If there is a library friends or campaign group in your area which does not appear in this list, please send us details via email to TheLibraryCampaign@gmail.com and we will add it.
A full list of information on the different models of libraries, listed by authority, can be found on Ian Anstice’s Public Libraries News site which you can access HERE.
Greater London
- Libraries for Life for Londoners (LLL) – umbrella organisation for London groups WEBSITE (checked 7/18)
Barking and Dagenham
- Save Robert Jeyes Library TWITTER (updated 7/18)
Barnet
- Save Barnet Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER PETITION (updated 07/18)
- East Finchley Library Users Group WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 07/18)
- Save Friern Barnet Library Group WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 7/18)
Brent
- Friends of Barham Library WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 7/18)
- Friends of Cricklewood Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL PETITION (updated 7/18)
- Save Kensal Rise Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 7/18)
- Preston Library Campaign WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 7/18)
Bromley
- Save Bromley Libraries FACEBOOK (updated 07/18)
Camden
- Camden Public Libraries Users Group WEBSITE (checked 7/18)
- Friends of Belsize Community Library WEBSITE TWITTER EMAIL (added 7/18)
- Friends of Chalk Farm Library FACEBOOK (added 07/18)
- Friends of Highgate Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 7/18)
- Friends of Holborn Library WEBSITE (checked 7/18)
- Friends of Queens Crescent Library WEBSITE (updated 7/18)
- Swiss Cottage Central Library Users Group WEBSITE TWITTER (checked 7/18)
- Friends of West Hampstead Library WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 7/18)
Croydon
- Save Croydon Libraries Campaign WEBSITE TWITTER EMAIL PETITION (updated 7/18)
- Upper Norwood Library Campaign (library run jointly by Croydon and Lambeth) WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 7/18)
- Save Upper Norwood Library From Closure (library run jointly by Croydon and Lambeth) TWITTER (updated 7/18)
Ealing
- Save Ealing’s Libraries Campaign FACEBOOK PETITION (updated 7/18)
- Save Hanwell Library PETITION (updated 7/18)
Greenwich
- Friends of the East Greenwich Free Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK EMAIL (updated 7/18)
- Friends of West Greenwich Library WEBSITE (checked 7/12)
Haringey
- Supporters of Alexandra Park Library FACEBOOK (updated 7/18)
- Highgate Library Action Group WEBSITE (checked 7/18)
- Friends of Highgate Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (added 07/18)
- Friends of Marcus Garvey Library FACEBOOK EMAIL (added 07/18)
- Save Marcus Garvey Library Tottenham FACEBOOK PETITION (updated 7/18)
- Friends of Muswell Hill Library FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 7/18)
Harrow
Islington
- Friends of Islington Libraries are incorporated in Islington Society WEBSITE EMAIL according to news article of 6/11 (updated 8/18)
Kensington
Lambeth
- Defend The 10 WEBSITE TWITTER (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Carnegie Library (Herne Hill) WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Durning Library (Kennington) WEBSITE FACEBOOK EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Lambeth Palace Library WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Minet Library – Minet Hub WEBSITE EMAIL (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Streatham Library Group FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Tate Library (Brixton) WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library (Vauxhall) WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Upper Norwood Library Campaign (library run jointly by Lambeth and Croydon) WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Save Upper Norwood Library From Closure (library run jointly by Lambeth and Croydon) FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 8/18)
- Friends of West Norwood Library FACEBOOK (checked 8/18)
Lewisham
- Save Lewisham Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER YOUTUBE
- PETITION EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Users and Friends of Manor House Library WEBSITE (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Sydenham Community Library FACEBOOK EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Defend Torridon Library TWITTER (checked 8/18)
Merton
- Donald Hope Library Friends FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Raynes Park Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of West Barnes Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Save Wimbledon Library FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 8/18)
Richmond Upon Thames
- Friends of Hampton Wick Library WEBSITE TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Whitton Library/Junior Friends of Whitton Library FACEBOOK EMAIL (added 08/18)
