Opening hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10am to 7.30pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm
Friday: 10am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm
Saturday: 9.30am to 1pm
Facilities
Bayston Hill library carries a full range of books, talking books and DVDs for all ages. It also has public use computers with free access to the Internet.
A copy of a leaflet outlining the services provided can be read or printed from the link on this page.
For a location map, please follow the link to Localview.
What's on
Bookstart Story Time
Monthly on a Friday at 10.30am
Story and rhyme time for toddlers and pre-school children, their parents and carers. A simple craft activity is included in each session.
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 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. Talk to a member of staff for more information.
Your comments about the library
You can help us to improve our service by having your say. Your suggestions will be listened to. If you have a complaint, staff will do their best to put things right, and if you are pleased with the service please say!
Here are just a few of the most recent comments.
"Thank you for sending email reminders of when my books are due back - so useful."
"The shelves are very close to the computers, it's very cramped."
Reply - We have moved the fiction shelves to give people using the computers more room.
"My children love Toddler Tales!"
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 scenes from the author's novels.
At the back of the library is a small Mary Webb Garden which 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.