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Lostock Library
Selby Road
Stretford
M32 9PL

lostock.library@trafford.gov.uk
0161 912 5226

About Lostock Library

Lostock Library
Selby Road
Stretford
M32 9PL

Email: lostock.library@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone:0161 912 5226

Opening times

Day Opening time
Monday 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

Accessibility

  • Ramp to library entrance
  • Automatic door entry
  • Disabled access parking
  • People's Network PC accessible for wheelchair users
  • Toilet for disabled users
  • Lift for disabled users
  • The library is used in conjunction with Lostock College. The Library is available for use by voluntary and community groups outside the opening hours by arrangement.

Self-service machine

Lostock Library has a new self-service machine which you will find easy to use. You can use the machine to:

  • Take out items
  • Return items
  • Renew items
  • Pay library charges
  • Look at your borrower account

The self-service machine has a touch screen and clear instructions on each screen. Staff will be available to provide any help needed with using the machine.

What's on

  • Monday 2 - 2:45pm - Story time for under 5s
  • Monday 10am -12 noon - Beading Group (jewellery making)
  • Tuesday and Thursday 2 - 3pm - Police Community Support Officer's surgery
  • Tuesday and Thursday 2 - 3pm - Craft meetings
  • Thursday 10am - Cartonage Craft Group. Fortnightly, contact Glen Beckett on 0161 748 6358 for further details
  • Friday 12noon - Coffee morning, sponsored by Lostock Tenants and Residents Association. All welcome
  • First Friday of the month 1:30 - 3:30pm - Local History Group, contact Bob Phillips on 0161 747 3541 for further details
  • First Saturday of the month 10am - Local Councillor's surgery with Councillor Mike Cordingley

Council services

  • Environmental services
  • Highways/traffic enquiries
  • Disabled parking permits/Blue Car Badges
  • Pest control
  • Waste disposal/recycling
  • Street lighting/cleaning

Other services

  • Free reservations for any item in stock or on order at any Trafford library
  • Online library catalogue
  • Newspapers and magazines
  • Reference and community information
  • Computer facilities, including access to the Internet, are available to library members via People's Network PCs
  • Printing and scanning facilities
  • Black and white photocopying, fax and laminating
  • Regular activities for all ages
  • A range of adaptive equipment for customers with disabilities - please ask staff for details
  • A Library shop offering quality goods at affordable prices, including stationery, books, greeting cards and gift-wrap, educational wallcharts and workbooks, Readyspex reading glasses.

Stock available

Lostock Library has the following items available for loan:

For Adults

  • Popular, mainly paperback novels
  • Non-fiction books with the emphasis on recreational interest such as gardening, cookery, travel, sport and biography
  • Large print books
  • Talking Books on cassette and CD

For 14+

  • A wide range of material chosen to appeal to this age group

For Children

  • Stories for all ages from the youngest up to 13+
  • Junior non-fiction, chosen to reflect the school curriculum
  • Talking Books
  • Toy Library

Items which are not in stock at Lostock Library but are available from another Trafford library can be requested free of charge.