Blackbridge Community and Sports Hub

Podsmead, Gloucester

Client: Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society
Value: £ 3.6Million (exc pitches)

FWP in partnership with the Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society, have designed a new Community and Sports Hub at Blackbridge, Podsmead.

Outdoors the new facility will offer new floodlit 4G football pitches, as well as cricket and rugby pitches, as well as walking and running routes and a children’s play area plus facilities to support Gloucester Athletics Club. On the ground floor of the Hub building there is a fitness gym offering cardiovascular and resistance equipment as well as free weights and various gym-based fitness classes. Upstairs there is a large studio space offering dance, yoga, Pilates and martial arts classes, and a flexible space to host social and cultural events, classes, meetings and training events.

The hub has been designed to offer a range of amenities and programs designed to promote health, well-being, youth services and social connection within the community.