The Weybridge Library Hub on Church Street formally completed its final phase of opening on 25 January 2026, following a public opening to residents in late September 2025. The modernised facility, operated in partnership by Surrey County Council and Elmbridge Borough Council as part of the ‘Connected Communities’ programme, brings together library services, youth support, community services and partner organisations under one roof to serve people in Weybridge and nearby Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
The hub is part of Surrey County Council’s multi‑million‑pound library modernisation programme (the council has allocated a £34 million fund for library transformation across the county). It contains more than books: the building includes space for targeted youth support, facilities for community activities and exhibits and activity space for Elmbridge Museum displays. Brooklands Radio (Brooklands Radio CIC) has also relocated broadcasting facilities into the hub, adding a live local presence to the building.
Residents from Walton-on-Thames can access the hub for community support and signposting to local advice and voluntary services through the co‑located community services run by Elmbridge Borough Council. The hub also uses Surrey’s ‘Super Access’ secure entry system, which enables registered library members to use the building outside staffed hours (the programme commonly provides extended self‑service access in the early morning and into the evening).
The opening concluded a roughly two‑year redevelopment project that saw services temporarily relocated to the Weybridge Centre for the Community while the Church Street site was refurbished. The project included enhanced CCTV and a volunteer ‘community buddy’ scheme to support users during extended hours.
The Weybridge hub is one element of Surrey’s wider library transformation programme, which aims to co‑locate specialist services so people from neighbouring towns can more easily access them. The hub is about 2.5 miles from Walton‑on‑Thames — a short drive or bus trip for residents seeking services not available at every local branch.
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