16
Tue
7
Writing competition workshop
Springbourne 5–6pm
Fri
10
CAN Community Action Network volunteer pop up
Parkstone 10am–12 noon
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Exhibition from the British Library Living Knowledge Network
Kinson 27 Oct – 13 Nov Bournemouth 20 Nov – 20 Dec
Christchurch 1 – 29 Jan Broadstone 5 – 25 Feb
Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds
of fantasy. Gather your fellow adventurers and step through your
library’s portal into the realms of fantasy as it has never been
chronicled before. Who knows where your journey will lead…
Fri 27 Oct launch event, Kinson
Wed 6 Dec Fantasy reading group Bournemouth 5.30–6.30pm
Coming soon - live streams with Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman
and other fantasy writers
Interested in Dungeons & Dragons?
Ask for details of new sessions
October adults
Black History Month Displays in all libraries
Exhibition: Black GIs in Dorset During WWII Poole until 31 Oct
Mon 2 to Sat 7 Banned Books Week quiz and display Boscombe
Exhibition: Antarctica and Svalbard Hilary Shaw’s photographs,
blogs and maps Oakdale Mon 2 Oct to 29 Nov
Tue
Fri 20
Sat 21
Mon 23
Tue 24
Wed 25
Thu 26
Fri 27
Sat 28
Tue 31
September adults
Thu
7
Drop in to meet your Police Community Support Ofcer
Parkstone 11am–12 noon
Talk: Mike Andrews - The lost buildings of Christchurch
Christchurch 2.30–4pm
Tea and memories with Abbeyeld Winton 2.30–4pm
Fri
8
How Read Easy UK are helping adults learn to read
Boscombe 10am–12 noon drop in
Talk: Southbourne Local Heritage with Alex McKinstry
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tea and Memories Café Oakdale 2–3.30pm
Sat
9
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Branksome during opening hours until Sep 23
Thu
14
Macmillan Coffee morning and quiz
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tue
19
University Hospital Dorset drop in
Oakdale 2.30–4pm
fold in A5 but needed for Brit lib and nat libararies
week as no space on big sheet?
Thu
21
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Charminster 11am–12 noon
Fri
22
Make a Flower Posy with Diana Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Wed
27
Talk and photos: Mike Read - The Wildlife of France
Highcliffe 2.30–4pm
Thu
28
Macmillan coffee morning
Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Fri
29
Macmillan coffee morning
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Tue
10
Craft, chat and a cuppa
Winton 2–4pm
Wed
11
Talk: Christchurch and Highcliffe in the 50s, 60s and 70s
with local historian and photographer John Lewis
Highcliffe 2–3.30pm
Fri
13
Talk: Lifeline Emergency Contact System
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Get Online Week Special sessions with our tech buddies
Mon 16 & Tue 17 Kinson 2–3pm Tue 17
Southbourne 4.30–5.30pm
Wed 18
Broadstone 2–4pm Thu 19 Boscombe 9.30am–5pm
Thu
19
Local History Coffee Morning Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Talk: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times:
The Charles Dickens Story with Brian and Jacqueline Sutton
Christchurch 2–3.30pm
Fri
20
Talk: The War of the Roses – a horrible history by John Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Julia’s House books and bakes sale
Westbourne 10am–12 noon
National Libraries Week 2–7 October
Celebrating all that’s great and green about your local library.
Lots more to come, ask in your library for details.
Make your own bird feeder Southbourne
Life Stories in Libraries: A Human Library Boscombe
Tue 3
Coffee morning and quiz Charminster 10.30am–12 noon
Thu 5 Dorset Family History Society Westbourne 10am–2pm
Celebrating Poetry Day Southbourne 10–11am
Card making for adults Charminster 10am–12 noon £3
November adults
November is Movember – changing the face of men’s health
Look out for moustaches in libraries!
Wed
1
Remembrance display with handmade poppies
Broadstone until Thu 16
Tue
7
Writing competition workshop
Springbourne 5–6pm
Fri
10
CAN Community Action Network volunteer pop up
Parkstone 10am–12 noon
Sat
7
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Broadstone until 20
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Exhibition from the British Library Living Knowledge Network
Kinson 27 Oct – 13 Nov Bournemouth 20 Nov – 20 Dec
Christchurch 1 – 29 Jan Broadstone 5 – 25 Feb
Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds
of fantasy. Gather your fellow adventurers and step through your
library’s portal into the realms of fantasy as it has never been
chronicled before. Who knows where your journey will lead…
Fri 27 Oct launch event, Kinson
Wed 6 Dec Fantasy reading group Bournemouth 5.30–6.30pm
Coming soon - live streams with Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman
and other fantasy writers
Interested in Dungeons & Dragons?
