Albany Village Library (30 Kell Drive)

The Albany Village Library is the second purpose-built library in the suburb. It opened in 2004 when it replaced the War Memorial Library on Library Lane. The library sits on the site of the Kell family’s homestead ‘Vinewood’. Some of the trees planted by the family a century ago are still visible in the adjacent Kell Park. There were once a lot of chickens in Kell Park and as an ode to these hens and roosters, library staff have a tradition of bringing chicken figurines back with them from their holidays. As a result, the Albany Village Library has the largest collection of chicken figurines in all of Auckland Libraries!

From the entrance of the library, head toward Dairy Flat Highway. Once there, take the crossing across the road, and then take the crossing across Oteha Valley Road Extension. Continue heading northwest along Dairy Flat Highway until you reach Gills Road, then look across the highway.