Chelmsford Library

A lovely library. My children always do the summer reading challenge and find the staff especially infusiastic at this time. They have the self check book machines where you check your own books in and out — the children love this. They also offer toddler morning where you sing and read stories together. Staff helpful and friendly. Toilet in childrens area — you may need to ask member of staff for a key. DVD, CD’s also available for borrowing.

Helpful staff are always at hand in the store offering help to customer queries. The library has a broad range of books available in when not in stock there is a free reservation service where a book can be sent from another library in Essex for free to a library of your choice. I have often used this service and the books are shipped very quickly. The library has a large number of computers available for the public to use, but unfortunately you can only use them for up to an hour each day. I recommend booking these in advance as the bookings fill up a few days in advance. The cd selection is very broad and at small cost they can be borrowed for up to three weeks. Dvds are also much cheaper to borrow here than at other dvd borrowing stores.

I think the main library in Chelmsford is excellent. It has a very good selection of books, audio books, cd’s and dvd’s. I use it all the time.
I also order a lot of items online and if the Chelmsford library does not have a copy of an item then one is sent from another library in Essex at no charge — brilliant.
They did have a coffee shop which I thought was a good idea but it has closed — I guess it did not do enough business.