A list of all public libraries run by the council between 2005 and 2022 - Find a freedom of information request

I request a list of all public libraries run by your council between 2005 and 2022.

Additionally, could you please provide information on dates of opening and closure (with at least year-month precision) if they started or ceased operation over that period.

Lastly, could you please provide information on opening and closing hours of the library in that given year?

That means the final dataset would have the following columns:

Name of the library, address

date of opening

date of closing

opening hours in year 2005

opening hours in year 2006, opening hours in year 2022.



If collecting daily opening hours is not possible, annual opening hours are sufficient, too.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Please see attached the information

Records are available from 2014 to present, however earlier data is not held.

We have engaged with GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited) who operate some of our libraries and they have advised that they do not hold any further data either.

Listed on the table are LCC core libraries, their addresses and weekly opening hours, including changes during and after covid.

Also included on the table are current opening house of Library Hubs. Records are not kept of past opening hours for hubs.

For reference - Information on core library’s and hubs, including addresses and opening hours, are included in the publicly available ACE Libraries Basic Dataset.

The most current edition (published in 2023 covering 2022 data) can be found here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-arts-museums-and-libraries/supporting-libraries

CIPFA also provides publicly available reports including data from 2017 to present, that may be of interest.