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Contact information

E-mail

customer.service@shropshire.gov.uk

Telephone

0345 678 9000

Postal Address

Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND

Bridgnorth Library

Children enjoying Bridgnorth Library

Opening hours

Monday 9.30-7.30
Tuesday 9.30-5.00
Wednesday 9.30-5.00
Thursday Closed
Friday 9.30-5.00
Saturday 9.00-5.00

About the library

The library accommodates a Shropshire Customer Service point which offers access to Council services and information. The Bridgnorth Visitor Information Centre and the Registrar of Births Marriages and Deaths also share the library building. For a location map, please follow the link to Shropmap. A mobile library visits communities around Bridgnorth on a weekly or fortnightly rota.

A copy of a leaflet, outlining services provided at Bridgnorth Library, can be downloaded or opened online from the link on this page. You can also find a copy of the community profile for this library, which includes an indication of how well this library is performing. Bridgnorth Library is the Area Headquarters for the South Shropshire Library Area.

You can borrow

  • books for babies, children, young people and adults - in hardback, paperback and large print
  • DVDs – feature films, European and world cinema, films for families, instructional films
  • talking books on CD and tape for children and adults
  • language courses with books, CDs, DVDs and tapes.

You can use

  • free access to the internet and more than 100 online reference books, send emails and produce documents
  • reference books
  • free Wi-fi internet access
  • scanner
  • photocopier service
  • study space
  • Discover Shropshire local history centre to research local and family history.
  • Fairtrade drinks machine

You can find out about

  • your local area
  • events
  • local reading groups
  • courses
  • council services.

You can take part in

  • rhymetimes and storytimes
  • homework club
  • volunteering.
  • Friends of Bridgnorth Library group

You can see

  • displays and exhibitions
  • local newspapers
  • council minutes
  • local history material.

There are two Reading Groups. One meets on the first Tuesday morning of the month and the other on second Thursday evening of the month.

There is a Local Studies advice service on Friday afternoons, provided by volunteers.

Other events

For a full list of events taking place in Bridgnorth Library, and other libraries in the South Shropshire area, please follow the link from this page.
There is a programme of activities for children which can be downloaded or opened online from the link on this page.

Contact

Bridgnorth Library
01746 763358
Fax: 01746 766625
Shropshire Council
Community Services
Bridgnorth Library, Listley Street
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 4AW

Updates

  • Last updated: 9-Jun-2009
  • Next update: 23-Oct-2009

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