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
Scout Adventures (The Scout Association)
Scout Adventures are a network of activity centres run by The Scout Association. They offer outdoor facilities, adventurous activities and experiences for members of the Scout Association, other youth organisations and school groups. The centres typically have capacity for hundreds of Scouts simultaneously, often including indoor accommodation in addition to camping. Staffed by qualified instructors, they offer adventurous activities and training for adult volunteers and young people following the badges of the Scout programme.
Each new National Scout Activity Centre had a symbol to represent the site. Gilwell Park's was based on a log and axe, seen here on the Leopard gates, adopted from safety advice given to new leaders during training courses.
Shop and Reception building at Broadstone Warren
Woodland around Fordell Firs.
The White House at Gilwell Park.