Latest analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests council spending on children centres has fallen by £156.7m over the past four years.
While in 2014/15 councils were spending £637.3m on children's centres, by 2017/18 this had slipped to £480.5m - a fall of 24.5 per cent, the research found.
Since 2009, around 1,000 children's centres have closed, according to Sutton Trust research released last year.
The LGA said more centre closures are likely to follow - councils continue to cut early help and early years spending due to rising demand for looked-after-children services and shrinking central government funding.
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