Melton Mowbray Library

Wilton Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0UJ
Map with location of Melton Library
Tel: 0116 305 3646
Fax: 01664 410199
E-mail: meltonmowbraylibrary@leics.gov.uk

About the library | OS Mapping Service I Local Studies | Events | Opening Times

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About the Library

Melton Library is a large, busy library close to the town centre and adjoins Brooksby Melton College. Ramp at front of building. Disabled parking space is available in the nearby town car park. Library is all on one level with wide aisles. Local bus timetables

The main library in the Melton area, providing a full range of services. Brenda Clare, the library manager, is based here.

This Year We Will (PDF)

Find out about the Community Health and Wellbeing Service available through Coalville, Melton and Oadby Libraries

If you have used the service please tell us what you think about it

This library offers the following facilities:

Service	Yes/No		Service	Yes/No
Automatic doors	Yes		Local Studies and Family History	Yes
Baby Changing Facilities	Yes		Children's Area	Yes
Audio/Talking Books	Yes		Children's story tapes/CDs	Yes
CDs \| DVDs	Yes		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
OS Mapping Service - New service	Yes	..		...

Ordnance Survey Mapping Service

Melton Library can deliver Site-Centred, customised maps for your building planning applications. More about the Ordnance Survey Mapping Service

Local Studies

Hunting Collection
Books about Melton District
Maps old and new, photographic collection, and Village files for Asfordby, Bottesford and Waltham-on-the-wolds plus cuttings files for all local villages
Local census information 1841 - 1891 plus 1881 census on CD-ROM with national coverage
1901 census on Microfiche - Leicestershire and parts of Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire
Parish registers
More about census returns and parish registers
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Local newspapers
Early town and trade directories
Microfiche and Microfilm readers and printer
Information covering Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland
Ancestry Library Edition is available in this library free of charge to do family history research.

Events/What's On

Launch of Community Health and Wellbeing Services - Monday, 9th November 2009

Discover Midlands Crime - Wednesday, 18th November 2009

Wriggly Readers Story and Rhyme Time. 0-4 years with parents or carers. Every Tuesday and Thursday 10.00 - 10.30am.

Melton Reading Group

Internet Taster sessions and e-mail, Family History and Scanner sessions. The sessions are free, friendly and informal and will give you the confidence to make a start on your own. Contact the library to book your place.

Family History surgeries: 1st Friday of the month 10.00-12.00 Friendly and informal sessions open to all. Library staff will be on hand to show you how to use the library's resources and access some of the best websites. Tea and coffee also available

Art Gallery

Events Guide | What's On

Library Opening Times

Monday	9.00am - 8.00pm
Tuesday	9.00am - 8.00pm
Wednesday	9.00am - 8.00pm
Thursday	9.00am - 8.00pm
Friday	9.00am - 5.30pm
Saturday	9.30am - 5.00pm