Waltham Forest
Westminster
South East
Berkshire
- Save Burghfield Common Library FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Friends of Pangbourne Library FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
Buckinghamshire
- Friends of Burnham Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Chalfont St Giles Library WEBSITE (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Chalfort St Peter Community Library WEBSITE (added 8/18)
- Save Stony Stratford Library WEBSITE YOUTUBE (updated 8/18)
East Sussex
- (East Sussex) Music Libraries Action Group (MULAG) WEBSITE (updated 8/18)
- Save Ore Library Community Campaign WEBSITE (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Pevensey Bay Library WEBSITE TWITTER (added 8/18)
- Friends of Willingdon Library FACEBOOK (updated 8/18)
Hampshire
- Save Hampshire Libraries PETITION (added 8/18)
Isle of Wight
- Friends of the Isle of Wight Library Service ARTICLE (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Freshwater Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Lord Louis Library FACEBOOK EMAIL (added 8/18)
Kent
- Campaigning for Libraries in Kent WEBSITE TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Save Deal Library FACEBOOK (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Medway Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK (updated 8/18)
- Sandwich Library Guild WEBSITE (added 8/18)
Oxfordshire
- Friends of Benson Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 8/18)
- Save Old Marston Library PETITION EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Watlington Library FACEBOOK (updated 8/18)
- Save Wychwood Library TWITTER (checked 8/18)
Southampton
- Friends of Bitterne Library FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Burgess Road Library Buddies PETITION (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Cobbett Road Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 8/18)
Surrey
- Surrey Libraries Action Movement (SLAM) WEBSITE TWITTER (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Bagshot Library WEBSITE EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Cheam Library WEBSITE (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Stoneleigh Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
Windsor and Maidenhead
- Friends of The Royal Borough (Windsor and Maidenhead) Libraries EMAIL (updated 8/18)
South West
Bristol
- Love Bristol Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Clifton Centre and Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER YOUTUBE (added 8/18)
- Friends of Marksbury Road Library FACEBOOK (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Redland Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (checked 8/18)
- Save Redland Library TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Sea Mills Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 8/18)
- Save Westbury Library FACEBOOK (checked 8/18/)
- Save Wick Road Library Community Group FACEBOOK EMAIL (updated 8/18)
Cornwall
- Cornwall Library Campaign YOUTUBE PETITION (updated 8/18)
- Friends of St Ives Library FACEBOOK (updated 8/18)
Devon
- Support for Axminster Library FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Chagford Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Chudleigh Library WEBSITE (added 8/18)
- Friends of Colyton Library WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 8/18)
Dorset
- Supporters of Colehill Library WEBSITE (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Sturminster Newton Library FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Friends of Swanage Library FACEBOOK EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Upton Library WEBSITE (added 8/18)
- Friends of Weymouth Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Wimborne Library EMAIL (added 11/18)
Gloucestershire
- Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries WEBSITE TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Supporters of Hanham Library FACEBOOK (updated 8/18)
Plymouth
Somerset
- Save Somerset’s Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK PETITION EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Save Bath Library FACEBOOK TWITTER PETITION (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Cheddar Library FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Friends of Crewkerne Library FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Friends of Langport Library FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Friends of Nether Stowey Library WEBSITE (added 8/18)
- Save South Petherton Library PETITION (added 8/18)
- Friends of Wiveliscombe Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK (updated 8/18)
Swindon
- Save Swindon’s Libraries FACEBOOK TWITTER PETITION (updated 8/18)
