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Looking for a fun way to boost your child’s thinking skills? Our Chess Club is perfect for children under 12! Come along every Saturday at 11:30 AM to play an exciting games and a chance to learn new strategies. No experience needed-just bring your curiosity and love for fun!🎟️ Book Now

Celebrate Friendship Day with this fun craft activity that encourages children to explore kindness and friendship. Suitable for Under 12s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Come along for a fun, free play Lego session. Suitable for ages 3-12 years Free, drop in.🎟️ Book Now

Turn a pile of LEGO into a character that lights up and reacts to you! Build a face with glowing eyes, connect the electronics and code your creation to flash, make sounds or respond when shaken. **This workshop is part of the LEGO Build and Code series. Please book your child’s preferred workshop and join […]

Build a LEGO house that comes to life when someone arrives! Add glowing windows, create an aluminium character and code your model so the lights switch on when the figure steps into place. Then experiment with buttons, flashing lights and different ways to control your creation. **This workshop is part of the LEGO Build and […]

Stay behind or join us after Rhyme Time for a craft especially for our under 5s, and make your own colourful paper plate fruit basket, based on the popular children's book 'Handa's Surprise'. Suitable for Under 5s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Celebrate National Play Day with us, with a fun outdoor patio play session. Get ready for bubbles, garden games, seed planting and much more! Suitable for Under 12s Free, just drop in.🎟️ Book Now

Build a LEGO treasure chest with a secret lock you can code! Create a magnetic key, connect a motor and programme the chest to recognise the right key and unlock. Then experiment with digital codes and extra challenges to make your treasure even harder to crack. **This workshop is part of the LEGO Build and […]

Design and build a LEGO robot that moves, lights up and reacts to the world around it! Give it a face, add glowing features or moving arms, then code its personality - make it smile when it finds a magnet, respond when shaken or surprise you with sounds and changing expressions. **This workshop is part […]

Join us for a fun under the sea themed craft to recognise National Marine Week. Suitable for ages 6-12 Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Join us for a fun, family friendly movie night. Grown ups, get ready for some nostalgia! Free, just drop in Suitable for Under 12s🎟️ Book Now

Join us and make your own feline themed bookmarks, purrfect for International Cat Day! Suitable for Under 12s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

This Event is taking place at Valentine's Mansion Come and enjoy a wonderful selection of books and rhymes for under 5's with our brilliant characters in costume. No need to book, just drop in! Second Monday of every month.🎟️ Book Now

Join our Rookie Rescue Programme and learn essential water safety, rescue, and teamwork skills in a fun and supportive environment. With courses for different ages and abilities, participants will build confidence, develop lifesaving knowledge, and enjoy exciting practical challenges both in and around the water. Loxford week 10 August to 14 August 2026 Rescue Squad […]

Join our children's creative writing club where you can have a go at writing your own stories, creating cool characters and having fun along the way! Free. Limited spaces available. Sign up more information!🎟️ Book Now

Stay behind or join us after Rhyme Time for a craft especially for our under 5s, and make your own surprise picture based on the popular children's book 'Dear Zoo'! Suitable for Under 5s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Get ready to turn everyday items into amazing works of art! Using recycled household materials, you'll create a unique picture with themed stencils, colourful textures and creative designs. Discover how reusing and recycling can spark new ideas while making something special to take home. Note: frames are not included. **Led by talented brother-and-sister duo Hafsa […]

Join us for a fun, colourful craft session and design your own unique tote bag to take home! Suitable for ages 4 -12 Booking required🎟️ Book Now

Join us for a fun and colourful craft, and create your own vibrant butterfly collage. Suitable for ages 6-12 years Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Pop on a virtual headset and meet a friendly robot in a colourful world full of surprises! Explore, play and discover how stories can come to life around you. This short virtual reality experience is perfect for curious minds and first-time VR explorers. Drop-in, have a go, and enjoy a little taste of digital storytelling. […]

Join us for a fun, family friendly movie night. Please note: no food is allowed to be consumed in the library. Free, just drop in. Suitable for under 12's and families🎟️ Book Now

This workshop will allow you to use combinations of colours, shades and tones to create images and patterns to please, puzzle, disturb or surprise. Using pre-prepared simple computer code (in Python) you will create and explore visual images of your own. You will also learn a little about Colour Theory and try it out for […]

Join us for a fun paper plate bee craft to celebrate World Honeybee Day! Suitable for Under 12s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Stay behind or join us after Rhyme Time for a craft especially for our under 5s, and make your own colourful caterpillar picture, based on the popular Eric Carle book. Suitable for Under 5s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Join us for a fun and creative Loom Bands & Bracelet Making session! Once complete, you can take your creations home to wear, share with friends, or give as gifts. Suitable for ages 6-12 £2.50 per person, booking required🎟️ Book Now

Join us for a fun and creative session using colourful polymer clay to design and create unique pieces. Suitable for ages 6-12 £3.00 per person, booking required via the link🎟️ Book Now

Join us for a fun and colourful craft, and make your own stunning stained glass design bookmarks. Suitable for 6-12 years Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Discover the art of sacred geometry and its timeless beauty in architecture. You will learn how to use a pair of compasses to draw intricate geometric patterns and explore designs that have inspired structures for centuries. Choose your favourite pattern, transfer it onto a wooden coaster, and bring it to life with vibrant Posca pens. […]

Join us on World Folklore Day for our Koinobori Craft! We will be making paper Koinobori kites (paper fish kites) in honour of a Japanese folklore tradition! Suitable for Under 12s Free, just drop in. First come, first served.🎟️ Book Now

Find out what is really happening when artificial intelligence learns. In this hands-on workshop, you will train an AI to recognise movements such as waving your arms or turning your head, then use those movements to control a snake-style computer game. You will also create an AI that learns how to find its way through […]

Stay behind or join us after Rhyme Time for a craft especially for our under 5s, and make your own bear headband! Suitable for Under 5s Free, just drop in. First come, first served🎟️ Book Now

Can a robot learn to move by itself? In this hands-on workshop, you will build a simple wheeled robot with a movable foot, then teach it how to travel forwards using artificial intelligence. At first, the robot’s movements will be random and not very successful. Through trial and error, feedback and repeated attempts, it will […]

Get creative this summer by joining us to make a 3D lizard out of card in our fun craft session! Suitable for ages 6-12 years Free, just drop in. First come, first served🎟️ Book Now

Get ready for the new term with a fun back-to-school twist on origami! In this creative workshop, you’ll learn how to fold a smart paper school uniform-complete with a boy’s shirt, a girl’s dress! **Led by a talented brother-and-sister origami duo, aged 9 and 10,** this hands-on session is a great way to explore your […]