Breadcrumb Trail
Altrincham Library
20 Stamford New Road
Altrincham
WA14 1EJ
Email: Altrincham.Library@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 5920
Fax: 0161 941 6452
Textphone: 0161 912 2102 extension 5920
Opening Times
| Day | Opening Times |
|---|---|
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Monday |
9am - 5pm |
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Tuesday |
9am - 7:30pm |
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Wednesday |
9am - 5pm |
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Thursday |
9am - 7:30pm |
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Friday |
9am - 5pm |
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Saturday |
9am - 4pm |
Accessibility
- Lift to first floor library
- Toilet for disabled users on ground floor
- People's Network PC accessible for wheelchair users
- CCTV reader
Conveniently located opposite the Metrolink and bus station, Altrincham Library is at the centre of a busy market town. The library houses the main Reference and Information service for Trafford, including a small business section.
Self-service machines
Altrincham 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 a touch screen and clear instructions on each screen. Staff will be available to provide any help needed with using the machines.
What's on
- Readers' Group - second Tuesday of the month
- Film Appreciation Club - third Tuesday of the month
- Coffee morning - last Tuesday of the month
- Displays
- Rhymetime for under 5s every Friday at 2pm
- Storytime every Thursday at 2.15pm
- Working Links every Tuesday 9am - 1pm
- Fastjobnet every Thursday 1 - 4pm
- Nextstep - every Monday and Friday. Monday 9am - 12.30pm. Friday 9am-12noon.
- Connexions - every Wednesday 12 - 4pm
- Trafford Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service - third Friday of the month 12noon - 2pm
Council Services
- Environmental services
- Housing Benefit and Council Tax
- Highways/traffic enquiries
- Street lighting/cleaning
- Disabled Parking Permits - Blue Car 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
- 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 and Readyspex reading glasses
- Sales of withdrawn stock
Stock available
Altrincham 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
- Main reference library for Trafford
- Large print books
- DVDs; Talking Books on cassette and CD; 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
- Toy library
Items which are not in stock at Altrincham 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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