UK libraries lose 40 per year

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Library closures: What impact do they have on communities who lose them?

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UK is losing libraries at a rate of about 40 each year, BBC research has found.

190 libraries across the UK have shut in the past five years , 20 of them in London alone.

Those who depend on libraries say closure of Broad Green Library in Croydon has been devastating.

Chloe Smith says Broad Green library was a "meeting place for people" She says the loss of the library will isolate people further because there are no other assets like the library.

The writing club was founded by Chloe Smith and is currently homeless.

"We've been forced into becoming a nomadic community not of our own choosing," she says.

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