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Hale Library
Leigh Road
Hale
WA15 9BG

hale.library@trafford.gov.uk
0161 912 5966

About Hale Library

Hale Library
Leigh Road
Hale
WA15 9BG

Email: hale.library@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 5966

Opening times

Day Opening time
Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Accessibility

  • All services on ground level with automatic door entry
  • People's Network PC accessible for wheelchair users
  • Loop system in meeting room
  • Toilets for disabled users
  • Three disabled parking spaces available

For more detailed information about the accessibility of Hale Library, please visit the DisabledGo website.

Self-service machines

Hale 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 with using the machines.

What's on

  • Storytime for under 5s is every Tuesday at 2pm
  • Rhymetime - Every Tuesday and Friday, 10:15-10:45am; sessions are free and open to all under 5's but places are limited
  • A Readers' Group meets every month
  • A Writers' Circle meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 7pm to support aspiring and published authors.

Council services

  • Environmental services
  • Highways/traffic enquiries
  • Housing Benefit and Council Tax document verification
  • 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
  • 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
  • Exhibition area and meeting room for hire
  • Young adult area providing study areas and stock relevant to 13-18 year olds

Stock available

Hale 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 (MP3) audio books; music CDs; foreign language tapes and CDs.
  • Blu-ray DVD

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 in stock at Hale Library but are available from another Trafford library can be requested free of charge.