Library celebrates completion of 'extensive' refurb

A Surrey library is set to hold a week of events to celebrate completing an "extensive" refurbishment.

Epsom Library will hold face painting and yoga sessions and author talks, alongside regular activities such as Rhymetime, Storytime, digital support and craft groups, from 16 to 21 June.

Surrey County Council (SCC) said the "transformed" library now has "a fully flexible layout with space for events and performances, improved furniture, increased study space, and two flexible-use meeting rooms."

New Super Access technology, enabling members to access the library during extended opening hours on top of existing hours, has also been introduced, the local authority added.

Councillor Denise Turner Stewart, SCC deputy leader, said: "We know that our library hubs are the heart of our thriving and bustling communities."

"Every effort has been made to ensure that this investment delivers the essential services, facilities, and event, work, study and socialising spaces that our local residents need and want."

SCC said the refurbishment was part of the first phase of a programme to modernise the county's libraries.

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