Upcoming events.
Easter Bunny Craft: Family Session
Learn how to craft your very own paper bunny decoration for Easter and impress your friends and family.
Cost: £5 per participating customer. Aimed at 8+
What’s included: Tutorial, paper, cord, glue, ribbon, and refreshments.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Limited spaces - book your place in the library or email BarHill.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Weyward - Pop-up Book Club at St Neots Library
Image shows the book cover of Weyward by Emilia Hart which is green and depicts plants, flowers, mushrooms and insects with a blackbird in the centre.
Easter Bunny Craft: Adult Session
Learn how to craft your very own paper bunny decoration for Easter and impress your friends and family.
Cost: £5 per participating customer.
What’s included: Tutorial, paper, cord, glue, ribbon, and refreshments.
Limited spaces - book your place in the library or email BarHill.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Atlantic Furies, with author Midge Gillies
Join author Midge Gillies for thrilling tales of pioneer women aviators.
Climate change, Gardening & Us
Private gardens are a nationally important asset that can help enrich biodiversity, and mitigate climate change. Every garden matters—find out how yours can play a part in this talk by Clive Boase, Trustee of the charity Climate Change Gardening.
FREE event. Adults only. Booking is essential.
Ask at Huntingdon Library, email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk, or call 0345 045 5225 to book.
Exploring climate truths through Climate Fiction
How can the climate fiction genre help us imagine our future? Join in a discussion with two climate fiction authors, Emily Buchanan and Guinevere Glasfurd.
Pop-up Chick Easter Craft
Join us for some Easter crafts. Have fun creating your own cheeky chick that pops out of an Easter egg.
Pop-up Chick Easter Craft
Join us for some Easter crafts. Have fun creating your own cheeky chick that pops out of an Easter egg.
Engage @ St Ives Library: The Watermills and Landscape of the River Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire
Join us at St Ives Library as we dive into the history of...
The Watermills and Landscape of the River Great Ouse
The watermills on the Great Ouse were once the most valuable in England. They brought wealth, but also legal disputes, riot and civil disobedience, and left a legacy visible today in the streams and channels criss-crossing the river meadows. There’s so much to explore, so come along and join us!
Please stay for a warm drink and a chat afterwards.
This is a free event, but we kindly ask for a donation to help support future events.
To book your place, please ask at the front desk at St Ives Library, email us at stives.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or phone 0345 045 5225
Engage: Bees in the Garden
Join us for a talk on our native species of bees and pollinators.
Pop-up Chick Easter Craft
Join us for some Easter crafts. Have fun creating your own cheeky chick that pops out of an Easter egg.
Engage: Postcodes!
Join popular speaker Alan Butler for a trip around some of the places and events associated with the 100+ postcodes which make up Britain.
FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only.
Booking required. Ask at Huntingdon Library, please call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Storytime with Belle at St Neots Library
Join Belle the princess for a morning of stories, games and dancing.
Free event, suitable for children aged 3+
Booking essential as places are limited.
Please call into St Neots Library to book your place.
Engage at St Neots Library - Horace Clarabut, photographer
An illustrated talk by Rodney Todman showing some of Mr Clarabut’s photographs of life in St Neots 1900 - 1916.
Free event, donations welcome.
To book your place, email stneots.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or ask at St Neots Library.
Yaxley Countryside Volunteers
Join Reg Bingham as he discusses the history of the local Yaxley Countryside Volunteers group. Discover the wonderful work the group does for our village and potentially get involved!
Mahjong Club at St Neots Library
Mahjong is a fantastic and popular Asian game, which involves strategies, memory and a bit of luck. The basics are very easy to learn. Our experienced club members will be happy to share their knowledge. Come and join us for some fun. Beginners welcome.
Drop-in. Free. Donations welcome.
Accessibility information: St Neots Library is wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible toilet and private baby-changing facilities on site. Blue badge holder parking spaces are available at the car park next to the library. For full details of St Neots Library’s facilities, visit: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/st-neots-library
[Image shows mahjong tiles. Photo credit: Jing Bo Wang on Unsplash. Free photo licence.]
