Opening hours
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 10am-5pm
- Thursday: 10am-8pm
- Friday: 10am-5pm
- Saturday: 10am-4pm
- Sunday: Closed
Viewing original documents
You will need a Shropshire Archives Readers Ticket to consult original documents, photographs, electoral registers etc. To find out more please follow the link on this page.
On Thursday evenings and Saturdays, you will need to order documents in advance. There are also restrictions on production of original materials between 12 noon and 1pm.
A few documents are held off site so you will need to request these in advance. For more information, please visit our Advance booking and document ordering page
Access for people with disabilities
There are two parking spaces for people with disabilities at the Castle Gates
entrance. Please contact us in advance to book a space.
Inside, all public areas, including the toilets, are accessible to wheelchairs.
A hearing loop is installed.
We have a “clear star viewer” which uses CCTV technology to
enlarge pages from printed books for you. We also have a hand-held video magnifier, which you can use with documents and maps in our Search Room.
Our free guides to sources are all available in large text - please ask staff.
In some instances, we can also arrange one-to-one orientation tours to help on your first visit. Please do contact us in advance about this or if you want to discuss anything else before you visit.
Local History Centres
If you are unable to visit us in Shrewsbury then you can go to one of our local history centres located in some of our libraries across the County.
Find out more
For more information please download the Visiting Archives leaflet on this page.
Local history centres
Find out where our local history centres are and what they can do for you
Readers' Tickets
Information about the ticket and how you can get one
How to find us
Follow this link for a google map of our location