Breadcrumb Trail
Urmston Library
Unit 34
Golden Way
Urmston
M41 0NA
Email: Urmston.Library@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 2727
Fax: 0161 747 6588
Textphone: 0161 912 2102 extension 2727
Opening Times
| Day | Opening Times |
|---|---|
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 7:30pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 4pm |
Accessibility
- All services on first floor level. Lift and escalator available.
- People's Network PC accessible for wheelchair users
- Toilet for disabled users and baby change facilities
- Hearing loop system
- Secure parking in nearby car park
- Bus stop outside the library
Self-service machine
Urmston 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 it.
What's on
Monday
- A coffee morning is held on the first Monday of every month 10am - 12 noon. On Monday 1 February Heidi from Money Made Clear will be giving advice about money matters.
Tuesday
- Rhymetime every Tuesday afternoon at 2pm
- Community Police contact every Tuesday 2.30pm
- Macmillan advice sessions on the second Tuesday of the month 11am - 1.00pm
Wednesday
- Storytime for under 5s every Wednesday at 2.15pm
- Job Centre appointments each Wednesday 9am - 4.30pm
Thursday
- Two Readers Groups meet each month
- Welfare Rights sessions every Thursday afternoon - appointment only
- Housing Benefits Liaison sessions Thursday 1.00 - 4.30pm
- Councillor's surgery alternate Thursdays from 2.00 - 3.00pm
Friday
- CAB information sessions 2nd Friday of the month, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Council Services
- Environmental services
- Highways/traffic enquiries
- Housing benefit/Council tax service
- Street lighting/cleaning
- Disabled Parking badges
- Pest control
- Waste disposal/recycling
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
- Photo booth
- Digital photo printer machine
- Black and white photocopying, fax, comb-binding and laminating
- Colour photocopying
- Regular activities for all ages
- Community learning events
- A range of adaptive equipment for customers with disabilities - please ask staff for details
- A Library shop offering quality goods at affordable prices, including books, greeting cards, educational wallcharts and workbooks, Readyspex reading glasses
- Sales of withdrawn stock
- Large exhibition space which can be divided into three separate rooms (bookings made through Community Lettings)
Stock available
Urmston Library has the following items available for loan:
For Adults
- Hardback and paperback fiction, including bestsellers and contemporary novels
- Non-fiction books ranging from popular interest topics to more academic subjects, in some cases up to AS and A level
- Large print books
- DVDs, Talking Books on cassette, CD and MP3, music CDs, foreign language tapes and CDs
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
- DVDs and Talking Books
Items which are not in stock at Urmston Library but are available from another Trafford library can be requested free of charge.
This page was last reviewed on 3 March 2010
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