Sandgate Library will close temporarily from Monday 5th September, to allow for refurbishment work to be carried out. It will reopen on Monday 26th September. Alternative local libraries are available at Hythe, Cheriton and Folkestone. Kent Libraries will also be sending mobile libraries to stops in the local area, including Golden Valley, Digby Road, and…
KCC is celebrating national Libraries Week (4-10 October) by focusing on the innovative and surprising activities that libraries are undertaking to support the county’s communities. Libraries Week is an annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer and this year’s theme is “Taking action, changing lives”. This celebrates the central role…
Plans are in place for Kent’s Libraries, Registration and Archives services to return to normal service following the government’s decision to ease Covid restrictions across the country from yesterday (19 July). KCC says it will be taking a “phased approach” to changes, beginning with 18 libraries reopening from the week beginning 26 July. The plan…
Youngsters across the county are invited to become acquainted with Wild World Heroes as the annual Summer Reading Challenge gets under way in Kent libraries. This year’s theme is a celebration of nature and action for the environment and is bring run in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund. The challenge runs from Saturday (10…
Construction work on the new £10 million community hub in Southborough has been completed and the building has officially been handed over by the contractor. The fitting out of the main building – under the new name of the Southborough Civic Centre, adopted by the town council on 8 March – will begin imminently. The…