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With apologies for cross-posting. All are welcome to this event organised by Surrey Library and Information Group: Surrey Library ______and Information Group______ THE NEW HOOK CENTRE PROJECT An innovative new library and community centre A tour of the new Hook Centre project in Chessington in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames Library Service. Date: Wednesday 28th March 2007 Time: 6.15 p.m. for 7.00 p.m. Venue: Hook Centre, Hook Road, Chessington The Hook Centre replaces an inadequate branch library and community hall on the same site in Chessington by the Hook shopping parade in the south of the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. This innovative £3,500,000 state-of-the-art project, part funded by the Learning and Skills Council and serving the local Hook and Chessington community, brings together in the same complex a number of different elements of community services: a much larger new library, a learning centre, meeting room, a café, a creche, a Citizen?s Advice Centre, a music/recording studio, a community hall, a Council Help Desk, Chessington Community Care Housing Advice Desk, exhibition space and other facilities. RFID self service, computers, listening posts, full DDA compliance, energy efficiency and private partnerships are other features of this multi-function complex. A tour, arranged with the kind co-operation of the Head of Library Service, Barbara Lee, will be followed by a talk by the RBK consultant architects Dunlop Haywards and the project manager Scott Herbertson, RBK Head of Leisure and Lifelong Learning, describing why the various elements were included in the building. Refreshments will be available from 6.15 p.m. This is a free visit, and all those who work or have worked in Library and Information services in Surrey and the surrounding areas are very welcome. The Hook Centre is situated on the A243 Hook Road, Chessington, Surrey, about half a mile south of the Hook junction underpass on the A3 Kingston By Pass (approached eastbound by the M25 J10 Wisley/A3 and A3/A307/309 from Esher/Hinchley Wood to Ace of Spades roundabout Cap in Hand pub; westbound by the slip road off the A3 from London; northbound by the M25 J9 Leatherhead/A243 or A24/A243 from Dorking). Buses K2, 71, 465, and K4 from Kingston and Surbiton station, 465 from Dorking and 467 from Epsom all stop at the Hook Centre. Parking is available at the Centre (19spaces including disabled), in the Hook shopping parade and local streets. Chessington North station is about 15 minutes walk away. Please complete the following slip and return to Mark Lunt, 12 Moresby Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 9DS by Wednesday 21st March 2007, or e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Tel: 020 8399 8090. Unless you hear to the contrary you may assume that you are included on this visit. ???????????????????????????????????????? I would like to attend the SLAIG visit to the Hook Centre on Wednesday 28th March 2007 Name:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Organisation:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Where appropriate) Address: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ (Work or home) Tel. number: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e-mail: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________ Hilary Ely Area Manager (Libraries) East Surrey Surrey County Council East Area Office, Reigate. Tel. 020 8541 7060 (direct) 079 68 832 419 (mobile) e-mail: [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email and any attachments with it are intended for the addressee only. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional privilege. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender or [log in to unmask] The content may be personal or contain personal opinions and cannot be taken as an expression of the County Council's position. Surrey County Council reserves the right to monitor all incoming and outgoing mail. Whilst every care has been taken to check this outgoing e-mail for viruses, it is your responsibility to carry out any checks upon receipt. Visit the Surrey County Council website - http://www.surreycc.gov.uk * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *