Breadcrumb Trail
Urmston Library
Unit 34
Golden Way
Urmston
M41 0NA
Email: Urmston.Library@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 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.
- Knitting and Sewing group meets every Monday 1.30 - 3.30pm to learn new stitches, swap patterns and chat about knitting and sewing
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 - 1pm
- Trafford Disability Information Service 10am - 12 noon, Drop in session Information provided about anything to do with independent living/disability to disabled people - First Tuesday of every month commencing 3 August 2010
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 1pm - 4.30pm
Friday
- CAB information sessions 2nd Friday of the month, 9.30am - 12.30pm
- Free Advice Clinic on wills, lasting powers of attorney etc, second and fourth Friday of each month 10am - 12noon
Councillor's surgery - Councillor Procter
- Tuesday 3rd August, 6pm - 7pm
- Tuesday 14th September, 6pm - 7pm
- Tuesday 5th October, 6pm - 7pm
- Tuesday 2nd November, 6pm - 7pm
- Tuesday 7th December, 6pm - 7pm
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 Playaway digital (MP3) audio books, 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 18 August 2010
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