FOI release

Closure of Council run services

Case reference FOI2025/00749

Received 21 August 2025

Published 10 September 2025

Request

Please list all council-run public services (from the list below) which have closed since 2020 to date as a result of budget cuts/reductions in council spending. Please include the following services in your response: * Swimming pools/leisure centres * Libraries * Youth centres * Community centres * Venues which provide support services - eg luncheon clubs, social clubs * Children’s centres * Art galleries/museums * Parks * Theatres * Golf courses * Any other council services/venues which provide leisure/cultural/social provision for the community. Where a service has ceased to be operated by the council, but has remained open due to a community/charity transfer, please provide details of this. Please respond in the following format: * Name of building/service * Date closed/transferred to community or charity provider Please do not include any temporary closures as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. I am only requesting information on closures related to financial decisions.

Response

Swimming Pools/Leisure Centres - None closed due to financial decisions

Libraries – Kent County Council remit not TWBC except one in the Amelia which has remained open

Youth centres - Not TWBC remit

Community centres - None closed due to financial decisions

Venues which provide support services - eg luncheon clubs, social clubs Children's centres - Not TWBC remit

Art galleries/museums - None closed due to financial decisions

Parks - None closed due to financial decisions

Theatres - None closed due to financial decisions

Golf courses - Not TWBC remit

Documents

There are no documents for this release.

This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.