A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said the closures were not a cost-cutting exercise and any money saved will be reinvested into services, as part of its Quality Protects Panel initiative to modernise the way the Social Services Directorate delivers children and family services.
The day nurseries - Greenbank and James Street in Preston, Bright Street in Clitheroe, North Valley in Colne, Manchester Road in Accrington and Cottage Lane in Bamber Bridge - are mainly used by disadvantaged and vulnerable children. They will be closed by next summer and replaced by support centres focusing on whole families with children up to the age of 18.
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