A library that was "at the heart" of the Wirral's fightback against the covid pandemic is set to return to its original use.
Heswall Library, on Telegraph Road, was the first indoor covid testing site to open in the Wirral. First opened in November 2020, it remained open throughout the pandemic until the government ended the requirement for testing on Friday, April 1 of this year, when it was closed.
The building has now been decommissioned as a testing centre and will resume its original purpose, as a community library, next week, on Tuesday, June 21. The council said that library staff have been working "flat out" to restore the space to its past life.
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It will be open weekly on Tuesday and Friday, from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, and bi-weekly on Saturdays, from 9am to 1pm.
It is not the only library that will be reopening next week. Leasowe Library, on Twickenham Drive is also set to resume its services next Monday.
It will be open every Monday from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm.
Wirral Council said: "Aside from the usual book lending service, IT and printing services will be available once again at libraries, as will borrowing of CDs and DVDs.
"Customers who might have borrowed books from their local libraries before they closed during the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 and not had the chance to return them before April 1st 2022 should be reassured that there will no charges for their overdue return.
"For customers needing advice and support on council services, library staff can field general enquiries and signpost to specific or more specialised areas of help where necessary. Other services that are provided through the council’s One Stop Shop service are still being managed through a dedicated customer phone line, 0151 606 2005.
"For enquiries that can’t be resolved over the telephone, an appointment system is in operation for customers to speak to staff face-to-face."
