Friends of Church Stretton Library

17/10/2026

Do join us next Saturday - and help support some great charities

27/09/2026

13/09/2026

This Thursday in the library - All Welcome

14/08/2026

West Mercia Police surgery - in Church Stretton library
Thursday, 20th August, 01:30 - 02:30pm

This is your opportunity to ask questions, voice any concerns you have and hear what your local policing team is doing to tackle crime in the area.

10/08/2026

Stretton's Survey: Drop In Sessions

The Town Council are running drop in sessions to assist people who are finding it difficult to fill in the Stretton's Survey.

• The Library: 11am to 12.30pm, Tuesday 11th
• Mayfair Wellbeing Centre: 10am to 12pm ,Wednesday 12th
• The Market Square : 10am to 11am ,Thursday 13th

This consultation is to inform the Town Council’s priorities, projects and funding decisions for the new financial year.

It includes questions about your support for funding the library, leisure centre and swimming pool. It also includes questions about the market.

The survey can be found on the Town Council website and paper copies are available from the Town Council offices.

08/08/2026

If you know someone who does not have access to the internet, please let them know about the drop ins in the library and mayfair next week as mentioned in the post below. The survey includes questions about peoples support for the library and the leisure centre.

The Stretton's Survey can also be found here!

https://forms.gle/ymy5qBUdboLjLQtC9

If you would like a printed copy, you can collect one from the Town Council Office at 60 High Street, and hand it back to us when completed.

We need your views & opinions - It's Your Town. Your Voice. Our Future.

06/08/2026

Come on down to the library to view the results of the My Stretton Project!

The Church Stretton Arts Festival Trustees wanted to make the Arts Festival extra special this year, as it is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Festival. This led to library staff, Friends of Church Stretton Library Scrappies Scrapstore and staff at St Lawrence Primary school agreeing to work collaboratively together on a project to celebrate their anniversary.

In June, Friends of Church Stretton Library funded workshops for each class from St Lawrence Primary School in the library. These were be run by creative practitioner Sal Tonge and include songs and poetry, to inspire the children with ideas for a piece of artwork on the theme of ‘My Church Stretton’.

That afternoon back at school, each pupil was given a fabric square and produced a piece of artwork. Some of these were sewn together to create two large wall hangings. Scrappies kindly provided the materials and also produced the final pieces of work.

From taking part in these activities, each pupil received an Arts Award Discover certificate from Trinity College London, funded by the Arts Festival. The creative workshops were essential as children have to demonstrate; knowledge of more than one type of art, and knowledge of an artist and their work, to gain their certificate.

You can see one of the hangings in the library until 9th August. The other hanging will form part of the exhibition at St Lawrence Primary School during the arts festival.

As it is the 60th anniversary, we are also inviting the public to share any memories from previous arts festivals. Simply pick up a slip from the library to share your thoughts 🙂

24/07/2026

Stretton's Survey
This Town Council survey includes questions about the library, leisure centre and swimming pool. It will inform Town Council’s priorities, projects and funding decisions for the new financial year.
Please take part and once again demonstrate your support for safeguarding Church Stretton library.

Welcome to Stretton's Survey 2026 Church Stretton Town Council is committed to listening to residents and businesses throughout the year. Alongside our daily contact with residents through our offices, councillors, staff, website, social media, newsletters and community events, this annual survey pr...

14/07/2026

Wonderful to see all the activities taking place in the livrary in the summer holidays. Thank you to the library staff for organising these