Oldham Libraries - Chadderton Library
Chadderton Library, Middleton Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 6JN
Telephone: 0161 665 2225
E-mail: chadderton.library@oldham.gov.uk
Opening Times
- Monday: 9.30 am - 7.00 pm
- Tuesday: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm
- Wednesday: 9.30 am - 7.00 pm
- Thursday: 9.30 am - 7.00 pm
- Friday: 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
- Saturday: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Services available
- Books for adults & children
- Books for teenagers
- Talking books
- Selection of Videos
- Teenage magazines
- Music for loan (cassettes & CDs)
- Children's activities
- Study space
- Local & community information
- Telephone directories
- Newspapers
- Stamps for sale
- Publications for sale
- Fax & photocopying facilities
- Computers available for public use with free Internet access (Please note that the computers will be shut down fifteen minutes before closing time). Please be aware that you need to save your work to a peripheral such as a floppy disk or USB memory key as each computer's hard drive is wiped every evening. Floppy disks are on sale at the counter. Once the computers have been wiped any data that has been saved to the computer is irretrievable.
- Computer Classes (Classroom in a Box - Lifelong Learning Tutors)
- Basic Computer Classes (small groups)
- Local artists' display space
- University Prospectus'
- Local Council Job Bulletins
- Musical Scores for Brass Bands
- Homework collection
- Books/Cassettes/CD's in community languages (Bangla and Urdu)
- Newspapers in community languages (Bangla and Urdu)
- Free Word Processing facilities - Bangla and Urdu
- Member of staff who speaks Urdu
Access
- Ramped access to front door.
Parking
- Free - on Victoria Street.
Contacts
- Steve Corbley, Community Librarian 0161 665 2225.
- Information in community languages: Naveed Aziz 0161 770 4644.
Activities
- Partner of Oldham Information and Guidance (IAG) network.
- Chadderton Historical Society meets at Chadderton Library.
- Rooms for hire (please contact Community Librarian for more information).
- Readers Group held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2pm in the library. Call 0161 665 2225 for more information.
- Storytime and craft activities for children every school holiday.
Facts & Figures
- Chadderton Library opens for 43 hours per week
- Stocks over 20,000 items
- Stocks over 2,000 music items
- Issued 84,744 books in 2003/2004
- There are currently five computers for public Internet use
- Visitors: 103,312 in 2003/2004