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Finding Childcare in your area

Until recently there was a single government website where you could look up the childcare opportunities in your local area.   This still exists in Scotland but not for England.  We list all the English contacts and also the single one for Scotland - Wales to be added soon

So Fair Play for Children has created this webpage so you can look up which authority covers your area and then find the web link to take you to the pages you need.

Or  FIND YOUR FAMILY INFORMATION SERVICE 

click on the logo       [leaves this site]

If you are not sure which Council, use the Post Code Search  

Now find the local authority for your area and click on the childcare link.  Click here for Scotland

England

Barking and Dagenham Barnet London Borough Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Bath and North East Somerset Bexley London Borough Birmingham City Council Blackburn with Darwen Borough Blackpool Borough Council Bolton Metropolitan Borough Borough of Poole Bournemouth Borough Council Brent London Borough Council Brighton & Hove City Council Bristol City Council Bromley London Borough Council Buckinghamshire County Council Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Calderdale Metropolitan Cambridgeshire County Council Camden London Borough Council Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council City of Bradford Metropolitan City of London City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Cornwall Council Coventry City Council Croydon London Borough Council Cumbria County Council Darlington Borough Council Derby City Council Derbyshire County Council Devon County Council Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Dorset County Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Durham County Council Ealing London Borough Council East Riding of Yorkshire Council East Sussex County Council Enfield London Borough Council Essex County Council Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Gloucestershire County Council Greenwich London Borough Council Hackney London Borough Council Halton Borough Council Hammersmith and Fulham Hampshire County Council Haringey London Borough Council Harrow London Borough Council Hartlepool Borough Council Havering London Borough Council Herefordshire County Council Hertfordshire County Council Hillingdon London Borough Council Hounslow London Borough Council Isle of Wight Council Islington London Borough Council Kensington and Chelsea Royal Kent County Council Kingston upon Hull City Council Kirklees Council Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Lambeth London Borough Council Lancashire County Council Leeds City Council Leicester City Council Leicestershire County Council Lewisham London Borough Council Lincolnshire County Council Liverpool City Council Luton Borough Council Manchester City Council Medway Council Merton London Borough Council Middlesbrough Council Milton Keynes Council Newcastle upon Tyne City Council Newham London Borough Council Norfolk County Council North East Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council North Somerset District Council North Tyneside Metropolitan North Yorkshire County Council Northamptonshire County Council Northumberland County Council Nottingham City Council Nottinghamshire County Council Oldham Metropolitan Borough Oxfordshire County Council Peterborough City Council Plymouth City Council Portsmouth City Council Reading Borough Council Redbridge London Borough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Rutland County Council Salford City Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Sefton Council Sheffield City Council Shropshire Council Slough Borough Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Somerset County Council South Gloucestershire Council South Tyneside Metropolitan Southampton City Council Southend on Sea Borough Council Southwark London Borough St Helens Metropolitan Borough Staffordshire County Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Stoke on Trent City Council Suffolk County Council Sunderland City Council Surrey County Council Sutton London Borough Council Swindon Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Telford and Wrekin Borough Council Thurrock Council Torbay Council Tower Hamlets London Borough l Trafford Metropolitan Borough Walsall Metropolitan Borough Waltham Forest London Borough Wandsworth Borough Council Warrington Borough Council Warwickshire County Council West Berkshire Council West Sussex County Council Westminster City Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Wiltshire Council Windsor and Maidenhead Wirral Metropolitan Borough Wokingham Borough Council Wolverhampton City Council Worcestershire County Council York City Council

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