Libraries

Kaidokan Judo Academy, Blackpool

Academy puts down community roots as a place ‘where everyone belongs’

BeMySource is a global research marketplace that enables access to physical archives, libraries and collections through trusted local contributors.

Ad Feature Research archive marketplace launches internationally

A report shared by Libraries Connected reveals that Revoe Library, creates an estimated £9.5 million in economic and social value each year, giving back almost £70.00 in value for every £1.00 invested

'People have pride in coming from Revoe. There’s a sense of community'

Blackpool’s own Pro Wrestling world Champion Rossy Rascal aka Ross Goodwin and his community hub Rascals Enhancing lives have teamed up with Revoe Library for RASCALS READING RUMBLE.

Pro wrestling world champion teams up with library for special reason

Kingsfold Library in Penwortham

Closures and opening hour changes at libraries - what you need to know

Canadian Folk Music Award-nominated Medusa Quartet is set to bring its global folk sounds to Moor Park Library

Award-nominated Canadian folk group to perform at Moor Park Library

The Old Electric launches bold new programme of free workshops

Oddbodies Theatre bring a one man performance of King Lear to Moor Park Library

Blackpool Library Service secures funding to develop pilot project with Spot On ...

Central Library in Blackpool

Library fines still scrapped but some fees to rise to protect service

Blackpool Transport have announced changes to its tram timetable intended to give customers better travel options and more connectivity at Blackpool North Station.

Changes to Blackpool trams announced including quicker journeys

Analysis from the Office for National Statistics shows Blackpool is among worst areas in the North West for library access

Blackpool among worst areas in the North West for library access

Coun Michael Green at Kingsfold Library

The staggering number of people using libraries to keep warm

Residents asked to help regenerate one of the most deprived areas in Blackpool with £90m grant.

£90 million grant to help regenerate Blackpool begins

Blackpool will celebrate Black History Month with a host of local events.

Blackpool to celebrate Black History Month with range of activities

Blackpool's Grand Theatre is part of the steering group

Funding sought to develop Blackpool's ambitious cultural strategy

Palatine Library

New chapter as plans approved for Blackpool library
Plans which will see a Blackpool library transformed into an eco hub have got the go-ahead.
Shelagh Parkinson

Summer fun: A list of free and low-cost family activities in Blackpool

There will be a launch event at Central Library

Workshops to open up world of virtual reality to Blackpool teens

A line-up of events has been announced for the first ever Spot On Festival in Poulton (Credit: Georgia Claire Photography/ David Howells/ Rang-Zeb Rango Hussain/ Ian Vargas)

Line-up announced for Poulton's first Spot On Festival

Sanitary bins are being added to the men's toilets in all LCC-owned buildings (Credit: Grant Hughes)

This is why sanitary bins will be put in all male toilets owned by LCC

Carlos Gu visited Blackpool to launch s new CBeebies Bedtime Stories and BookTrust partnership

Strictly star visits Blackpool but swaps the ballroom for the library

An artist's impression of the proposed culture hub

Plans for £10m new culture hub are unveiled

Activities will be held at Blackpool libraries

Lego and story-telling will to help tackle loneliness in Blackpool

NSPCC celebrates Talk PANTS Week as part of national campaign to prevent children from abuse.

NSPCC's national campaign to prevent children from abuse

Children’s novel inspired by 50-year-old smell company founded in Blackpool

Barclays will close another 14 branches in the UK

Barclays confirms more high street branch closures across the UK

A rare first edition 1996 Bloomsbury publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone purchased from a library for pennies is set to fetch up to £5,000 at auction.

Harry Potter book bought for 30p turns out to be worth £5,000
A battered copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought from a library has turned out to be an ultra-rare first edition worth £5,000
Sophie Wills

Let children get out and about

7 half-term hacks to keep your kids entertained on a budget

Blackpool Central Library. Photo: Daniel Martino for JPI Media

Fylde coast bookworms check out libraries again after lockdown

See letter from Dr Barry Clayton

Letters - Saturday March 6, 2021

Collectors were needed for the Poppy Appeal

Blackpool Nostalgia in 1982: Video rentals, Morecambe Bay gas fields and a plea ...

Burnley's Pike Hill library is one of the latest to reopen its doors

Here's what you need to know as the latest group of Lancashire libraries reopens

Palatine library is one of three set to reopen as Blackpool Council begins a phased reopening of its library service

Here's what you need to know as Blackpool takes 'first steps' to opening its lib...

Pubs in Lancashire can open their days again this Saturday (July 4), as long as they can operate safely and maintain social distancing. Pic: Adam Smyth/Greene King /PA Wire

These are all the places that can reopen and all those that must stay closed fro...

Revealed - the most borrowed books of the year. Have your favourites made the li...

Digital libraries experience a surge in membership amid lockdown

Blackpool's Central Library

Libraries go online to bring the world of books to Fylde coast people in lockdow...

Boris Johnson ordered the public to stay at home during a TV broadcast on Monday night (Getty Images)

Here's everything you need to know about new coronavirus restrictions as UK ente...

Young people learning about creative opportunities at Blackpool's Grand Theatre

Blackpool shines spotlight on creative sector careers for young people In Discov...

Young people learning about creative opportunities at Blackpool's Grand Theatre

Blackpool shines spotlight on creative sector careers for young people In Discov...

Inside the newly refurbished library, which will reopen later this month

Cleveleys library set to reopen, two years after it was closed

Cleveleys children protesting after the library was closed

Delight as date is set for reopening of Cleveleys library

Since the start of austerity, there have been hundreds of libraries and thousands of library staff lost across the UK, says Matthew Smith

Letters - January 25, 2019

Thornton library will be one of the places taking part.

Fylde and Wyre libraries looking after health and wellbeing

County Coun Peter Buckley outside St Annes library

Frustration at St Annes library repair delay

Thornton Library which is re-opnening in February

Date is set for reopening of Thornton Library

Coun Peter Buckley outside St Annes Library

Libraries are bursting with things to do

Fleetwood Library

Libraries celebrate county's key day

Thornton Library

Library plans moving forward as new group set up

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Timetable announced for re-opening Lancashire's closed libraries

Wordpool will take over Stanley Park for a day

Animal Antics return to park for resort's Wordpool festival

Protest over the potential closure of Freckleton Library. Youngsters Evie Knowles, 11, Sean Rhodes, 10, Steven Rhodes, 11 and Kelby Knowles, 8, with other protesters behind.

Letters - January 3, 2017

Aaron Dickinson who founded his gardening business through Get Started

Resort libraries aid week of enterprise

Handout photo issued by EDF Energy of the concrete process trial pour at the Hinkley Point C site in January 2015, as the energy giant is set to make its long-awaited final investment decision on the planned nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, ending doubts over the massive Â£18 billion project. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday July 28, 2016. The French firm's board is meeting in Paris on Thursday and is expected to give the go-ahead for the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for a generation. See PA story ENERGY Nuclear. Photo credit should read: Geoff Pagotto/EDF Energy/PA Wire

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Letters - September 26, 2016

Louise McLaren, chairman of the Friends of Ansdell Library, at a protest against it closure with Friends members (from left) Catherine Baxendale, Ian Lowe, Carmen Lowe, Graham Holroyd and Gail Norris.

Libraries axe plan up for special scrutiny

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