Bayston Hill Library

Opening hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10 to 1, 2 to 5, 5.30 to 7.30
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 10 to 1, 2 to 5
Friday 10 to 1, 2 to 5
Saturday 9.30 to 1

Facilities

Bayston Hill Library is a friendly community library serving the southern part of Shrewsbury and Bayston Hill itself, the largest village in Shropshire. Five People's Network computers are linked to the Internet, with free broadband access. Bayston Hill Library is one of the community libraries within the Central Area. A copy of a leaflet outlining the services 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. For a location map, please follow the link to ShropMap.

Events

For a full list of events taking place in Bayston Hill Library, and other libraries in the Shrewsbury area, please follow the link from this page.

Police Surgery

A local Community Police Officer holds a surgery at Bayston Hill Library every other Tuesday morning from 11 to 12 noon. The surgery is held in a room away from the public area to ensure privacy. Please contact the library for further details.

Friends of Bayston Hill Library

There is an active Friends group that aims to support the work of the library. Several members help to keep the library neat and tidy, and proceeds from book sales are put towards purchasing equipment for the library. The group has recently bought a new paperback spinner and a leaflet display unit. New members are welcome, follow the link for more information.

Mary Webb

The library is named in honour of one of the best known Shropshire authors, Mary Webb, who lived in the area and used Shropshire as a vivid backdrop to her work. A large plaque in memory of Mary Webb can be seen on the wall behind the library counter. It was commissioned by The Mary Webb Society and presented to the library in October 1977, the fiftieth anniversary of the author's death. It was engraved on slate by the artist Gerry Powell. The head was copied from a tinted photograph donated to the Society by the late Mrs. Winifred Edge, of Wem, who as a child had been Mary's bridesmaid. Around the portrait are sketches from nature representing possible scenes from the author's novels. At the back of the library there is a small Mary Webb Garden which is has been renovated by the Friends of the library. It is dedicated to the memory of another local author, Dorothy Wrenn, who did much to promote Mary Webb's work.

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