Charleston Community Centre
About us
Charleston is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It is situated on the Onkaparinga Valley Road between Woodside and Mount Torrens, on the main route from the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley, and 3 km south-east of Lobethal. It is located approximately 27kms from the capital Adelaide and extends over an area of 26.942 square kilometres.
The town was laid out in 1857 by Charles Dunn (1796–1881), a brother of the prominent miller John Dunn, in a subdivision of section 5197, Hundred of Onkaparinga, and may have been originally named "Charlestown", but the current spelling has always been more common in newspaper reports
Charleston was served by the Mount Pleasant railway line from 1918 to 1953. It is also on the Onkaparinga Valley Road (route B34) and the Amy Gillett Bikeway on the former railway route.
Charleston is within the local government area of Adelaide Hills in South Australia, Charleston has a recorded population of approximately 600-1000 residents and is in the state electorate of Kavel, and the Federal division of Mayo.
The Charleston Community Centre land was gifted to the people of Charleston by Charles Newman. The land is freehold and has a large stone community hall, catering facilities, three tennis day/night courts, adventure playground, fitness equipment, two BBQ shelters, heritage shade trees, large carpark, public toilets.
The Charleston Community Centre Inc has established Charleston Community Centre as a hub for many activities within the local community such as regular hire for fitness, education, local government activities and meetings, federal and state elections, functions and sport.
The Charleston Memorial Hall was built 1927-1928 with the foundation stone laid on the 26th of November 1927 by Mrs George Newman. At the opening of the hall in 1928 it was dedicated to those who fought and those who fell during World War 1. The Charleston memorial was erected to the memory of our fallen of World War 2 1939-1945. This stone was laid by Mrs V. E. Dunn on the 2nd of April 1955.
We have an exciting playground for all ages including swings, climbing frames, slippery dip, trampolines, bike track and basketball ring. In addition to this we have an exercise equipment station. The park includes a BBQ, beautiful mature trees and public toilets.
We have three tennis courts that are available for hire. The Charleston Netball Club and Charleston Tennis Club are based at this site.
We have a BMX track for all ages. We are updating this in the near future.
We are in the process of creating the Newman Park Community Garden.
We are currently in the process of creating a War Memorial Garden.