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0345 678 9000

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Ludlow Library

Ludlow Library

Opening hours

Monday: 9.30am to 5pm
Tuesday: 9.30am to 5pm
Wednesday: 9.30am to 5pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 9.30am to 7.30pm
Saturday: 9am to 5pm

Facilities

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 Localview.

You can open or download a copy of a general leaflet about the library, and a guide to local and family history resources, by following the links on this page.

You can borrow

  • books for babies, children, young people and adults, in hardback, paperback and large print
  • DVDs including feature films, European and world cinema, films for families and instructional films
  • talking books on CD and tape for children and adults
  • language courses with books, CDs, DVDs and tapes
  • Books on Prescription, fiction in other languages, books for readers with dyslexia, and skills for life material

You can use

  • computers to access the internet, to send emails and to produce documents
  • Wi-Fi internet access
  • reference books, including over 100 online titles
  • photocopier and fax service
  • study space
  • Home Library Service if you cannot come to the library
  • meeting room and exhibition room to accommodate around 50 people is shared with the Museum Service

You can find out about

  • Your local area
  • events
  • courses
  • council services

You can take part in

  • Rhyme Times and Story Times
  • reading group
  • volunteering and a library support group

You can see

  • Local Studies Collection covering south Shropshire and north Herefordshire.
  • displays and exhibitions
  • local newspapers and council minutes

What's on

Bookstart Rhyme Times

Monthly on a Tuesday at 10.30am
Free, fun sessions for under 5s, their parents and carers. For a list of dates and information on other Rhyme Time and Story Time in the area follow the link on this page.

Friends of Ludlow Library

There is an active Friends group who support Ludlow Library. Follow the link on this page for further information.

Reading group

A reading group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 2.30pm. New members are always welcome.

Poetry Place

The library is a Poetry Place and a partner in the Poetry Cafe at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms. Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of every month, in the snug bar of the Assembly Rooms from 7.30pm. Read and enjoy poetry. Follow the link on this page for further details about the Assembly Rooms.

Ludlow Library Writers Group

The group meets in the library at 7.30pm on the third Thursday of each month. New members are welcome. For further information please contact the library.

Online services and downloads

Contact

Ludlow Library
01584 813600
Fax: 01584 813601
Shropshire Council
Ludlow Library, 7/9 Parkway
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 2PG
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