Gilwell Park is a camp site and activity centre in East London located in the Sewardstonebury area of Waltham Abbey, within Epping Forest, near the border with Chingford. The 109-acre (44 ha) site is owned by The Scout Association, is used by Scouting and Guiding groups. As the original base of leadership training in the Scout movement, it is an important site of the worldwide Scouting movement.
Gilwell Park
Epping Forest was a regular haunt of Dick Turpin.
Old London Bridge balustrade at Gilwell Park
MacLaren Tartan
Waltham Abbey is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) north-east of Charing Cross. It lies on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the east, with large sections forming part of the Metropolitan Green Belt.
Image: 2022 02 12 Waltham Abbey Church (3)
Image: 2022 02 12 Waltham Abbey Town Hall
Image: Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey (geograph 2559819)
Image: The Welsh Harp, Waltham Abbey, Essex geograph.org.uk 3517192