Newbold Verdon gets a new Library...

The £781,000 library and community centre opened on Friday 3 April, thanks to support from the Big Lottery Fund.

Leicestershire County Council has built a library and community centre at Newbold Verdon, which is also a base for the youth service, voluntary groups and the community.

It is the first new library to open with support from the Big Lottery Fund, which has awarded £781,402 for the building and its reading garden.

The new library has:

A community room, which can be used by local groups for meetings
A computer suite of 10 computers and an interactive white board
An advice suite, where people can seek advice about issues affecting them
Lots of new stock and DVDs
A reading garden, mosaics and community artwork, due to be unveiling in the summer

further information

Contact: Earl Shilton Library
Telephone: 0116 305 2761
E-mail: earlshiltonlibrary@leics.gov.uk

Last Updated:
28 April 2009