Upcoming events

Past events

  • One man in a boat

    Wednesday 12th December 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    We are delighted to host the talented Geoff Hales again for our Christmas Event. Join us to enjoy his play ‘One man in a boat’, with mulled wine and mince pies to share after. Based on Jer... Find out more »

  • Crude Britannia: How Britain was shaped by Big Oil

    Wednesday 14th November 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    Can we really blame Brexit on energy companies? Did oil refineries really play a role in the development of Rock Music? Can a nation that relied on Black Gold go Green? Find out more »

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We are a group who support the Milton Road Library in Cambridge and want to ensure we retain it as a local library but also that it develops as a community resource.

The original library building on the corner of Ascham Road and Milton Road closed its doors on 10th November 2017, and a new library/community space is scheduled to open in a years’ time.

More about Friends of Milton Road Library

There is mobile provision further down Ascham Road near the school while the building work takes place. It keeps a good range of books, including many for children, with the following hours of opening:

Monday 10:00 — 17:00
Tuesday Closed
Thursday 15:00 — 17:00
Friday 15:00 — 17:00
Saturday 10:00 — 15:00
Sunday Closed

News

New designs for library interior

New designs for library interior

13th November 2018

Come and see the new designs planned for the library interior. Library Services are running a public engagement session on Saturday 24th November 2018 from 11:00-15:00 at the Roger Ascham Library Site...
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Story sharing with young readers

Story sharing with young readers

13th November 2018

Our wonderful team of story sharers are volunteering again this term to read to small groups of reception children from Milton Road Primary School. The children will be walking across to the Milton Ro...
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A trip down memory lane

A trip down memory lane

30th October 2018

Many thanks to Jannett Klinke for sharing these photos from the old building. So looking forward to seeing the spaces we will be opening up soon in our exciting new building.
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About

The Friends of Milton Road Library exists to celebrate and protect our local library. We aim to:

  • Promote Milton Road Library within the community
  • Help develop the building as a community resource and facility
  • Facilitate the running of library and community events at the library
  • Liaise with the County Council on all aspects of running the library
  • Liaise with the City Council on developing resources for general use.

Funds raised through membership support our programme of events and purchase newspapers and equipment for the building.

History of the library

Joint Steering Group for building development

Since 2012 the Friends Group have been working as members of a joint Steering Group with the Library Service of the County Council to plan the development of the building.

Development Steering group

Partnership Working

The Friends worked with Milton Road Primary School in 2018 on ‘The Art of Reading’ and created new artwork for the building site covering all the hoardings. This short film by young film-maker Ciaran Tunmer brilliantly illustrates some of the fun we had together.

Join

As a member of the Friends, we will keep you informed of events and activities, and also ask you to give us ideas and feedback on proposals affecting our library. Most of the events we run are free to members. We will keep in touch with you primarily by email but we will do what we can to also notify those people who join us who aren’t on the internet.

The subscription to be a member is £5, or £8 for family/household membership (£3 and £5 if you are unwaged); £10 for community members (schools and local businesses etc).

Membership runs from 1st January each year. To join the Friends please contact us

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