- Friends of Even Swindon Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER FLICKR EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Old Town Library WEBSITE EMAIL (updated 8/18)
- Save West Swindon Library FACEBOOK (checked 8/18)
West Midlands
Birmingham
- Friends of The Libraries of Birmingham WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Libraries in our Sutton Coldfield WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER PETITION EMAIL (updated 8/18)
Coventry
Herefordshire
- Joint Action for Herefordshire Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK (added 8/18)
- Save Herefordshire’s Libraries PETITION (updated 8/18)
- They’re Our Libraries and Museums FACEBOOK YOUTUBE (checked 8/18)
- Hereford Library Users Group WEBSITE (checked 8/18)
- Friends of Leominster Library WEBSITE TWITTER (checked 8/18)
- Ross Library Development Group WEBSITE TWITTER EMAIL (updated 8/18)
Shropshire
- Friends of Ellesmere Library FACEBOOK EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Market Drayton Library EMAIL (added 8/18)
- Friends of Pontesbury Library WEBSITE EMAIL (added 8/18)
Walsall
- Save Walsall Libraries PETITION (added 8/18)
- Save Darlaston Library FACEBOOOK (updated 8/18)
- Save Streetly Library FACEBOOK PETITION (updated 8/18)
Wolverhampton
North West
Blackburn with Darwen
- Friends of Darwen Library WEBSITE (added /13)
Bolton
- Save Bolton Libraries FACEBOOK (added 12/12/)
Bury
Cheshire
- Friends of Northwich Library
- Our Winsford Library WEBSITE (added 06/13)
Halton
- Adventures in Reading (added 5/13)
Knowsley
Lancashire
- Save Adlington Library TWITTER (added 04/16)
- Save Ansdell Library FACEBOOK TWITTER (added 03/16)
- Save Coppull Library TWITTER (added 03/16)
- Save Eccleston Library TWITTER (added 03/16)
- Save Longridge Library TWITTER (added 03/16)
Manchester
- Save Burnage Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 5/13)
- Save Fallowfield Library on Twitter (added 3/13)
- Save Levenshulme Baths and Library website and on Twitter ( added 3/13)
- Save Northenden Library on Facebook and Twitter (added 3/13)
- Northenden Library Action Group
Sefton
- ABC (Ainsdale, Birkdale and Churchtown) Library Group – Save Southport Libraries WEBSITE TWITTER (checked 5/13)
- Friends of Ainsdale Library WEBSITE (checked 5/13)
- Birkdale Library Action Group (added 5/13)
- Friends of Carnegie Library (added 5/13)
- Friends of Churchtown Library TWITTER (checked 5/13)
Trafford
- Friends of Coppice Library FACEBOOK (added 03/15)
- Friends of Hale Library (added 03/15)
- Hands off Old Trafford Library (HOOT) WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (added 4/13)
Wirral
North East
County Durham
- Friends of Sedgefield Library (added 5/13)
Darlington
- Darlington Friends of the Libraries , established April 2012 ( formerly separate library groups, such as Friends of Cockerton Library)
- Friends of Bourne End Library facebook
Gateshead
- Friends of Ryton Library WEBSITE (amended 10/13)
Middlesbrough
- Friends of Marton Library (added 5/13)
Newcastle
- Save Newcastle Libraries Coalition WEBSITE TWITTER (checked 5/13)
- Friends of Jesmond Library (added 5/13)
Northumberland
- Friends of Libraries in Tynedale (FLIT) (added 12/12)
South Tyneside
- South Tyneside Friends (added 5/13)
Sunderland
Yorkshire and Humber
Bradford
- Save Bradford Libraries PETITION (updated 10/19)
Calderdale
- Don’t Bulldose Our Library Campaign WEBSITE (added 5/13)
- Friends of Todmorden Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK (checked 5/13)
Kirklees
- Friends of Almondbury Library WEBSITE TWITTER (added 04/16)
- Protect Batley Library TWITTER PETITION (added 8/14)
- Friends of Cleckheaton Library FACEBOOK (added 03/15)
- Friends of Denby Dale Library WEBSITE (checked 5/13)
- Friends of Golcar Library (added 5/13)
- Friends of Heckmondwike Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER PETITION (added 01/15)
- Friends of Holmfirth Library and Tourist Information Centre FACEBOOK (added 07/15)
- Long Live Honley Library WEBSITE (added 5/13)
Rotherham
- Friends of Rotherham Central Library
- Friends of Maltby Library
Sheffield
- Save Burngreave Library TWITTER WEBSITE (added 05/14)
- Save Sheffield Libraries Campaign (added 07/13)
- Sheffield Communities Against Library Privatisation FACEBOOK TWITTER Petition (amended 9/13)
- Broomhill Library Action Group (BLAG) WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (added 5/14)
- Friends of Ecclesfield Library WEBSITE (added 02/14)
- Friends of Greenhill Library (added 11/13)
- Save Totley Library WEBSITE TWITTER (added 10/13)
- Friends of Zest (Upperthorpe Library) WEBSITE TWITTER (added 11/13)
- Walkley Against Library Closures (added 5/13)
- Save Walkley Library TWITTER (checked 5/13)
- Walkley Library Action Group
North Yorkshire
- Save North Yorkshire Libraries WEBSITE (added 01/15)
- Gargrave Library Group
Wakefield
- The Library Campaign (Wakefield)
- Supporters of Outwood Library (S.O.U.L.)
- Friends of Ossett Library WEBSITE (checked 5/13)
- Friends of Walton Library (added 5/13)
East Midlands
Derbyshire
- Save Our Unique Library – Glossop SOUL WEBSITE (added 5/13)
Lincolnshire
- Save Lincolnshire LIbraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (added 06/13)
- Save the Deepings Library FACEBOOK PETITION (added 06/13)
- Save Nettleham Library PETITION (added 06/13)
- Our Wainfleet Library WEBSITE (added 03/14)
- Friends of Woodhall Spa Library WEBSITE (updated 06/13)
East England
Cambridgeshire
Much of the list below is taken from the Cambridgshire County Council website on 26 March 2012. That site may list an email contact where there is no link to a specific Friends website.
- Friends of Arbury Library WEBSITE TWITTER (updated 08/13)
- Friends of Bar Hill Library WEBSITE (updated 08/13)
- Friends of Barnwell Road Library
- Friends of Chatteris Library (FROLIC) WEBSITE (added 08/13)
- Friends of Comberton Area Library WEBSITE (checked 08/13)
- Friends of Cottenham Library FACEBOOK (added 08/13)
- Friends of Ely Library WEBSITE (added 08/13)
- Friends of Great Shelford Library WEBSITE (added 08/13)
- Friends of Haddenham Library WEBSITE (added 08/13)
- Friends of Linton Library
- Friends of March Library
- Friends of Milton Road Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (updated 09/14)
- Rock Road Library Friends FACEBOOK (added 08/13)
- Friends of Warboys Library (FOWL) WEBSITE (updated 08/13)
- Friends of Willingham Library WEBSITE (updated 08/13)
Essex
- Save Our Libraries Essex FACEBOOK PETITION (updated 01/19)
- Save Buckhurst Hill Library PETITION (added 11/18)
- Save Harlow’s Libraries PETITION (added 11/18)
- Support Kent Elms Library FACEBOOK (checked 05/13)
- SOS Leigh Library FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 05/13)
- Stand Up For Southend Libraries WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 05/13)
- Save Stansted Library PETITION (added 11/18)
Hertfordshire
- Friends of Chorleywood Libraries – details available via Residents’ Association website (Updated 4/13)
- Friends of Borehamwood Library – no longer in operation
- We Heart Libraries – covering North Hertfordshire and Stevenage including libraries in Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Royston, Stevenage (Central and Old Town) and Knebworth WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (amended 01/14)
Luton
- Libraries of Luton Arise WEBSITE (added 11/13)
Peterborough
- Friends of Werrington Library (added 5/13)
Suffolk
- Friends of Lowestoft Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 06/13)
- Save Debenham Library FACEBOOK TWITTER (checked 06/13)
- Friends of Mildenhall Library (added 5/13)
Wales
Anglesey
Cardiff
Glamorgan
- Save Rhoose Library WEBSITE FACEBOOK (added 01/15)
Gwynedd
- Save Criccieth Library FACEBOOK (added 07/15)
Monmouthshire
Rhondda
Scotland
Angus
- Edzell Library Group (added 5/13)
Dumfries and Galloway
- WIgtown Library PETITION (added 1/14)
Midlothian
- Gorebridge cares on Facebook – Gorebridge library (added 8/4/13)
- Keep our library local on Facebook – Newtongrange library (added 8/4/13)
- Save Mayfield Library on Facebook – Mayfield Library (added 8/4/13)
Moray
North Larnarkshire
- Save Newarthill Library FACEBOOK (added 1/17)