Ludlow Library

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

The Ludlow Library and Museum Resource Centre is situated at the end of Parkway off Corve Street, with a large public car park accessible from Upper Galdeford and Station Drive. Disabled parking and provision for bicycles is available adjacent to the entrance. For a location map, please follow the link to Shropmap.

Ludlow Library is part of the South Shropshire Library Area, the group headquarters for Cleobury Mortimer and Craven Arms Libraries and the base for the Ludlow Mobile Library. A copy of a leaflet outlining service provided 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. Comments about Ludlow Library can be found on a separate page.

The library offers a full range of services:
- adult and junior fiction and non fiction
- an important Local Studies Collection covering South Shropshire and North Herefordshire
- Sound and vision: CD, DVD, Video, talking books on tape and CD
- Eight People's Network computers with free access to the Internet
- Wireless Internet access
- Photocopier (black and white)
- Telefax
- Study space
- Leaflets
- A meeting and exhibition room to accommodate around 50 people is shared with the museum service

Other services:
- The library is a "Poetry Place" and a partner in the "Poetry Cafe" at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms.The first Wednesday of every month, in the snug bar from 7.30pm. Read and enjoy poetry. There is a link to the Assembly Rooms on this page.
- There is an active Library Reading Group and a Friends of Ludlow Library. There is a link to the Friends on this page.
- Talks, exhibitions and events are being planned with the Museum service in the shared Meeting Room.

Activities for children 2008
Baby Rhyme Time sessions in the Library will take place once on the first Tuesday of each month at 10.30 a.m. Parents with babies unborn, newly born and crawling welcome.

Ludlow Homework Club offers free homework and revision help from trained staff on Fridays 3.30pm to 5.30pm and Saturdays 10.00am to 12.00pm.
Homework Clubs also run competitions, holiday programmes, special events and projects all year round. For more details follow the link on this page.

Activities for adults 2008
Reading Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 2.30pm. New members are always welcome.

Pensions Advice Service is available every second and fourth Friday in the month from 10.00 am to noon

Local History Research Group
Interested in your family’s history in Ludlow? Curious about the story of your house? Or just find local history fascinating? The Ludlow Historical Research Group in partnership with the Ludlow Library & Museum Resource Centre and with Shropshire Archives, has launched a local history advice service. This is held in Ludlow Library each Tuesday from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. The service will run throughout the year apart from the main holidays. Two members of the Group will be on hand each week to give advice on how to go about finding answers to questions on local history and family history relating to Ludlow and the immediate area. Material available for use includes the local history collection in the library – books on Ludlow, the local 19th. century censuses, local newspapers on microfilm. Free public access onto the Internet to access national archive material. Also available are the archives which the Research group has assembled. Appointments can be made to ensure that a member of the Group with the relevant expertise is available to deal with your question. Please contact the library for this service.