Community Centre, Guildford Avenue, Lawn

Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 22 Aug 2008

Although much of the Lawn Estate is now around 50 years old, it was not until January 2002 that it got its own Community Centre. With a high proportion of elderly people, who had difficulty travelling far, there was a demand for such a facility for many years. Many other Swindon estates had Community Centres given them whether they wanted them or not, and as a result some have failed badly. But the one on Lawn has been a success story and is a tribute to the determination of the people who worked for many years to bring it about. Interestingly the centre is in a building that used to be The Gamekeeper pub, although it has been much altered. The centre has no licensed bar because at a well attended local meeting residents made it clear they didn't want this. Their feelings having been influenced by the anti-social behaviour surrounding the pub in its later years. The Lawn Community Association who run the centre is entirely made up of volunteers.

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