Library events
Find an event near you
We have a whole host of events running at our libraries across the Wakefield district. Find the latest events happening at your local library.
For more information and to book on WordFest events please visit experiencewakefield.co.uk/event/wordfest/
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Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
4 Jul 2024
Storytime
Horbury Library
4 Jul 2024
Come along and join in the fun! No booking is required.
Knit and natter Hemsworth Library
Hemsworth Library
4 Jul 2024
Games afternoon
Featherstone Library
4 Jul 2024
Knit and natter Normanton Library
Normanton Library
4 Jul 2024
Scrabble group
Wakefield One Library and Museum
4 Jul 2024
Code Club
Normanton Library
4 Jul 2024
Code Club Wakefield Library
Wakefield One Library and Museum
4 Jul 2024
Castleford Butterflies
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
4 Jul 2024
Stories and Rhymes for the Under 5’s. Booking is essential.
Storytime
Featherstone Library
4 Jul 2024
Story and Rhyme time with a craft activity
Free event
aimed at under 5’s.
Coffee morning
Stanley Library
4 Jul 2024
Weekly Coffee Morning
Hemsworth Library
4 Jul 2024
Join us at our weekly coffee morning. With different activities to take part in from crosswords to dominoes, crafts to bingo, you can keep your mind active with a cup of coffee and a friendly chat.
Knit & Natter at Horbury Library
Horbury Library
4 Jul 2024
Come along, meet new friends and have a go! Bring your own knitting.
Fun, friendly group. All ages welcome.
Story Time
Featherstone Library
4 Jul 2024
Story and Rhyme time with a craft activity,
Come along meet new friends.
BUILD club
Stanley Library
4 Jul 2024
Join our fun-filled building group at Stanley Library. Create anything you want using our wide selection of engineering toys and games. LEGO, K’nex, marble runs, building straws, magnets and more… The possibilities are endless at BUILD Club!
The Game Club
Stanley Library
4 Jul 2024
Join us at Stanley Library for our relaxed games club. Have a game of chess or dominoes or try your hand at a round of cards. Refreshments served.
Active Minds Session
Wakefield One Library and Museum
4 Jul 2024
Come along to our Active Minds Session for a coffee, chat, quizzes and activities.
Storytime
Hemsworth Library
5 Jul 2024
Come along for stories rhymes and fun!
Storytime
South Elmsall Library
5 Jul 2024
Under 5's storytime with rhymes and crafts every Tuesday.
Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
5 Jul 2024
Storytime
Wakefield One Library and Museum
5 Jul 2024
Come along and enjoy the fun with stories and rhymes. Booking is not required.
Storytime Horbury Library
Horbury Library
5 Jul 2024
Come along and join in the fun! No booking is required.
Knit and natter Sandal Library
Sandal Library
5 Jul 2024
Ancestry Group
Normanton Library
5 Jul 2024
German conversation
Sandal Library
5 Jul 2024
Lego Club
Stanley Library
5 Jul 2024
Active minds
Featherstone Library
5 Jul 2024
Come along meet new friends and have a go at our weekly quiz.
Variety of subjects covered.
Free event aimed at adults, refreshments provided
Storytime
Normanton Library
5 Jul 2024
Short, interactive story sessions for Under 5's. Great way to introduce them to the library and books. Term Time Only. Contact any of the team at Normanton Library T: 01924 302525 or email: normantonlibrary@wakefield.gov.uk
Reader Group
Hemsworth Library
5 Jul 2024
Monthly Reader Group – meet with like-minded people to discuss a new book each month. Refreshments available.
Active Minds
Featherstone Library
5 Jul 2024
Come along meet new friends and have a go at our weekly quiz.
Variety of subjects covered.
Free event aimed at adults, refreshments provided.
Craft and chat
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
5 Jul 2024
Friendly craft and chat group. Bring along a current project and come along for chat and a cuppa.
Stop Smoking Support Group at Airedale Library
Airedale Library
5 Jul 2024
Support sessions to help you to stop smoking.
Call into one of our group sessions between 9.30 & 10.30 every Friday morning or telephone 01924 252174.
Our website address is www.yorkshiresmokefree.nhs.uk if you'd like more information.
Contact the front desk on arrival.
Fab Fridays
Hemsworth Library
5 Jul 2024
Join us for an afternoon jam packed with fun and games! Challenge your mind with quizzes and mind-teasers, choose from a selection games to play, connect and socialise with like-minded people and enjoy free refreshments.
Mindful Morning
Stanley Library
5 Jul 2024
Spend a relaxing morning at Stanley Library in our friendly mindfulness session. Try your hand at some water colour painting, adult colouring, brainteasers and puzzles. Refreshments served.
Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
6 Jul 2024
Checkmates - Pontefract Library Junior Chess Club
Pontefract Library
6 Jul 2024
Lego/Crafts
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
6 Jul 2024
Drop in crafts and lego sessions every Saturday. Test out your building skills with our large selection of lego, then use your creative side to craft something wonderful. Contact Castleford Library 01977 722 085
Fun Saturday (Games and Lego)
Horbury Library
6 Jul 2024
Join us every Saturday for a morning of fun with Games and Lego. Contact: horburylibrary@wakefield.gov.uk 01924 303060
Lego
Wakefield One Library and Museum
6 Jul 2024
Come along to our Saturday Morning Lego Hour. Contact: 01924 305376 or wakefieldlibrarymuseum@wakefield.gov.uk
Active Minds
Airedale Library
6 Jul 2024
Saturday Family Crafts
Stanley Library
6 Jul 2024
Crafts
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
6 Jul 2024
Drop-in crafts session for all the family.
Prize Bingo
Featherstone Library
6 Jul 2024
Weekly prize bingo
Great way to meet new friends
£1 to play refreshments provided
Councillors Surgery
Featherstone Library
6 Jul 2024
Family Board Games and Chess Club
Normanton Library
6 Jul 2024
Nom Nom Reader Group
Wakefield One Library and Museum
6 Jul 2024
Family crafts
South Elmsall Library
6 Jul 2024
A drop-in session 1st Saturday of every month to come and make different crafts.
Lego
Featherstone Library
6 Jul 2024
Lego
Get Creative with the Library Mega Blocks or Lego.
Hemsworth Art Group
Hemsworth Library
6 Jul 2024
Unleash your creativity at our newest creative venture at Hemsworth Library. Our art group is the perfect chance to practice your skills, try something new and meet new people.
Discover Your Family History
Stanley Library
6 Jul 2024
Delve into your family history with an ancestry session at Stanley Library. Was one of your relatives famous, or infamous? Find out at Stanley Library!
Hemsworth Library’s Summer Fair
Hemsworth Library
6 Jul 2024
Come along and enjoy a chat, have a tea/ coffee and cake at our Summer Fair. There will also be craft stalls, tombola and name the caterpillar
Storytime
Airedale Library
8 Jul 2024
Step Up Airedale Library
Airedale Library
8 Jul 2024
Computer Help
Normanton Library
8 Jul 2024
Storytime
Hemsworth Library
8 Jul 2024
Come along for stories rhymes and fun!
Storytime
Pontefract Library
8 Jul 2024
Monday Morning Crafts
Wakefield One Library and Museum
8 Jul 2024
Walking Group
Hemsworth Library
8 Jul 2024
Play Scrabble
Pontefract Library
8 Jul 2024
Knit and natter South Elmsall Library
South Elmsall Library
8 Jul 2024
Castleford Craft Group
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
8 Jul 2024
Adult craft and chat
Featherstone Library
8 Jul 2024
All crafts including card making, cross stitch, knitting, art or just bring your own
Free event
aimed at adults, refreshments provided
Active minds
Sandal Library
8 Jul 2024
Storytime
Stanley Library
8 Jul 2024
Join us for a fun filled session of stories, song and activities. Come and enjoy a story and play games on our Tovertafel.
Bingo
Stanley Library
8 Jul 2024
Adult Bingo sessions Every Monday Refreshments available. Contact: stanleylibrary@wakefield.gov.uk 01924 303130
Step Up
Airedale Library
8 Jul 2024
Find Work, Build Your Career, Learn New Skills. Whether you’re employed, unemployed or facing redundancy we can help you with:
• One-to-one job search support
• Digital Upskilling
• Sourcing and matching you into exclusive vacancies based on your skillset
• Actively marketing you to local employers
• One-to-one coaching and tailored support
• Support to help you gain a promotion or learn new skills
• Individualised skills assessments
• One-to-one support whilst upskilling
• Professional support to identify career progression
Craft Group Normanton Library
Normanton Library
8 Jul 2024
Informal weekly group. Bring your own WIP, have a chat and a cuppa. Run in partnership with The Well Project. Contact detail: Normanton Library – normantonlibrary@wakefield.gov.uk 01924 302525
Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
8 Jul 2024
SMASH Group
Airedale Library
8 Jul 2024
Readers Group
South Elmsall Library
8 Jul 2024
Do you like reading? Would you like to read similar books to other people?
Join the readers group who have a book a month to read, then meet the following month to talk and debate the book.
Film of the Book Club
Pontefract Library
8 Jul 2024
Ancestry
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
8 Jul 2024
A monthly support session to help you with tracing your family history.
Games Afternoon
Hemsworth Library
8 Jul 2024
Good games, good coffee and good company. What more do you need for a Monday afternoon? See you there!
Storytime
South Elmsall Library
9 Jul 2024
Under 5's storytime with rhymes and crafts every Tuesday.
