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Groby Library

Leicester Road, Groby, Leicestershire, LE6 0DQ
Map with location of Groby Library
Tel: 0116 305 3601
Fax: 0116 287 6949
E-mail: grobylibrary@leics.gov.uk
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About the Library   |   Local Studies   |   Events   |   Opening Times

About the Library

A small library next to the village hall and close to the shops, providing a limited range of services for the local community.  Car park at the rear of the building.  Library is all on one level with wide aisles.
Christina Baker, the Library Manager responsible for Groby, is based at Earl Shilton Library
This library offers the following facilties:
Service Yes/No          Service Yes/No
Automatic doors Yes   Local Studies and Family History Yes
Baby Changing Facilities No   Children's Area Yes
Audio/Talking Books Yes   Children's story tapes/CDs Yes
CDs | DVDs DVDs   Bookstart Yes
Reference Books | Information Services Yes   Wriggly Readers/ Storytime Yes
Access to courses/classes Yes   Photocopier Yes
Newspapers/magazines Yes   Scanner Yes
Local / Tourism information Yes   Printer Yes
Study space / Homework help Yes   Fax machine Yes
Exhibition/Display space Yes   BBC Webwise, IT for All, MS Office training Yes
Housebound reader service Yes      Opening Times  

Local Studies

Information about the local community including parish, borough and county information
Local studies information including books and village file on Groby | Census returns and parish registers
Ancestry Library Edition is available in this library free of charge to do family history research.

Events/What's On

Easter Art Competition
Also at your library this Easter from 20 March until 10 April, we will be holding a great Easter Art Competition, ‘What will hatch from your Egg?’ based on Emily Gravett’s great book, ‘The Odd Egg’. Age categories - 0 - 8 years and 9 - 12 years. Great prizes for the most imaginative hatchlings! Call in for an entry form.
Wriggly Readers Story and Rhyme Time.  0-4 years with parents or carers.  Third Thursday of the month 10.30am - 11.00am.
Monthly Pensions Service advice surgery.
Weekly Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council help-desk.

Library Opening Times

Monday 10.00am - 12.30pm 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Tuesday Closed all day .
Wednesday Closed am 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Thursday 10.00am - 12.30pm 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Friday Closed am 2.00pm - 7.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 1.00pm 2.00pm - 5.00pm

further information

Contact: Earl Shilton Library
Telephone: 0116 305 2761
E-mail: earlshiltonlibrary@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
15 March 2010
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