Elmscroft History
In 1948, a small group of Armscroft Residents came together to create an association which on 26th March 1949 became the Elmscroft Community Association. They began meeting in the original two room building which had been used during the war years as a temporary school due to bomb damage to local school rooms. They decided to name the centre by amalgamating the two area names Elmbridge and Armscroft resulting in “Elmscroft” which the centre is still known as to this day.
The building itself has undergone a number of changes over the years. In the 1950’s a wooden building was added as an extension but that had to be removed in 2020. In 1979 a brick built extension was added at the back of the building for social purposes. Finally in 1990 the Gloucester Model Railway Club built a detached building in the grounds as a club house for their members and to accommodate their model railway layouts.
We have many groups based at the centre, some of whom have been with us for decades.
Today the centre is run by the Elmscroft Community Centre CIC which is a non-profit all-volunteer company.
The centre is run and the buildings are maintained by a group of around 20 volunteers.
The centre is on land leased from Gloucestershire County Council.
Chairman – Richard Drewitt
Finance – Jo-Anne Chard
Operations – Kitty Croft
Development – Graham Howell
Bookings – Jacki Clifford
Membership – Amanda Jones
Elmscroft Community Center, Coronation Grove, Gloucester, GL2 0SS
Elmscroft Community Centre is situated off Barnwood Road, access either on foot through alleyways or by road through the Armscroft Estate, via Coronation Grove.
