Update about Crofton Park Sydenham and Grove Park community libraries

Lewisham Council is committed to delivering an accessible local library service right across our borough.

The current leaseholder of three of our local community libraries, Crofton Park, Sydenham and Grove Park, has issued notice to end the leases. We have a new provider in place already for Crofton Park and Sydenham community libraries and we are working very hard to explore opportunities with community partner organisations and stakeholders already supporting libraries in our borough to take on the opportunity at Grove Park.

Cllr James-J Walsh, Cabinet Member for Libraries said:

“The community library model in Lewisham has served our borough well since its inception in 2012, protecting a borough wide library service and gaining national recognition for innovation.

"Lewisham Council is committed to ensuring wherever possible the continued provision of all our libraries in the borough and we're working hard to come up with a solution at Grove Park. As a Council, we value the huge benefits that libraries bring, that's why despite 1 in 5 libraries closing nationally, we have never had a single closure. Here in Lewisham we are actively securing investment for our libraries, bringing transformational change, whether in Catford's newly reopened library or our multi-million-pound investment that is just about to begin in Lewisham town centre.”