Opening date for pop-up library in Town Centre

A temporary pop-up library will open in Freshney Place, Grimsby, next Tuesday November 4.

The library is based in a unit on Baxtergate, opposite Costa Coffee, and will open from Tuesdays to Fridays between 8.30am and 5.30pm, and on Saturdays from 9am-1pm. It will be closed on Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holidays.

The library will offer a range of services, including:

• Books – issue, return and reservation collection. Adult fiction and non-fiction
• Large print
• Audio Books
• Children’s books, including picture books, board books, junior fiction and non-fiction
• Health and Wellbeing and Send Collection.

There will also be two public network computers, two study spaces, document scanning for Local Taxation and benefits assistance, photocopying and printing.

Events such as Story Times for Toddlers and Shake Rattle and Read will also take place – but places will be limited.

Grimsby Central Library building remains closed at this time following water damage earlier in the year that created risk of asbestos disturbance. A structural survey on the condition of the building is complete and further surveys are underway to determine the works required.

NELC Cabinet members have approved, in principle, the reopening of Grimsby Central Library building, subject to confirmation of the options and costs for refurbishment. These options will be subject to full and transparent engagement.

Cllr Hayden Dawkins, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Heritage and the Visitor Economy, said: “I am very pleased that we now have an accessible temporary library service within Grimsby Town Centre. I hope that people will take advantage of this service while we continue to investigate the works that are needed at the Central Library building.”