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Face to face with Jasper Fforde at St Neots Library
A rare chance to meet best selling absurdist author Jasper Fforde.
Face to face with Jasper Fforde at Ely Library
A rare opportunity to meet bestselling absurdist author Jasper Fforde.
Spring Mobile Craft
Come and join us in creating a marvellous mobile that will brighten up your room. Just in time for the Spring season!
Pop-up Book Club at St Neots Library - Ali Smith's Public Library & Other Stories
To celebrate World Book Night and the National Year of Reading we'll be discussing Public Library by Ali Smith - a collection of short stories about the power of books, reading and public libraries!
Copies will be available to borrow from the library.
Read the book in advance and come along to discuss it over tea and biscuits in the library. You don't need to have been to any of our previous book discussion meetings, each pop-up book club is a stand-alone session. Everyone welcome!
Accessibility information: St Neots Library is wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible toilet and private baby-changing facilities on site. Blue badge holder parking spaces are available at the car park next to the library. For full details of St Neots Library’s facilities, visit: https://info.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/.../service.page...
[Image description: The front cover of the book Public Library by Ali Smith shows two people reading - a woman in a red shirt and navy hat is sat facing one way and a man in a blue shirt is laying down facing the other way.]
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Community CPR session at St Neots Library
Learn the skills to Save a Life!
Come along to a CPR & Defibrillator Training Session hosted by Magpas Air Ambulance.
Free event, donations welcome.
Book your place in the library or email stneots.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
World Book Night
Wisbech Library invites you to WORLD BOOK NIGHT
Do you struggle to visit the library in our usual opening hours?
Have a look round your local library and celebrate World Book Night with us.
Come in for free refreshments and see what we have to offer.
First 35 customers will receive a free book.
St Neots Library World Book Night Event
St Neots Library are hosting a World Book Night event at the Citizen Hub to celebrate all things books and reading! 2026 is the National Year of Reading and we're on a mission to get more people into the joy of reading for pleasure. Our event will begin at 6pm with a sociable drop-in meet and mingle - come chat to us and others about all things books and reading. Haven't read a book in a while? No problem! We're happy to chat about ways to get back into reading and other services the library offers.
Between 7-8pm we'll take part in the #ReadingHour where you can get cosy in the relaxed atmosphere of the Citizen Hub and settle down to read something yourself, or sit back and be read to! We'll be showcasing one of our Read A Little Aloud sessions which is basically Storytime for adults where we read a selection of excerpts from books, poems and articles on a theme - our theme will of course be books and reading!
Free to attend.
Hedgehog Pinecone Craft
Visit Huntingdon library to make your very own hedgehog. We will be making our hedgehogs out of pine cones, paper and little lollypop sticks. You’ll be able to decorate your hedgehog in colour pens and paper and add googly eyes.
RAF Pathfinders Talk - part 1
Join James Blackwood from RAF Wyton, for a talk about the early days of the RAF’s Bomber Command.
We will be discussing the issues that Bomber Command had with accurate bombing, which leads us onto the formation of No 8 Group Path Finding Force, and the tactics and systems they employed.
Free talk. Adults only. Places for this talk are limited. Advance booking essential.
Please ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Image: Aircrew walking beneath the nose of a Short Stirling aircraft, Waterbeach 1942, Wikimedia Commons
Belinda Bauer: The Impossible Thing
Multi-award-winning crime writer Belinda Bauer will discuss her intriguing historical mystery 'The Impossible Thing'. This is a free event but please book in advance.
The History of Theatre Buildings in Cambridgeshire
From purpose built theatres to former breweries, there's been lots of buildings used for performances in Cambridgeshire. Join our local studies librarian, Mary Burgess, for a fascinating talk about buildings used for performing arts across the county.
Free talk. Adults only. Advance booking essential.
For information please ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Image: Engraving of Huntingdon Literary and Scientific Institute c.1842 (Commemoration Hall )courtesy of Huntingdonshire Archives. Ref: MC3/4/9
Engage: The History of Papworth Village Settlement
Royal Papworth Hospital - now part of the Biomedical Campus in Cambridge - started its history more than a century ago as a Tuberculose sanatorium and village settlement in Papworth Everard.
