Breadcrumb Trail
Sale Library and Contact Centre
Sale Waterside
Sale
M33 7ZF
Email: Sale.Library@trafford.gov.uk
Library: 0161 912 3008
Fax: 0161 912 3019
Textphone:0161 912 2102 extension 3008
Trafford Local Studies: 0161 912 3013
For directions to the library please use this link to Google Maps
Opening Times
| Day | Opening Times |
|---|---|
| Monday | 9am - 7:30pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 7:30pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 4pm |
Accessibility
- All services on ground level with automatic door entry.
- Four disabled access parking spaces available in front of Sale Police Station, adjacent to Sale Waterside.
- People's Network PC accessible for wheelchair users.
- Counter loop.
- Toilet for disabled users located in the foyer.
- Baby changing facilities.
Self-service machines
Sale Library has two new self-service machines which you will find easy to use. You can use the machines to:
- Take out items
- Return items
- Renew items
- Pay library charges
- Look at your borrower account
The self-service machines have touch screens and clear instructions on each screen. Staff will be available to provide any help needed when using the machines.
What's on
- Storytime for under 5s each Tuesday afternoon at 2.15pm
- Rhymetime for under 5s every Thursday morning. Session one 9.30-10.00am, Session two 10.15-10.45am. Sessions are limited to 20 children and there is a ticket system in use.
- A Readers' Group meets every month
- Trafford Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service - first Tuesday of the month 11.00am - 1.00pm
Council Services
- Environmental services
- Highways/traffic enquiries
- Housing Benefit and Council Tax
- Street lighting/cleaning
- Disabled Parking Permits - Blue Car Badges
- Pest control
- Planning
- Student finance (returning students only)
- Waste disposal/recycling
Other services
- Trafford Local Studies Centre, based at Sale Library, has a comprehensive collection of material in various formats for Local and Family history
- An Online learning centre operates a learndirect service
- 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 and colour photocopying, fax and laminating
- 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 stationery, books, greeting cards and gift-wrap, educational wallcharts and workbooks, Readyspex reading glasses and CD-ROMs
- Sales of withdrawn stock
Stock available
Sale 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 and CD; Playaway Digital 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, Talking Books
Items which are not available at Sale Library but are available from another Trafford library can be requested free of charge.
This page was last reviewed on 14 January 2010
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