Library to make temporary move into canalside cottages
10 December 2024
The service is expected to be located at the site, across the yard from Y Lanfa, for around six months, while a new glass extension is being built.
The work will create additional floor space under the canopy area and see the heating system upgraded to make it more efficient. It complements and extends the refurbishment undertaken when the library moved into the building in 2020.
There will also be a remodelling of the displays in the Powysland Museum which is now closed to allow this to take place.
Welshpool Library will be open on 23 and 24 December, before closing for Christmas and returning on Friday 3 January. It will then be open during its usual hours https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/8562/Y-Lanfa-Powysland-Museum, while in the cottages, except for Mondays, when it will close at 5 instead of 6.30pm.
It will be offering all its usual services but the number of books and computers available to browse and use on site will be limited. It does, however, have iPads and Chromebooks that can be loaned out and readers are being encouraged to make use of Powys County Council's Order and Collect service: https://www.storipowys.org.uk/order-collect
Readers across Powys are also being reminded that the council has a:
- Find a Book service: https://wales.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/powys_en
- Find a Library page: https://www.storipowys.org.uk/find-a-library?locale=en
- Join the Library page: https://www.storipowys.org.uk/join?locale=en
- eBooks, EAudiobooks and ePress (newspapers) Service: https://www.storipowys.org.uk/ebooks-eaudiobooks?locale=en
- eMagazines service: https://www.storipowys.org.uk/emagazines?locale=en
All these services, and more, can be accessed through the StoriPowys website https://www.storipowys.org.uk/?locale=en, which is the new online home for all the council's Arts and Culture Services.
"I'm glad that we are going to be able to keep our library service on the Y Lanfa site in Welshpool, while work is being carried out to the main building," said Cllr Richard Church, Powys County Council's Cabinet Member for a Safer Powys. "It's important to maintain some continuity and visitors to the cottages will be able to see the progress being made on the glass extension, which looks very exciting.
"While this is happening, I would encourage readers in Welshpool and elsewhere in Powys to try out our Order and Collect Service. You just need to tell our library staff what kind of book you like, and they will hand-pick some great books for you to get stuck into."
For more information on the services available at Welshpool Library, while it is in its temporary home email ylanfa@powys.gov.uk or call: 01938 553001.
Y Lanfa also has its own Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057137242643
The improvements to Y Lanfa are costing around £1 million and are part of the £14 million Montgomery Canal Restoration project that the council was successful in securing UK Government funding towards.
The council has also received £164,000 from the National Lottery's Heritage Fund towards the work on Y Lanfa and £140,000 from the Welsh Government towards the work on the canalside cottages.
The work is being supported by the council's Economy and Climate Service, while its Strategic Property Team is managing the build.
To find out more about the Montgomery Canal Restoration Project: https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/13669/Montgomery-Canal-Restoration-Project
PICTURE: The newly refurbished canalside cottages which are going to be Welshpool Library's temporary home.
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