Syston Library

Upper Church Street, Syston, Leicestershire, LE7 1HR
Map with location of Syston Library
Tel: 0116 305 3500
Fax: 0116 269 8283
E-mail: systonlibrary@leics.gov.uk

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This is the main library in the Syston area and Karen Cox, the library manager, is based here.

The Library is a short walk from the town centre shops, close to the church and next door to St. Peter and St. Paul's Primary School.  It has a large car park, there is a ramp to entrance and the library is all on one level.

Larger collections can be found at Loughborough or Leicester Central Lending and Reference Libraries.

This Year We Will (PDF)

This library offers the following facilties:

Syston Library can deliver Site-Centred, customised maps for your building planning applications. There is a charge for this service. More about the Ordnance Survey Mapping Service .

Information on the local community including town, district and county information

Books about Syston area | Census returns and parish registers | Microfiche reader

Local maps and Village files on Syston, East Goscote, Thurmaston, Queniborough, Barkby, Rearsby, Wreake Valley, Thrussington and South Croxton

Events & What's On

Free Health Checks - Thursday 9th September, 1.30pm - 4.00pm. A qualified fitness instructor from the Active together team will be conducting free health checks which include measuring body fat percentage, weight, blood pressure, body composition, basal metabolic rate, muscle mass and total body water percentage. Pre-booking essential.

Historic walk around Syston
7.00pm Tuesday 14th September.
If you would like to learn about Syston's past, why not join local author Roy Townsend, who will be leading an evening stroll around the town and revealing its history. Roy has written a number of books about Leicestershire’s local history and has devised this guided walk after conducting extensive research into Syston’s past. His most recent book 'Almost Forgotten' gives details of the famous and infamous characters from Leicestershire’s history.
It will begin at Syston Library at 7.00pm and returns to the library for refreshments and a chance to view some historic photographs of Syston. Tickets cost £2 and can be booked by calling the library on 0116 3053500. Places are limited so booking in advance is necessary.

Wriggly Readers Story and Rhyme Time.  0-4 years with parents or carers.  Monday every week 10.00am - 10.30am and Saturday every other week 10.00am - 10.30am. Please phone the library to find out when the next Saturday session is.

Chatterbooks reading group. 3rd Tuesday of the month 4.00 - 5.00pm. Group full, new members recruited in January.

Citizens Advice Bureau have a weekly drop in session on Tuesdays from 10.00am - 12.00noon.

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