Join Lalie Constantin, Heritage Officer at Royal Papworth Hospital, to discover the daily life of the inhabitants of this extraordinary village, which was a world unique experiment in the treatment of TB. Come and learn more about the history of the most famous village in Cambridgeshire!
FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only.
Booking required. Ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Image: patient outside a 'TB hut' at Papworth Everard. Courtesy of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cromwell’s Navy - The Naval Revolution 1640- 1680
In the mid-1600s the English navy went from being a small fleet supplemented by merchant vessels to the largest and most powerful navy in the world, a professional navy with proper administration, rules, and training.
Discover how this happened thanks to the influence of a small group of men, many of whom attended Huntingdon Grammar School!
Speaker Stuart Orme, curator of the Cromwell Museum
Free talk. Adults only. Advance booking essential.
For information and booking please ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Mahjong Club at St Neots Library
Mahjong is a fantastic and popular Asian game, which involves strategies, memory and a bit of luck. The basics are very easy to learn. Our experienced club members will be happy to share their knowledge. Come and join us for some fun. Beginners welcome.
Drop-in. Free. Donations welcome.
Accessibility information: St Neots Library is wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible toilet and private baby-changing facilities on site. Blue badge holder parking spaces are available at the car park next to the library. For full details of St Neots Library’s facilities, visit: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/st-neots-library
[Image shows mahjong tiles. Photo credit: Jing Bo Wang on Unsplash. Free photo licence.]
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From Parchment to Pixels
The FSB Scanning Bureau is part of Cambridgeshire Archives and specialises in the digital photography of historical documents.
Photographer Sue Martin and archivist Alan Akeroyd talk about the techniques of document digitisation, the photographic equipment they use and some of the archives which they have digitised over the years.
Free talk. Adults only. Advance booking essential.
Please ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Engage: Bees in the Garden
Join us for a talk on our native species of bees and pollinators.
Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Family History Society Research Session
If you are looking to start tracing your family history and don’t know where to begin, or need some help with an elusive ancestor - come and see our friendly volunteers from the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society.
You never know what you might discover...
FREE Drop-in session. No need to book.
Rainbow Crafts
Come and join us for some summer fun! Create your own sun and rainbow to add some colour to your room.
Starfish Craft
Join us for a morning of under-the-sea crafting where you will make a starfish bead decoration.
Engage: Operation Epsilon
Join author Roger Leivers for a talk which takes you behind the scenes of Farm Hall, Godmanchester, as we ‘listen in’ on the conversations of the 10 German scientists.
From July 1945 to January 1946 they happily occupied the Hall, reading the daily newspapers, listening to the radio, looked after by their own German PoW staff, the best food and wine (and spirits). Even playing ball games in the garden.
All the time their every word was being transcribed across the road by a team of translators.
FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only. Advance booking essential.
Please ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
RAF Pathfinders part 2
Join James Blackwood from RAF Wyton, for Pathfinders talk part 2, which details a typical 24 hrs in Bomber Command - from the operation order being dispatched, the planning, execution and recovery of a bombing operation. James will then discuss two important operations that were lead by the Pathfinders.
Free talk. Adults only. Places for this talk are limited. Advance booking essential.
For information and tickets please ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Image: RAF Bomber Command, Short Stirling and crew of No. 1651 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) at Waterbeach, 1942. , Wikimedia Commons
Mahjong Club at St Neots Library
Mahjong is a fantastic and popular Asian game, which involves strategies, memory and a bit of luck. The basics are very easy to learn. Our experienced club members will be happy to share their knowledge. Come and join us for some fun. Beginners welcome.
Drop-in. Free. Donations welcome.
Accessibility information: St Neots Library is wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible toilet and private baby-changing facilities on site. Blue badge holder parking spaces are available at the car park next to the library. For full details of St Neots Library’s facilities, visit: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory/listings/st-neots-library
[Image shows mahjong tiles. Photo credit: Jing Bo Wang on Unsplash. Free photo licence.]
