A new library for Burwell
MANY of you will know that there will be a new public library for Burwell in the near future. Plans for the new building are now well advanced and construction will start this summer, with the opening scheduled for January 2006.
The new building will stand just inside the gate of the Burwell Village College grounds, near the Phoenix Room. It will be built to a much higher standard than the existing premises and will include a customer toilet. New shelves and furnishings will be fitted to provide a welcoming and modem library for customers from both the village and school.
The current building will shut its doors to the public for the last time on July 19th but this doesn't mean that Burwell will be without a library - a mobile library vehicle will be moved onto the Village College site and services will be provided from here until the new library is ready. Normal travelling mobile services will continue as usual on Tuesdays for Reach, Swaffham Bulbeck and Swaffham Prior.
The library van at Burwell will be permanently parked at the school throughout the summer and autumn and will open for exactly the same hours as normal (see below). There will be a complete range of books for children and adults, although it will be impossible to provide as many books as usual in this limited space. Unfortunately, although staff will still have IT access for dealing with your loans and requests, the public computers will not be available on the van. The nearest access points for public computer use will be Soham Library, Bottisham Library Access Point, and Reach Community Access Point.
Don't forget that you are always entitled to use any of our Cambridgeshire libraries and that many services are available online - for full details see: