Education Secretary Justine Greening said around 200 nurseries and pre-schools will receive a share of the funding to invest in new buildings, convert old ones and upgrade facilities in order to help deliver the government's 30 hours free childcare offer.
The government first invited expressions of interest in additional capital funding last April, but gave no detail on how much would be available.
More than £2m of the funding will be invested in the first six "opportunity areas", announced by Greening last October, of Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough and West Somerset.
The areas have been identified as social mobility "coldspots" and are benefiting from a variety of additional funding streams to help children reach their full potential.
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