The library has been based at a temporary site since 2019

The new building for Ponders End Library has reopened today (Monday) – four years after its previous home closed.

After closing the doors to its previous site at College Court in October 2018, the library began operating from a temporary site within the West Lea School campus in May 2019. But it has now moved to a new permanent space in Ponders End High Street.

The bright, modern library is based within Enfield Council’s new ‘Electric Quarter’ redevelopment, where 167 new homes have been built on the site of the former police station which closed in 2011.

Ponders End Library is now open six days a week, closing on Sundays. The full opening hours can be found on the council’s website.

An official opening with a launch event is due to take place later this year.

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