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Storytime and Craft
Come and celebrate Libraries Week with a special storytime and craft.
Engage: RAF Photographic Reconnaissance
There can be no doubt that photographic reconnaissance was a key contributor to the overall intelligence picture throughout the Second World War. The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words was never more truly demonstrated.
Engage: Cyber Escape Room
Can you crack the case before time runs out?
You’re part of a top cyber investigation team. After taking down a notorious cyber gang, your detective chief inspector has been accused of fabricating the evidence. The gang wants the case dropped – but you know the truth. Solve a series of puzzles in 30 minutes to prove the DCI’s innocence and lock the criminals away for good.
Work in teams of up to 5 people. Fastest Team wins.
Please book in the library or email: BarHill.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Mother's Day Photo Frames
Let your imagination run wild as you decorate your very own MUM photo frame
Mother’s day craft
Join us for a Mother’s day crafting session and make a cute flower card and an adorable personalised ice cream cone for your lovely mums. This craft is for children +4 years. £2 per child Children must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information call 03450455225 or email Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Image shows a mother's day card and card ice cream cone.
Engage: Papworth’s Toad Patrol
Amphibian Migration Season is Starting!
Each spring, thousands of toads and other amphibians cross local village roads on their annual migration journey.
Papworth Everard now has a new Toad Patrol!
Come along to learn more, get involved, and help protect our local wildlife during this important seasonal movement.
Donations welcome. Photograph by Rebecca Neal
Engage: Lost Landscapes of Yaxley
Join Grahame Middleton to explore the Lost landscapes of Yaxley - Village history told through old maps, remnants of forgotten fields and satellite images.
Engage @ St Neots Library Autism & ADHD today: Pathology or Personality
Are autism and ADHD disorders? Or are they part of natural human variation? In this presentation, Dr Kevin Bryant takes a critical look at some of the evidence in an attempt to shed some light on this controversial area.
Free event, donations welcome.
To book your place, email stneots.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk, ring 0345 045 5225 or ask in St Neots Library.
Engage: Woodgreen Pets Charity
Woodgreen are here to help pets and their people.
Come along to discover what they do (it’s a lot more than you might think!), try your hand at a fun pet quiz and discover how everyone can help pets live long and happy lives.
FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only.
Booking required.
Ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, email Huntingdon.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Image: smiling person in Woodgreen Pets Charity t-shirt, holding soft toy dogs. Supplied by Woodgreen Pets Charity.
A Care Together event, creating a greener, fairer and more caring Cambridgeshire.
Engage @ St Ives Library: Women’s Suffrage in Cambridge
Join us at St Ives Library as we dive into the history of women’s rights.
Women’s Suffrage in Cambridge
Discover the history of women’s suffrage and the struggle for the vote in Cambridge and around the county from the 1900s to the present. Hear about how women gained rights to vote, stand for election, and be involved in political debate.
Please stay for a warm drink and a chat afterwards.
This is a free event, but we kindly ask for a donation to help support future events.
To book your place, please ask at the front desk at St Ives Library, email us at stives.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or phone 0345 045 5225
Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects
Discover the fascinating, sometimes gruesome, history of medicine with doctor, author and broadcaster Dr Carol Cooper. Books will be available to purchase.
Tickets £3 from the library or contact BarHill.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Engage at Great Shelford Library: A Shelford Education
A talk by local historian, Helen Harwood
Please prebook a ticket in the library or email cambourne.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Free event. Donations welcomed for refreshments.
Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Happiness Jar Craft
Decorate your own happiness jar and fill it with notes of your happiest moments or things that make you happy.
Engage: Local history - St Ives to Cambridge branch line
Curious About Local History?
Discover the fascinating story of the St Ives to Cambridge Branch Line.
Join us for an engaging talk presented by Longstanton & District History Society.
Running time: 45 minutes followed by refreshments.
Donations welcome.
Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Drawing Workshop with Matty Long
NOW FULLY BOOKED
Join Matty Long - the illustrator and author of the CROAKY series - for a fun and interactive drawing workshop in which you'll learn
how to draw characters from the books step-by-step.
