Oswestry Library
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Opening hours
Monday 9.30 to 7.30
Tuesday 9.30 to 5
Wednesday 9.30 to 6
Thursday Closed
Friday 9.30 to 6
Saturday 9 to 5
Facilities
Oswestry Library serves the market town of Oswestry and surrounding villages. For a location map, please follow the link to ShropMap.
Oswestry Library has received two awards from the local community in October 2009. Special Award Certificate from Oswestry and District Civic Society for the new facilities, and Customer Service Award from Oswestry Access Group
As well as an excellent book stock there is a good range of DVDs, compacts discs and talking books.There is a Local History Centre which holds the second largest collection of local studies material in the county for Shropshire after Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury. The collection also includes books which deal with Wales and the borders.
Fifteen People's Network computers, with free broadband are linked to the Internet. There is also free Wi-Fi access for members of the public wishing to use their own laptop computers.
New for 2010
On Monday 1 March 2010 Oswestry Library Homework Club will open it's doors for the first time. The club will run from 3.30 to 5.15 every Monday with trained staff offering extra help and advice plus access to the internet.
For a full list of Homework Clubs around the county follow the link from this page.
Read it! Write it! Competition.
Children in Key Stage 2 in the Oswestry area can take part in a competition launching on World Book Day (4 March 2010). Simply follow the link to an entry form or pick one up at the library, tell us all about your favourite book and hand in your entry form by 30 April to be in with a chance of winning one of three great prizes.
Services
Other services available from Library:
- local and national newspapers
- photocopier (black and white)
- fax service
- study spaces
- exhibition space
- meeting room
- drinks vending machine
- public toilets and baby changing facilities
- home library service if you cannot come to the library yourself.
A copy of a leaflet outlining service provided can be downloaded or opened online from the link on this page.
Oswestry Library is the administrative headquarters for the seven community libraries in the North Shropshire Area. It is also the base for two mobile libraries. The Oswestry Rural Mobile Library visits communities within a twenty mile radius of the town on a fortnightly basis. The Oswestry Urban Mobile Library visits larger communities from Gains Park to St. Martins either weekly or fortnightly.
Events
Activities for children
There is a programme of events for children which you can see by following the link on this page.
Reading group
An active reading group meets on the last Thursday in the month to informally discuss on a set book.
Other events
A full list of events and activities in Oswestry and North Shropshire can be viewed by following the link on this page.