Pensby and Irby libraries among nine to shut up shop later this month

The libraries which will close are Hoylake, Irby, Pensby, Prenton, Wallasey Village, Woodchurch, Higher Bebington, Bromborough and New Ferry libraries.

These particular closures follow wider consultation and were part of the council's budget setting process in February.

While the doors to the nine libraries will close, a number of community and not-for-profit organisations have shown an interest in taking some of the library sites over. These organisations have submitted a business case to the council to show how they would take over and run the sites as community assets. 

These business cases are currently being assessed and councillors will vote to decide if they are progressed at a meeting of the Tourism, Communities, Culture and Leisure Committee on 26th October 2022.

Libraries remain open here in Heswall and over in West Kirby, and in Bebington Central, Beechwood, Birkenhead Central, Eastham, Greasby, Leasowe, Moreton, Rock Ferry, Seacombe, St James, Upton, and Wallasey Central

Pensby library will close on October 28th, with Irby and Hoylake following three days later.