A community charity born of remembrance - and still at the heart of Gerrards Cross since 1947.
Since 1947
1150+
Events Hosted
Our Story
Gerrards Cross Community Association (GXCA) was founded in 1947 to bring the local community together, advance education and provide a home for clubs, societies and social life in Gerrards Cross.
Our site overlooks the Common, with parking for more than 100 vehicles. Both main buildings are living war memorials. The building beside the tennis courts was bought by public subscription in memory of those lost in the First World War. The main building, dating from around 1750 and once the parish vicarage, was acquired from the Church of England in memory of the parishioners who died in the Second World War.
Today the Memorial Centre is home to dozens of special interest clubs, hosts public and private events, and runs a full programme of adult education classes.
Nearly eighty years on, the purpose has not changed: a meeting place that keeps community spirit alive in Gerrards Cross.
Living War Memorials
The main buildings on the site, set in grounds overlooking the Common, with parking for more than a hundred vehicles, were purchased or adapted as living war memorials to those of the parish lost in the two World Wars. The building beside the tennis courts was bought by public subscription in memory of the fallen of the First World War. The main building, dating from around 1750 and once the parish vicarage, was acquired from the Church of England in memory of those killed in the Second World War.
The building beside the tennis courts was purchased by public subscription as a memorial to the fallen of the First World War. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and opened in 1922, it remains the heart of the Memorial Centre today.
Explore the Lutyens memorial buildingThe main building, built circa 1750, was acquired from the Church of England - whose vicarage it had once been - as a memorial to those of the parish killed in the Second World War.
The Memorial Centre Today
The Memorial Centre is home to dozens of special-interest clubs, hosts public and private events, and runs a full programme of adult education classes.
Nearly eighty years after the Association was founded, the building still does the job it was given: a meeting place for the recreation, learning and community spirit of Gerrards Cross.
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