Paignton Community Library

Project Investment: £6,333,000

Completion Date: August 2010

Partners: Torbay Council, Big Lottery Fund 

Work has been completed on Paignton's new library and community centre in Station Lane. The two storey, 2,245 square metre building opened in September 2010.

The building provides a new state-of –the art library to replace the previous facility in Courtland Road.

The project was funded by the Big Lottery Fund and Torbay Council and incorporates centralised facilities for a number of agencies including community police, Connections, adult and community learning as well as office accommodation for SureStart

Prior to the commencement of construction the site had been used as a long stay car park, however the new building has been designed to reflect the earlier history of the site when it was used as a railway and goods yard.