List of all warm banks in St Helens as freezing weather hits

With food, fuel, and energy bills continuing to rise, St Helens Council announced that public buildings will also operate as 'Warm Spaces' over the winter months.

With the colder weather having now hit, the council has organised the initiative as they estimate around 42 per cent of households are likely to be impacted by food poverty over winter.

Rainhill library, which will be used under the Warm Spaces initative (Image: Google Images)

The Warm Spaces project, organised under the St Helens Together initiative that was set up during the pandemic, means that all residents will have somewhere comfortable to go and keep warm during the week.

The public spaces will operate as respectful and non-judgemental spaces, where residents can also socialise and receive support and advice.

At present, there are 26 Warm Spaces across the borough, which are subject to their individual opening times.

Residents can visit the spaces during the normal daily opening hours for each site.

Residents have commended the council's project, while also lamenting the situation where warm banks are a necessary measure to fight against rising bills.

Looking to expand the project further, the council is also asking for more places to be signed up to their Warm Spaces Charter, so that every resident has easy access to a Warm Space.

Newton Community library is one of the public spaces opening as a warm space (Image: Seve Gomez Aspron)

Full list of Warm Spaces in St Helens:

• Chester Lane Library

Four Acre Lane, Clock Face, WA9 4DE

• Derbyshire Hill Family Centre

Derbyshire Hill Road, Parr, WA9 2LU

• Eccleston Library

Broadway, Eccleston, WA10 5PJ

• Garswood Library

 School Lane, Garswood, WN4 0TT

• Haydock Library

Church Road, Haydock, WA11 0LY

• Newton Community Centre

Newton-le-Willows, Park Road South, WA12 8EX

• Newton le Willows Health & Fitness

Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 0AG

• Newton le Willows Library

Crow Lane East, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9TU

• Park Farm Community Centre

Park Farm Community Centre, 54 Kentmere Avenue, Carr Mill, WA11 7PG

• Parr Library

Fleet Lane, Parr, WA9 1SY

• Peter Street Library

Peter Street, St Helens, WA10 2EQ

• Queens Park Health and Fitness

Boundary Road, St Helens, WA10 2LT

• Rainford Library

Church Road, Rainford, WA11 8HA

• Rainhill Library

View Road, Rainhill, L35 0LE

• St Anne & Blessed Dominic Parish Centre

40 Monastery Road, Sutton, WA10 4HW

• St Helens Chamber

Clickworks, 4-6 Hardshaw Street, St Helens, WA10 1RE

• St Helens Library

The World of Glass, Chalon Way East, St Helens, WA10 1BX

• St Helens Parish Church

Church Square, St Helens, WA10 1AF

• St Mark's T.A.N.G.O Pantry

St Mark's Centre, Park Street, Haydock, WA11 0AX

• St Mary's Parish Centre

Birchley Road, Billinge, WN5 7QT

• St Patrick's Parish Centre

111 Common Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9JH

• St Teresa's Parish Centre

Windsor Road, St Helens, WA10 4HW

• Sutton Leisure Centre

Elton Head Road, Sutton, WA9 5AU

• Thatto Heath Crusaders ARLFC

Close Street, Thatto Heath, WA9 5JA

• Thatto Heath Library

Thatto Heath Road, Thatto Heath, WA10 3QS

• Wonderland Community Centre C.I.C

Unit 4, Reflection Court, Canal Street, St Helens, WA10 3JQ

For more information about Warm Spaces and to register a place on the register, you can visit the council's website here.