Ask for details of new sessions
October adults
Black History Month Displays in all libraries
Exhibition: Black GIs in Dorset During WWII Poole until 31 Oct
Mon 2 to Sat 7
Banned Books Week quiz and display Boscombe
Exhibition:
Antarctica and Svalbard Hilary Shaw’s photographs,
blogs and maps
Oakdale Mon 2 Oct to 29 Nov
Tue
Fri 20
Sat 21
Mon 23
Tue 24
Wed 25
Thu 26
Fri 27
Sat 28
Tue 31
September adults
Thu
7
Drop in to meet your Police Community Support Ofcer
Parkstone 11am–12 noon
Talk: Mike Andrews -
The lost buildings of Christchurch
Christchurch 2.30–4pm
Tea and memories with Abbeyeld Winton 2.30–4pm
Fri
8
How Read Easy UK are helping adults learn to read
Boscombe 10am–12 noon drop in
Talk:
Southbourne Local Heritage with Alex McKinstry
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tea and Memories Café Oakdale 2–3.30pm
Sat
9
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Branksome during opening hours until Sep 23
Thu
14
Macmillan Coffee morning and quiz
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tue
19
University Hospital Dorset drop in
Oakdale 2.30–4pm
fold in A5 but needed for Brit lib and nat libararies
week as no space on big sheet?
Thu
21
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Charminster 11am–12 noon
Fri
22
Make a Flower Posy with Diana Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Wed
27
Talk and photos: Mike Read - The Wildlife of France
Highcliffe 2.30–4pm
Thu
28
Macmillan coffee morning
Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Fri
29
Macmillan coffee morning
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Tue
10
Craft, chat and a cuppa
Winton 2–4pm
Wed
11
Talk: Christchurch and Highcliffe in the 50s, 60s and 70s
with local historian and photographer John Lewis
Highcliffe 2–3.30pm
Fri
13
Talk: Lifeline Emergency Contact System
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Get Online Week Special sessions with our tech buddies
Mon 16 & Tue 17 Kinson 2–3pm Tue 17
Southbourne 4.30–5.30pm
Wed 18
Broadstone 2–4pm Thu 19 Boscombe 9.30am–5pm
Thu
19
Local History Coffee Morning Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Talk:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times:
The Charles Dickens Story
with Brian and Jacqueline Sutton
Christchurch 2–3.30pm
Fri
20
Talk: The War of the Roses – a horrible history by John Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Julia’s House books and bakes sale
Westbourne 10am–12 noon
National Libraries Week 2–7 October
Celebrating all that’s great and green about your local library.
Lots more to come, ask in your library for details.
Make your own bird feeder
Southbourne
Life Stories in Libraries: A Human Library Boscombe
Tue 3
Coffee morning and quiz Charminster 10.30am–12 noon
Thu 5 Dorset Family History Society
Westbourne 10am–2pm
Celebrating Poetry Day
Southbourne 10–11am
Card making for adults
Charminster 10am–12 noon £3
November adults
November is Movember – changing the face of men’s health
Look out for moustaches in libraries!
Wed
1
Remembrance display with handmade poppies
Broadstone until Thu 16
Tue
7
Writing competition workshop
Springbourne 5–6pm
Fri
10
CAN Community Action Network volunteer pop up
Parkstone 10am–12 noon
Sat
7
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Broadstone until 20
December adults
Fri
1
Coffee and chat with Yeatmans Funeral Directors
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Sat
2
Meet the author – Alex Stone Southbourne 11am–12.30pm
Julia’s House Christmas coffee morning
Canford Heath 10am–12 noon
Fri
8
Poole Mens’ Sheds coffee and quiz
Oakdale 10.30am–12 noon
Carols in the library West Howe 10.30–11.30am
Tue
12
Make a German bell ornament Hamworthy 10.30–11.30am
Carol singing Creekmoor 5.30–7pm
Fri
22
Christmas quiz and mince pies
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Children under 8 must be accompanied
by an adult
Most of our events are free but please ask at your
local library for booking details
booking required
More details about all these featured events and more
are available from local libraries, their facebook pages
or on the events tab on our website
bcpcouncil.gov.uk/libraries
What’s on in libraries
September to December 2023
bcpcouncil.gov.uk/libraries
Welcome to your library
Our libraries are friendly, welcome spaces in your
local community where you can meet others, take
part in activities, get a warm drink, or spend some
quiet time away from your home.
