Bury St Edmunds library has been refurbished, bringing new
services to the town centre.
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Old Bury library |
Refurbished Bury library |
September 2010
The library reopened on Monday 6 September 2010 with
a week of special
activities and events.
August 2010
Monday 16 August, the Shire Hall Site is now closed. The
refurbished Library At Sargeants Walk will reopen on Monday 6
September at 8.30am. Please visit the
activities and events page for details of our opening week
activities.
July 2010
The refurbished library is due to reopen on Monday 6
September. The Shire Hall site will close on Sunday 15 August
in preparation for the move back. Bury Access Point (the Quaker
House) and the mobile library service will continue to be available
until the refurbished library opens.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
The shuttle bus service started, offering a service on
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Please go to
temporary facilities page for more information.
Monday, 4 January 2010
Bury Library Temporary Mobile Library and Bury Library Access Point
opened. Please go to
temporary facilities page for more information.
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Bury St Edmunds Library, Sergeant's Walk closed for
refurbishment. Bury St Edmunds library is now at
Shire Hall, Raingate Street. Please go to
temporary facilities page for information about other
library access points in Bury St Edmunds during the
refurbishment.
Monday, 14 December 2009
Shire Hall opened, offering a
range of services for all customers including
activities such as Bookstart, TopTime and Sunday Crafts.
See our
temporary facilities page for more details.
4 November 2009
The project to refurbish the library is progressing
and staff have been working hard behind the scenes in preparation
for the works. Please see our
temporary facilities page for details of the temporary library
locations during the refurbishment works.
The indicative timescales for the project are now also set, with
the 30 November being the key date that customers will start to
notice a change. We are intending to have no break in service
whilst we move into temporary locations, however this will mean
offering a reduced service from the current library while we move
the stock to the different locations.
From the 30 November we will be offering a condensed service from
the foyer area of Bury St Edmunds Library only. The Shire Hall site
will then open on the 14 December, offering a full range of
services. The main library will close on the 23 December and for
the period between Christmas and New Year we will be operating from
the Shire Hall site only. Please ask staff for details of our
Christmas and New Year opening hours. The Friends Meeting House
Service will open on the 4 January and the Mobile will also be
available outside Woolworths from this date
The expectation is that the building contract will last for 32
weeks. We will then need to fit out and restock the library. This
means that the refurbished library should be open in October
2010.
August 2009
Bury Library is one of the ‘top tier’ of libraries
in Suffolk - The library is situated in the town centre and is a
heavily used community resource generating approximately 18,000
enquiries, 315,000 issues and 521,000 visits per year. The
refurbishment will offer not only a modern library space, but also
incorporate a Children’s Centre, LEAP (Learning and Enterprise
Access Points) Centre and refreshed coffee shop into the
building.
The Children’s Centre is a new facility in the town centre. Other
children’s centres within the county only operate Monday to Friday.
This new facility will provide the opportunity to offer children’s
centre services for seven days a week making it unique within the
county. For more information on Children’s Centres visit
www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/EarlyEducationAndChildcare/ChildrensCentres
The LEAP Centre is also a new facility in the town centre. It will
be run by Community Learning and Skills development, a part of
Suffolk County Council. Customers will be able to drop-in or call
to find out about all the education, training or skills courses and
workshops available in Bury St Edmunds. For more information on
LEAP Centres visit
www.leap.ac.uk
The refurbishment project is due to start towards the end of 2009;
more information will be made available on this website and in the
library shortly.
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