Garden club
Sandal Library
9 Jul 2024
Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
9 Jul 2024
Storytime
Wakefield One Library and Museum
9 Jul 2024
Come along and enjoy the fun with stories and rhymes. Booking is not required.
Colour and Chat
Airedale Library
9 Jul 2024
Craft and Chat
Stanley Library
9 Jul 2024
Chat and chill
Pontefract Library
9 Jul 2024
Dyslexia
Sandal Library
9 Jul 2024
Storytime
Wakefield One Library and Museum
9 Jul 2024
Books club
Normanton Library
9 Jul 2024
Gadget Person
Pontefract Library
9 Jul 2024
Having trouble with your tablet? A problem with your phone? Gadget Person is here to help with all your technology queries
Toddler Tuesday
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
9 Jul 2024
A weekly toddler session for children from birth to 5.
Runs term time only.
Dyslexia
Sandal Library
9 Jul 2024
Dyslexia support. Booking is Essential. Please call, 01924 303 355
Local History
Horbury Library
9 Jul 2024
Come and find out more of Horbury’s history at our new local history group
Hemsworth Art Group
Hemsworth Library
9 Jul 2024
Unleash your creativity at our newest creative venture at Hemsworth Library. Our art group is the perfect chance to practice your skills, try something new and meet new people.
Storytime
Airedale Library
10 Jul 2024
Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
10 Jul 2024
Games afternoon
Featherstone Library
10 Jul 2024
Health walk
Pontefract Library
10 Jul 2024
An hour's walk around Pontefract to benefit the mind and soul.
One-Stop Shop
Pontefract Library
10 Jul 2024
Weekly Councillors: 9.30-10.30 drop-in session for guidance
Health Walk - 11-12 noon 1-hour local walk - Monthly First Wednesday in the month
Health Watch Wakefield - 10-12.30 Here to help get the best from local health and care services
JWP -10-14.00 Come and chat with us about a whole range of legal issues
Penderels Trust -10-12.30 A charity helping people live independently
Pontefract Library Baby Morning
Pontefract Library
10 Jul 2024
Spanish Conversation
Sandal Library
10 Jul 2024
Storytime
Horbury Library
10 Jul 2024
Ossett Library staff would like to welcome you along to join in the fun at Storytime Stories and rhymes for the under 5's. Please note during the refurbishment at Ossett this event will take place at Horbury Library.
Storytime
Sandal Library
10 Jul 2024
Knit and natter
Airedale Library
10 Jul 2024
Councillors Surgery
Airedale Library
10 Jul 2024
Local councillor's surgery for resident's issues.
Online Help Session
Wakefield One Library and Museum
10 Jul 2024
A computer session aimed at helping with gadgets and basic computer skills.
Morning drop in – (read daily newspaper & weekly magazine)
Featherstone Library
11 Jul 2024
Storytime
Horbury Library
11 Jul 2024
Come along and join in the fun! No booking is required.
Knit and natter Hemsworth Library
Hemsworth Library
11 Jul 2024
Games afternoon
Featherstone Library
11 Jul 2024
Knit and natter Normanton Library
Normanton Library
11 Jul 2024
Scrabble group
Wakefield One Library and Museum
11 Jul 2024
Code Club
Normanton Library
11 Jul 2024
Code Club Wakefield Library
Wakefield One Library and Museum
11 Jul 2024
Castleford Butterflies
Castleford Forum Library and Museum
11 Jul 2024
Stories and Rhymes for the Under 5’s. Booking is essential.
Storytime
Featherstone Library
11 Jul 2024
Story and Rhyme time with a craft activity
Free event
aimed at under 5’s.
Coffee morning
Stanley Library
11 Jul 2024
Weekly Coffee Morning
Hemsworth Library
11 Jul 2024
Join us at our weekly coffee morning. With different activities to take part in from crosswords to dominoes, crafts to bingo, you can keep your mind active with a cup of coffee and a friendly chat.
Knit & Natter at Horbury Library
Horbury Library
11 Jul 2024
Come along, meet new friends and have a go! Bring your own knitting.
Fun, friendly group. All ages welcome.
Story Time
Featherstone Library
11 Jul 2024
Story and Rhyme time with a craft activity,
Come along meet new friends.
BUILD club
Stanley Library
11 Jul 2024
Join our fun-filled building group at Stanley Library. Create anything you want using our wide selection of engineering toys and games. LEGO, K’nex, marble runs, building straws, magnets and more… The possibilities are endless at BUILD Club!
The Game Club
Stanley Library
11 Jul 2024
Join us at Stanley Library for our relaxed games club. Have a game of chess or dominoes or try your hand at a round of cards. Refreshments served.
Active Minds Session
Wakefield One Library and Museum
11 Jul 2024
Come along to our Active Minds Session for a coffee, chat, quizzes and activities.