Opening hours
Monday: 1.30pm to 5pm
Tuesday: 9.30am to 7.30pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 9.30am to 6pm
Friday: 9.30am to 5pm
Saturday: 9am to 5pm
News
Crowning Glory
17 February 2012, 10.30am to 11.30am
A craft session in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, making regal crowns. Join in the design stamp competition and you could win a prize! For children aged 4 to 8 years. Free event.
Facilities
Whitchurch library has a full range of books for all ages, talking books, DVDs and music CDs. There are also computers for public use with free access to the Internet.
A leaflet listing all the facilities and services on offer can be read or downloaded from the link on this page.
For a location map, please follow the link to Localview.
Whats on
Caldecott Club
First Saturday of each month from 10am to 11am
3 March 2012 Story sessions in English and Polish
7 April 2012 Easter craft session
5 May 2012 Story sessions in English and Polish
2 June 2012 Diamond Jubilee craft session
Stories, rhymes and craft sessions for children aged 8 years and under.
Bookstart Rhyme Time
Every Thursday 10am to 10.30am
Fun sessions for pre-school children, 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.
Knit and Natter Group
Alternate Tuesdays 10am to 11.30am
Come along and join Joanna our knitting expert and learn new skills, or just call in for a cup of tea and a chat. No need to book, just bring knitting needles and wool. All abilities welcome.
Whitchurch Library Reading Group
Third Tuesday of the month at 6pm
This is an informal group, and new members are always welcome. For further information on this or other reading groups in the area follow the links from this page.
Comments and Complaints
Here is a selection of comments, suggestions and complaints recently received at Whitchurch library:
What you said. Email reminders are wonderful.
What action has been taken. Shropshire Libraries has introduced this new service to remind people by email when their books are due back.
What you said. The Summer Reading Challenge has been wonderful this year, and has kept my children reading throughout the holidays.
What action has been taken. Shropshire Libraries takes part in the scheme each year, and puts on various events through the school holidays to support the scheme.
What you said. You provide a fantastic request service. My requests arrived in less than a week.
What action has been taken. 78% of requests are supplied in less than 15 days.
What you said. Your book selection for teenagers is wonderful.
What action has been taken. Whitchurch Library has had a lot of new books added to stock recently, which has enhanced the selection available.
The library is home to the Victorian clock that was originally in the Whitchurch and Ellesmere Bank, the workplace of the illustrator Randolph Caldecott, who worked there as a young man before he changed careers and found fame in London and the USA.