As well as the events listed here, all libraries have
regular activities for adults such as reading groups,
games clubs, knitting and craft sessions and coffee
get togethers.
Activities for children and families include Wriggle &
Rhyme, Toddler Time, Lego and games clubs, with
lots more during the school holidays.
Ask at your local library for details or check our
website.
Mon
13
Royal Signals Museum coffee morning with Geoff Budden
Boscombe 11am–12.30pm
Tue
14
Exhibition: Happy Snappers photography
Creekmoor until Fri 18
Craft & Chat: Iris folding craft Winton 2–4pm
Thu
16
100 word stories – write your own Southbourne 10–11am
Local history coffee morning Winton 10.30–11.30am
Fri
17
Christmas crafting with Diana Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Fri
24
Talk: All about the museum – Poole Museum on the Move
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Sat
25
Talk: Hilary Shaw - Antarctica and Svalbard
Oakdale 10.30am–12 noon
Mon
27
Setting Sail – Poole Museum on the Move
Creekmoor 2–5pm
Features
Fantasy: Realms of the Imagination
Black History Month
Libraries Week
International Games Month
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Exhibition from the British Library Living Knowledge Network
Kinson 27 Oct – 13 Nov Bournemouth 20 Nov – 20 Dec
Christchurch 1 – 29 Jan Broadstone 5 – 25 Feb
Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds
of fantasy. Gather your fellow adventurers and step through your
library’s portal into the realms of fantasy as it has never been
chronicled before. Who knows where your journey will lead…
Fri 27 Oct launch event, Kinson
Wed 6 Dec Fantasy reading group Bournemouth 5.30–6.30pm
Coming soon - live streams with Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman
and other fantasy writers
Interested in Dungeons & Dragons?
Ask for details of new sessions
October adults
Black History Month Displays in all libraries
Exhibition: Black GIs in Dorset During WWII Poole until 31 Oct
Mon 2 to Sat 7 Banned Books Week quiz and display Boscombe
Exhibition:
Antarctica and Svalbard Hilary Shaw’s photographs,
blogs and maps
Oakdale Mon 2 Oct to 29 Nov
September adults
Thu
7
Drop in to meet your Police Community Support Ofcer
Parkstone 11am–12 noon
Talk: Mike Andrews -
The lost buildings of Christchurch
Christchurch 2.30–4pm
Tea and memories with Abbeyeld Winton 2.30–4pm
Fri
8
How Read Easy UK are helping adults learn to read
Boscombe 10am–12 noon drop in
Talk:
Southbourne Local Heritage with Alex McKinstry
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tea and Memories Café Oakdale 2–3.30pm
Sat
9
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Branksome during opening hours until Sep 23
Thu
14
Macmillan Coffee morning and quiz
Southbourne 10.30–11.30am
Tue
19
University Hospital Dorset drop in
Oakdale 2.30–4pm
Thu
21
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Charminster 11am–12 noon
Fri
22
Make a Flower Posy with Diana Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Wed
27
Talk and photos: Mike Read - The Wildlife of France
Highcliffe 2.30–4pm
Thu
28
Macmillan coffee morning
Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Fri
29
Macmillan coffee morning
Parkstone 10.30am–12 noon
Tue
10
Craft, chat and a cuppa
Winton 2–4pm
Wed
11
Talk: Christchurch and Highcliffe in the 50s, 60s and 70s
with local historian and photographer John Lewis
Highcliffe 2–3.30pm
Fri
13
Talk: Lifeline Emergency Contact System
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Get Online Week Special sessions with our tech buddies
Mon 16 & Tue 17 Kinson 2–3pm Tue 17
Southbourne 4.30–5.30pm
Wed 18
Broadstone 2–4pm Thu 19 Boscombe 9.30am–5pm
Thu
19
Local History Coffee Morning Winton 10.30am–12 noon
Talk:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times:
The Charles Dickens Story
with Brian and Jacqueline Sutton
Christchurch 2–3.30pm
Fri
20
Talk: The War of the Roses – a horrible history by John Butler
Creekmoor 10.30am–12 noon
Julia’s House books and bakes sale
Westbourne 10am–12 noon
National Libraries Week 2–7 October
Celebrating all that’s great and green about your local library.
Lots more to come, ask in your library for details.
