Painswick Library is set to close for good.

Plans are in place to provide a mobile library before a consultation with people in Painswick begins about the future of the library service.

Gloucestershire County Council closed the building just before Christmas and due to the costs of repairs and maintenance, it is not likely to re-open.

Instead, a mobile service is set to take its place.

Councillor Antonia Noble, Gloucestershire County Council cabinet member for libraries, said: “It is no secret that our budgets are under increasing pressure. We have to make the best use of taxpayers’ money and that means taking tough decisions such as this one.

“Maintenance costs for the old Painswick Library building were already significant, and the cost of the repairs now needed to bring the building up to an acceptable standard is just too high.”

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