Ealing Council has announced that three libraries around the borough are to be given a cash injection of up to £900,000 for upgrades.

Acton Town, Northolt and the Southall Dominion Centre libraries are to be given a £900,000 fund to create spaces for community and cultural events.

The libraries will continue to offer everything residents would expect in a library; books, study space, online access and activities such as story time for children.

However, its layouts will change to make them "more flexible" and able to also offer spaces available for hire by the community.

Acton Libary in Acton Centre will close next month until 2025 during the refurb (credit: Google Maps).

The council say each library will be designed to have a "modern, flexible look and feel with lots of natural light".

Changes include; mobile bookshelves replacing traditional fixed shelves so that they can be moved around to create space for cultural events, performances, meetings and community groups.

To enable the improvements to take place, Acton and Northolt libraries will be closed from Monday, 4 November until March 2025, but they will move to smaller temporary sites, Ealing Council confirms.

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Library users will be able to borrow and return from a selection of the most popular books at the temporary libraries.

Acton's temporary library will be on the ground floor of the same building in Acton High Street.

A cabin will be put up beside Northolt Library, in Church Road, and staff will be on hand to help visitors.

Northolt Library users can use their nearest library at Northolt Leisure Centre or any of the borough's other libraries.

Northolt Libary in Chruch Road will close next month until 2025 during the refurb (credit: Google Maps).

Technology will also be upgraded at the libraries. Visitors will still be able to use the libraries' computers and tablets or bring their own devices and use extra digital plug-in points being installed.

Improvements will also be made to the "under utilised" foyer in the Dominion Centre, Southall in The Green.

As well as creating more space available for hire for community use, a new meeting room and kitchenette is being added to Southall library.

The improvements are being funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocated to Ealing Council by the government.

Blerina Hashani, the council's cabinet member for thriving communities, said: "We want to continue supporting our libraries to be vibrant and inviting places for the community, which is why we're making this significant investment in them.

"Books will always be at the heart of our libraries but by making the spaces more flexible they can provide so much more, from entertainment, drama performances on a stage in the library to community meetings or celebrations.

Visitors can still have access to the 24/7 online resources, be able to order books online, and collect books from other libraries in the borough.