Grove Park School, Wrexham

Grove Park School
Disused buildings of the Chester Road site, first used as a girls grammar school.
Former names	Grove Park County School for Girls (1939–1972) Park Avenue Comprehensive (1972) Bromfield High School (~1970s–1983) Groves High School (1983–2003)
General information
Type	School (1939–2003) Gallery (proposed)
Architectural style	1930s Neo-classical and some Art Deco
Address	Chester Road/Powell Road, Acton, Wrexham, Wales
Coordinates	53°03′03″N 2°59′27″W / 53.050714°N 2.990848°W / 53.050714; -2.990848
Construction started	1936
Completed	1939
Renovated	1950s–1960s
Closed	2003
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Gilbert D Wiles
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Former Grove Park School
Designated	29 November 2016
Reference no.	87719[1]

The Grove Park School (or simply the Groves School) is a former school building in Wrexham, North Wales, which was home to a school between 1939 and 2003. The site has been derelict since 2003, and was proposed for demolition by Wrexham council, until the Welsh Government listed the building in 2016, following a campaign to preserve it. Various bids have been made to re-develop the site, including it becoming part of Coleg Cambria, being converted into a new primary school, a Welsh-medium secondary school, a medical training facility, or part of a national gallery.

There were initially two schools using the local name Grove Park, a boys and a girls school, based on Grove Park Road and Chester Road respectively. They were both converted into comprehensive schools, with the former boys school merging to the main existing girls school site. The combined school later became known as the Bromfield High School and later Groves High School. The old boys school buildings became part of Coleg Cambria's Yale campus.