Oswestry Library

Opening hours during Library redevelopment
Monday 10.00 - 4.00
Tuesday 10.00 - 4.00
Wednesday 10.00 - 4.00
Thursday Closed
Friday 10.00 - 4.00
Saturday 10.00 - 4.00

Please see the attached link to Oswestry Library- development and progress of new building, This gives the revised opening times and contact numbers during the completion of the new building.

Oswestry Library serves the market town of Oswestry and surrounding villages. For a location map, please follow the link to Shropmap.

As well as an excellent book stock there is a good range of DVDs, compacts discs and talking books. The library holds the second largest collection of local studies material in the county for Shropshire after Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury. There is an important Welsh collection. Eight People's Network computers are linked to the Internet, with free broadband access.

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.

Oswestry Library is the administrative headquarters for the seven community libraries in the North Shropshire Area. It is also the base for two mobile libraries. The Oswestry Rural Mobile Library visits communities within a twenty mile radius of the town on a fortnightly basis. The Oswestry Urban Mobile Library visits larger communities from Gains Park to St Martins either weekly or fortnightly.

Oswestry Library is currently undergoing a major extension. A brief history of the library in Oswestry and information about the building under construction can be viewed on a separate page.

There is a programme of activities for children which you can see by following the link on this page. An active reading group meets the last Thursday in the month to informally discuss a set book.

Events and activities in Oswestry and North Shropshire can be viewed by following the link on this page.

To celebrate the opening of the new library and to promote the National Year of Reading, Oswestry Library is working with the Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer, local schools, colleges, businesses and the health service to encourage everyone to read the same book in 2008. For further information, follow the link to "Oswestry Reads 2008".

Facilities
- books
- books on tape and CD
- DVDs
- music CDs
- language courses on CD and tape
- maps
- local and national newspapers
- photocopier (black and white)
- fax service
- study spaces
- exhibition space
- meeting room
- housebound delivery service (volunteer staff)