Birdseed Ornaments
Bring nature closer to home!
Join us for a hands-on tutorial where you’ll craft beautiful birdseed ornaments to encourage birds into your outdoor space.
£2 per participating person.
Please note: All children must be accompanied by an adult, the birdseed may contain allergens, and the binding agent contains animal products.
Booking essential via email: BarHill.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
CANCELLED - Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
This event has now been cancelled. There is still space on the Wednesday and Saturday session.
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Choose from 1 of seven different experiences listed below:
Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending - listen to Nicola Benedetti’s stunning performance of this well loved piece.
Wallace and Gromit in the Grand Getaway- step into the world of Wallace and Gromit and join them on a brand new immersive adventure.
Laika - step inside one of the most poignant true stories in history with Laika, the space dog.
David Attenborough, Hold the World - step into the fascinating world of natural history and journey through London’s Natural History Museum, guided by Sir David himself.
Phase Space - relax your body and calm your mind - effortlessly.
Monoliths - enter a world created by three female poets and listen to their lives, through their own words.
1943 Berlin Blitz - listen to the original recording of BBC war correspondent Wynford Vaughan-Thomas and his crew as they fly to the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe.
Virtual Reality (VR) is not suitable for those who suffer from vertigo.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult, and a parental consent form signed.
Booking is necessary as places are limited. Come into Sawtry Library, call 0345 045 5225 or email huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk to book a space.
Amphibian-themed Craft Activity and Toad Patrol Information
Enjoy fun, family-friendly, amphibian crafts and learn about Papworth’s new Toad Patrol.
Meet, Rebecca Neal, from The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire to find out how you can get involved.
Donations welcome. Photograph by Rebecca Neal
Intergenerational Chess Club - St Neots
Please join us for an afternoon of chess.
This relaxed club is suitable for all levels, including complete beginners and seasoned players.
Come along to learn the basics, some new moves from our volunteers or challenge an advanced opponent.
Age 7+ , Adults and children welcome
(All children must be supervised at all times)
Drop in club, advanced booking is not required.
Contact for more information : StNeots.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Free event, donations welcome.
Mindful Collage Animals
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week we will be creating some mindful collage animals.
CANCELLED - Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Happiness Jar Craft
Decorate your own happiness jar and fill it with notes of your happiest moments or things that make you happy.
Atlantic Furies, with author Midge Gillies
Join author Midge Gillies for thrilling tales of pioneer women aviators.
Engage: Cancelled (Cyber Escape Room)
Apologies, this event has been cancelled.
Can you crack the case before time runs out?
You’re part of a top cyber investigation team. After taking down a notorious cyber gang, your detective chief inspector has been accused of fabricating the evidence. The gang wants the case dropped – but you know the truth. Solve a series of puzzles in 30 minutes to prove the DCI’s innocence and lock the criminals away for good.
Work in teams of up to 5 people. Fastest Team wins.
Please book in the library or email: BarHill.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Engage - Buttonhooks - a history@ St Neots Library
Buttonhooks form part of the fabric of our social history now largely forgotten due to the passage of time.
Find out more about these fascinating objects from a local enthusiast and collector.
Free event, donations welcome.
To book your place, email stneots.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or ask at St Neots library.
Digital Spaces - Virtual Reality
Experience the wonders of a virtual world with our virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Orlando - Pop-up Book Club at St Neots Library
We'll be discussing Virginia Woolf's classic novel Orlando for our next book club pick. If you're intimidated by reading Woolf, don't be! This novel is an actual romp, written as a tribute to her friend and lover Vita Sackville West.
Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. He lives for over 300 years and transforms into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman. Orlando witnesses the making of history from its edge, but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart.
Read the book in advance and come along to discuss it over tea and biscuits in the library. You don't need to have been to any of our previous book discussion meetings, each pop-up book club is a stand-alone session. Everyone welcome!
Image description: A front cover of the book showing the figure of Orlando as half man, half woman surrounded by fragments of images including a propeller plane, a wing, oak leaves, a marble statue, a quill, pearls and a book. The name of the author Virginia Woolf and the title Orlando are framed in white.
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