Gilwell Park is The Scout Association's principal camp site and activity centre in the United Kingdom. It is a 109-acre (44 ha) site, located in East London...
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Gilwell may refer to: Gilwell Park, a Scouting centre near London Gilwell Campsite, a Scouting campsite in Hong Kong Gilwell Park (Victoria), a Scouting...
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Wood Badge (redirect from Gilwell Reunion)
badge is presented together with a Gilwell scarf and a Gilwell woggle, denoting membership of the notional 1st Gilwell Scout Group. Early Wood Badge beads...
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Woggle (redirect from Gilwell woggle)
1900. Another report is that William 'Bill' Shankley, while working at Gilwell Park with Scouting's founder, prior to 1922, called it a woggle, 'a name given...
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Scouting and Guiding in Victoria (redirect from Gilwell Park (Victoria))
Power-Boating Scuba diving Ski touring Survival Water skiing Gilwell Park, named after the original Gilwell Park in the United Kingdom, is a campsite, activity and...
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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (redirect from Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell)
at Gilwell Park. The car, nicknamed Jam Roll, was sold after his death by Olave Baden-Powell in 1945. Jam Roll and Eccles were reunited at Gilwell for...
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the organisation's property, runs the conference centres located at Gilwell Park and 65 Queen's Gate and manages sponsorship and marketing for the organisation...
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Waltham Abbey (section Regional park)
Corporation; entirely within it is the village of High Beach. In the south is Gilwell Park, which since 1919 has formed an important site for the worldwide Scout...
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The Gilwell Oak is an oak tree on the grounds of The Scout Association's headquarters at Gilwell Park, Essex. It is reputed to have been used as a hiding...
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owned scout centres such as Gilwell Park. Gilwell 24 is an annual event that takes place at the home of UK Scouting, Gilwell Park, North London. It comprises...
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most recognized as the first major benefactor of Scouting by donating Gilwell Park in 1919. William Frederick de Bois Maclaren was born on 17 November 1856...
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Gilwell Park housing all the association's staff. The decision was in part led by the deteriorating condition of the historic White House at Gilwell Park...
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extends into Sewardstone at Gilwell Hill. To the east is High Beach. The headquarters of the world Scout movement, Gilwell Park, is in Sewardstone. Sewardstonebury...
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contributing funds for an indoor accommodation centre for Wolf Cubs at Gilwell Park which would go on to be named the Dorothy Hughes Pack Holiday Centre...
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nationally owned scout centres such as Gilwell Park. Winter Camp is held on a weekend in January at Gilwell Park, North London. The event, hosted for Scouts...
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Scout prayers (section Gilwell Grace)
and for future generations of Scouts and Cavers. Amen. Originated at Gilwell Park. Oh Lord, the giver of all good. We thank thee, for our daily food. May...
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Ards Peninsula, Northern Ireland The White House, the manor house at Gilwell Park, headquarters of The Scout Association First White House of the Confederacy...
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and combined Boy Scout and Girl Guide associations in many countries. Gilwell Park near London was purchased in 1919 on behalf of The Scout Association...
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Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex. This site was selected because of the easy access to air and sea transport, and it is also near Gilwell Park, an important...
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House Gilwell Park Conference Centres" (PDF). Scouts Conference Centres Brochure. The Scout Association. 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2021. Gilwell Park London...
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George Baden-Powell, at The Scout Association's national headquarters at Gilwell Park in Essex. Canoe Travelling: Log of a Cruise on the Baltic, and Practical...
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for organising the first two international Scout and Guide camps at Gilwell Park in 1959 and 1961. These events are called Witans, named after the Anglo-Saxon...
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2004 were Downe Scout Activity Centre, for the Southern Home counties, Gilwell Park, recognised as headquarters of the association and spiritual home of...
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Baden-Powell House Brownsea Island Edith Macy Conference Center Foxlease Gilwell Park Kandersteg Pax Hill Philmont Scouting memorials Baden-Powell grave Scouting...
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Milestones[citation needed] 1913 - the log cabin for the Scouts is built 1919 - Gilwell Park, a centre for Scoutmaster training is founded 1925 - Baden-Powell approaches...
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Historically notable Scout camps (section Gilwell Park)
Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys. Gilwell Park is one of twelve national centres run directly by or in partnership with...
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Scout camp (redirect from Scout Park)
both Scouts and the community at large. The world's first scout park was Gilwell Park near London, purchased by the British Scout Association in 1919...
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Chief of Gilwell Park from 1943 to 1969 and scouting’s first International Director of Adult Leader Training In 1943, he introduced the Gilwell woggle as...
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King's College London A section of balustrade from London Bridge, now at Gilwell Park in Essex A relief of the Hanoverian Royal Arms from a gateway over the...
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of the World. This award is represented by a small buffalo statue in Gilwell Park. The second went to the Unknown Scout who inspired William D. Boyce to...
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