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Oldham Libraries - Failsworth Library

Failsworth Library, Main Street, Failsworth, M35 9DP
Telephone: 0161 681 2405 (Minicom available)
Fax: 0161 688 7828
E-mail: failsworth.library@oldham.gov.uk

Opening Times

• Monday: 9.30 am - 7.00 pm
• Tuesday: 9.30 am - 5.00 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 and children
• Story tapes for children
• Talking books
• Audio CDs for hire
• DVDs & Videos for hire
• Children's activities
• Exhibition and display space
• Local history material
• Study space
• Information and reference material on topics of general interest
• 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.
• Local information
• Fax facilities
• Newspapers
• Teenage magazines
• Job bulletin
• Cards, stamps and books for sale
• Playgroup relay point
• Local artists' and community display space

Access

• Fully accessible through front door. Level access throughout.

Parking

• On street parking nearby, with 2 disabled parking spaces outside the main entrance.

Contact

• Ainsley Williams 0161 681 2405

Activities

• Story times and craft activities during school holidays
• Base for Failsworth History Society
• Free basic computer courses (Lifelong Learning)
• Readers group held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6pm in the library. Call 0161 681 2405

Facts & Figures

• Failsworth library opens for 43 hours per week.
• Stocks over 35,000 books.
• Over 4 thousand music and video items available for loan.
• Visitors: 87,597 in 2003/2004
• Issued 137,010 books in 2003/2004

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