WANSTEAD Library is closed today - and will remain shut for more than a week - while “essential” maintenance works are carried out.

The facility is officially shut until Monday October (12), but Redbridge Council say nearby Aldersbrook Library will open for extended hours instead to cope with demand.

That branch will open until 4pm today, but is closed tomorrow.

However the Aldersbrook library will be available between 9.30am and 8pm Monday to Thursday next week, and until 5pm on Friday.

It will open from 9.30am till 4pm next Saturday (October 10).

In the meantime, residents can also renew items at any other library in the borough, or by visiting the council's website at redbridge.gov.uk or by calling 020 8708 5830.