Make your own bird feeder
Southbourne
Life Stories in Libraries: A Human Library Boscombe
Tue 3
Coffee morning and quiz Charminster 10.30am–12 noon
Thu 5 Dorset Family History Society
Westbourne 10am–2pm
Celebrating Poetry Day
Southbourne 10–11am
Card making for adults
Charminster 10am–12 noon £3
Sat
7
Exhibition: Happy Snappers Photography
Broadstone until 20
November adults
November is Movember – changing the face of men’s health
Look out for moustaches in libraries!
Wed
1
Remembrance display with handmade poppies
Broadstone until Thu 16
Tue
7
Writing competition workshop
Springbourne 5–6pm
Fri
10
CAN Community Action Network volunteer pop up
Parkstone 10am–12 noon
November
International Games Month
Boscombe Drop-in for board games, Lego/Duplo and the Marble Run
Broadstone Join in with a game at the library and meet new people
Rummikub Club Mondays 2–4pm
Chess Club Wednesdays 10–12 noon
Parkstone Tuesday Night Games Nights
7, 14, 21 & 28 Nov 3.30–6.30pm
Sat 4 Children’s Games Canford Heath 10am–12 noon
Tue 7 Adults’ board & card games Creekmoor 5.30–7pm
Games are on! West Howe 5–6pm
Mon 13 Adult Games Afternoon Canford Heath 2–4pm
Sat 18 Giant Games Christchurch 11am–12 noon
Sat 25 Children’s Giant Games Connect 4, Jenga, Snakes & Ladders
Southbourne 9.30am–1pm
Indoor Kurling Christchurch 11am–12 noon
Fri
10
Festival of Lights - Diwali lantern craft
Castlepoint, opening hours
Sat
11
Poppy making
Rossmore 10–11.30am
World Nursery Rhyme Week Mon 13 – Fri 17
Nursery rhymes all week in our libraries
Join our Wriggle & Rhyme sessions for babies up to 18 months,
and Toddler Times for 18 months +
Thu
23
Doctor Who 60th Anniversary display, activity sheets and quiz
Boscombe
December
Sat
2
Christmas Fair – table-top sales, games and more!
Springbourne 9.45am–12.30pm
October
Fun Palaces
Everyone an artist,
everyone a scientist
www.funpalaces.co.uk
Fri 6
Castle Craft Poole 3.30–4.30pm
Fri 6 – Sat 7
Create an autumn tree collage in the library Boscombe
Create a community display for the library Bournemouth
Sat 7 All the arts, crafts and science you can cram into 2 hours
for free! Christchurch 10am–12 noon
Tue
10
Mental Health Day Special Toddler Time
Southbourne 10.15–10.45am
Harry Potter Book Day
Sat 7 Design a sock for Dobby competition and picture trail
Parkstone until Sat 14
Tue 10 Harry Potter Fun Day activities West Howe 5–6pm
Games Night Parkstone 4 6.30pm
Thu 12 Magical crafts, quizzes and colouring drop in Kinson
Spell book decorating Highcliffe 3–6.30pm
Fantastic Beasts treasure hunt and craft Castlepoint
Fri 13 Games and crafts Charminster 5–6.30pm Ages 8+
Thu
12
Screening: Literature Matters Young Rebels
with Malorie Blackman
Poole 4–5.30pm
Join our Teen Book Club talk about Noughts & Crosses by
Malorie Blackman. Books available from Poole in September.
Sat
21
Exhibition: Summer Reading Challenge design a mascot
competition Bournemouth until 18 Nov
Half term 21 – 28 October
All week, during opening hours
Boscombe Spooky craft
Bournemouth Cats, hats & bats
Castlepoint Design your own monster competition
Creekmoor Spider crafts and hunt
Hamworthy Drop in Halloween crafts 10.30–11.30am
Highcliffe Halloween half term
Kinson Gargoyles craft
Southbourne Spooky Skeleton children’s craft and hunt
Westbourne Pirates’ treasure hunt
Winton Black cats
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Sat 21 Family Learning Festival with the Microscopic Club
Oakdale 11am–12.30pm
Mon
23
Dog’s Trust Safety Talk
Charminster 10.30–11.30am Ages 6+
Junk Model Monster Making
Highcliffe 10am–6.30pm Ages 5+
Tue
24
Secret Agents with the Royal Signals Museum
Tuckton 11am–12 noon
Send and receive messages and codes
Harbour life - Poole Museum on the Move
Oakdale 10–11am Ages 3-8
Exploring archaeological nds from the Iron Age.
Spooky crafts West Howe 3.30–4.30pm
Drop in Halloween Crafts Canford Heath 2–4pm Ages 4-11
Wed
25
Creepy Crafts Poole 10.30–11.30am
Harbour Life - Poole Museum on the Move
Branksome 10.30–11.30am Ages 3-8
What is Poole famous for? Hands on activities and games.
Thu
26
Halloween crafts
Ensbury Park 10.30–11.30am Canford Heath 2–4pm
Dog safety with the Dogs’ Trust
Winton 10.30–11.30am Ages 5-10
You Won’t Be-Leaf What You Can Make!
Broadstone 10.30–11.30am Ages 4-11
Fri
27
Bat crafts and stories with Upton Country Park
Oakdale 10–11am Under 11s
Special Spooky Toddler Time and dress up
Highcliffe 11–11.30am
Make a coffee jar tealight lantern
Parkstone 10.30am–12.30pm
Christmas
Christmas themed Wriggle & Rhyme and Toddler Times
in all our libraries from Mon 11 December. Look online for times for
your local library.
Christmas Treasure Hunts at Boscombe, Bournemouth, Castlepoint,
Christchurch, Highcliffe, Southbourne, Winton
Drop-in crafts at Boscombe, Canford Heath, Castlepoint, Creekmoor,
Ensbury Park, Hamworthy, Highcliffe, Kinson, Poole, Southbourne,
Tuckton, Westbourne
Fri
15
Christmas crafts, cards and decorations
Rossmore 3–4pm
Sat
16
Christmas Creation Station Christchurch until Sat 23
Family Christmas Fun Charminster 10am–12 noon
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas craft
Canford Heath 10.30–11.30am drop in
Mon
18
Make a countdown to Christmas clock
Broadstone 10.30–11.30am
Wed
20
Christmas decoration making
Poole 10.30–11.30am
Thu
21
Children’s Christmas craft
Ensbury Park 10.30–11.30am
September
Read A New Book Month: Rainbow Lucky Dip Christchurch
Sat
2
Oakdale Library Gardens 10th Anniversary 10am–12.30pm
Celebrate with refreshments, plant sales and stalls
Tue
5
Junior chess skills - learn with an expert
West Howe 4–5pm, every Tuesday in termtime
Fri
8
Literacy Day storytime
Canford Heath 11–11.30am
Sat
9
West Howe Community Day with Arts by the Sea
West Howe Crafts and storytime at 11am
Tue
12
Bake Off and Summer Reading Challenge Celebration
Ensbury Park 4–5pm
Roald Dahl Day Mon 11 – Fri 15
Drop in at:
Canford Heath Display and take-away activities
Charminster Charlie & the Chocolate Factory crafts
Creekmoor A celebration of Roald Dahl stories
Kinson Children’s Roald Dahl Craft
Rossmore Treasure hunt and quizzes
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Sat 9 Roald Dahl Quiz Charminster 10.30am–12 noon Ages 7+
Wed 13 Roald Dahl toddlertime Branksome 10–10.30am
Roald Dahl crafts Oakdale 3.30–5pm
Dream Jars Boscombe 3.30–4.30pm
Treasure hunt Broadstone all day
Thu 14 Roald Dahl toddlertime Ensbury Park 11.30–12 noon
Sat 16 Roald Dahl crafts Poole 10.30–11.30am
Craft, hunt and wear yellow Southbourne 9.30am–1pm
Tue
19
Pirate Storytime
Highcliffe 10–10.30am
Thu
21
Learn to Code Together – children and their grown-ups
Springbourne 3.45–4.45pm Ages 8-12
Lego Club
Charminster 4–4.45pm
Sat
23
Talk: The Magical Presents series with Catherine Sabatina
Boscombe 10.30–11.30am Ages 7-10
Chess for Beginners Winton 11.30am–12.30pm
Coaching for ages 7-11, every Saturday
Sat
30
Fears & Foes - Poole Museum on the Move
Boscombe 10.30–11.30am Ages 4+
Become an explorer and go on a sea voyage in the library!
Sat
28
Secret Codes with the Royal Signals Museum
Boscombe 10–11.30am
Make your own secret code device to send and receive
morse code
Tue
31
Firework Craft Hamworthy 3–4pm
Spooky crafts Rossmore 3–4pm
Halloween Tea Parkstone 3.30–6.30pm
Craft Spooktacular Springbourne 5–6.30pm
For children
and families
booking required
