Carnforth Area

A NEW and improved mobile library has been launched in Lancaster, taking the county council's library and information services to local residents living in rural areas.
The new replacement mobile vehicle offers an improved service and better customer access to people living in some of the most remote parts of the county and those who perhaps find it difficult to get out and about.
The service operates daily on a two week rota visiting areas in Lancaster and as far as the boundaries of Cumbria and North Yorkshire, including:
Silverdale, Carnforth, Burton, Burrow, Wray, Lowgill, Abbeystead, Galgate, Overton, Sunderland Point, Pilling and many more
The route from Lancaster to Overton to Sunderland Point is possibly the only mobile library service in the country where the driver needs to consult the tide tables before setting off!
As part of the replacement service Lancashire County Council has provided each van with £10,000 for new books. The new mobile vans also have improved access for people with mobility problems and disabilities, fitted with low rise stairs and a passenger lift for easy access so that customers can board to select their own books, and an induction loop system has been fitted for people with hearing impairments.
Each vehicle has been designed to feel as bright and spacious as possible in keeping with the newly refurbished libraries in Lancashire as part of the Regenerate scheme to transform and modernise library services and to ensure customers enjoy a comfortable and relaxing library experience.
In addition, partner agencies and other organisations such as the Police and Fire and Rescue will be able to use the mobile library to deliver important information and advice to people in hard to reach areas.
County Councillor Anne Brown, cabinet member for Adult and Community Services, said: "I am delighted that we have been able to provide these new mobile libraries to provide a much improved standard of service to some of the most rural parts of Lancashire. Mobile libraries always receive very positive feedback from their customers and I know that the service is much appreciated by its current users. I'm sure that everyone who uses these vans will find them as attractive and welcoming as I do."
New customers are always welcome and full details of the times and locations of mobile library stops in the Lancaster area can be obtained by contacting Lancaster Library on 01524 585270 or by visiting online at www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries

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Carnforth, situated on the Lancashire Cumbria border, is convenient for tourists to the Lakes, Dales and Lancashire. A few locals still revel in Carnforths claim to fame as the venue of the original film "Brief Encounter" Once a busy station, the mainline trains go past in a blink of the eye
New mobile library service reaches Lancaster residents
A NEW and improved mobile library has been launched in Lancaster, taking the county council's library and information services to local residents living in rural areas. The new replacement mobile vehicle offers an improved service and better customer access to people living in some of the most remote parts of the county and those who perhaps find it difficult to get out and about. The service operates daily on a two week rota visiting areas in Lancaster and as far as the boundaries of Cumbria and North Yorkshire, including: Silverdale, Carnforth, Burton, Burrow, Wray, Lowgill, Abbeystead, Galgate, Overton, Sunderland Point, Pilling and many more The route from Lancaster to Overton to Sunderland Point is possibly the only mobile library service in the country where the driver needs to consult the tide tables before setting off! As part of the replacement service Lancashire County Council has provided each van with £10,000 for new books. The new mobile vans also have improved access for people with mobility problems and disabilities, fitted with low rise stairs and a passenger lift for easy access so that customers can board to select their own books, and an induction loop system has been fitted for people with hearing impairments. Each vehicle has been designed to feel as bright and spacious as possible in keeping with the newly refurbished libraries in Lancashire as part of the Regenerate scheme to transform and modernise library services and to ensure customers enjoy a comfortable and relaxing library experience. In addition, partner agencies and other organisations such as the Police and Fire and Rescue will be able to use the mobile library to deliver important information and advice to people in hard to reach areas. County Councillor Anne Brown, cabinet member for Adult and Community Services, said: "I am delighted that we have been able to provide these new mobile libraries to provide a much improved standard of service to some of the most rural parts of Lancashire. Mobile libraries always receive very positive feedback from their customers and I know that the service is much appreciated by its current users. I'm sure that everyone who uses these vans will find them as attractive and welcoming as I do." New customers are always welcome and full details of the times and locations of mobile library stops in the Lancaster area can be obtained by contacting Lancaster Library on 01524 585270 or by visiting online at www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries
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Beetham Paper Mill !!!

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