Living in Enfield: Local Information Gateway

Need help finding information?

With an Enfield Library card, you can use most of our online resources to find information from home.

All resources are regularly updated. You can use:


Local Information sheets For a comprehensive list of local sports clubs, fitness groups, dance, social and help groups, local contacts and activities for all the family please use our Free Local Information Sheets
Free 24/7 online resources Homework and study help for all. Free online resources for all the family from Britannica, Credo Reference, Online newspapers, Who's who, Oxford Reference, Online, and Times Digital Archive, to learn how to driving or pass your citizenship test. 100s of resources at your finger tips, 24/7 and they are all free. All you need is your Enfield library card
General community information and advice links Useful online links to leaflets on topics such as: Business and employment, Consumer rights, Council and local services, Disability, Education, Finance, Health, Parenting, Travel and much more
Netvibes: Enfield Library Service's enquiry desk resource This handy resource links all the useful local information webpages used by Enfield Library staff to find local information, you too can now use it, free of charge.
Newspapers and magazines online and in all libraries

Visit your local library

If we can't answer your query, we can almost always find you details of somebody who can.

Our library staff are trained and have access to information via the Internet as well as reference books and local information sheets.

The most comprehensive information collections are maintained at our two largest libraries: Enfield Town Library and Edmonton Green Library.

Enfield Town Library
66 Church Street (same site as old Cecil Rd location)
Enfield
EN2 6AX
Telephone: 020 8379 8341

Edmonton Green Library
36-44 South Mall
Edmonton Green
London
N9 0TN

Telephone: 020 8379 2609

You can find the latest and free:

Online reference resources and books such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, newspapers, magazines, handbooks and yearbooks.
Online legal and business databases such as Lexis Butterworths, Lexis Nexis, Cans, and Cobra and books.
Online local and family history databases such as Ancestry.com (Enfield Town and Local History only).
Online biographical information such as Who's who, Who was who, Oxford DNB, Oxford Art and Oxford Music and Times Digital Archive.
Phone books and Yellow Pages directories for the United Kingdom and Ireland
Education prospectuses and careers guides
Maps and guides; street plans;
Timetables for rail travel
A wide range of newspapers and magazines, (with some back files)

There are also information collections, newspapers and magazines at Ordnance Road Library , Palmers Green Library , Ridge Avenue Library and Southgate Circus Library with smaller collections and newspaper and magazine provision at all Enfield Libraries.