DofE Gold Residential
Summer Camp and Bush Craft Residential.
For 2026 we will be offering even more opportunities to complete your Gold residential. Starting with a Winter survival camp. Participants will learn essential skills to thrive in harsh environments.
Saturday 14th to Wednesday 18th February 2026.
Over the Easter and Summer Holiday we will host ten activity camps to choose from, each camp is 5 days and 4 nights.
Easter Camp:
Easter school holiday - date to be confirmed.
Summer Camps:
Nine summer activity camps will run from Saturday 11th July through to Sunday 16th August.
Each camp date will be confirmed by end October '25
New website updates will include online booking and payment.
With effect from 1st February 2025 you can split your residential into two, two night blocks. Please phone to discuss the finer details. We look forward to accommodating your specific needs during your stay.
Low cost and interesting, an activity, conservation and environmental residential week.
Meet new people, learn outdoor skills, rock climbing, archery, air rifle target shooting, conduct wildlife and woodland conservation and environmental projects.
Set in the pristine Adamswell Scout campsite and in privately owned woodland near Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells. Kent.
This residential will meet the DofE Gold Award requirements for the residential section of the Award.
Accommodation: Camp based, individual tents, bring your own or borrow a tent at no charge. Group self- catering, toilets and showers, including easy access. Sleep in tents, self-built shelters in the woods, bivvy, basher or use a hammock. The choice is yours.
Activities include: rock climbing, air-rifle target shooting, conservation and environmental projects, wildlife studies. Bush craft and backwoods cooking skills. Safe use of axe, saw and woodland tools. Learn to use wood carving tools, make and take home a souvenir.
Where: Based at Adamswell Scout Campsite, Broom Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9JL. Parking available on site.
Collection from Tunbridge Wells station by arrangement.
Price: £220*. No price change since 2021.
Includes: All camp fees, food, activities, specialist equipment and any transport during the week. Maximum 18 Places available. Minimum age 16. For this to count towards the residential section you must be enrolled on the Gold level of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Open to Non-DofE Award Participants.
*10% Discount offered to Gold Award Participants for whom the residential is the only remaining section to complete the Gold Award. Price to pay with this discount is £198.
*10% Discount offered to Gold Award Participants attending as a group of 4 or more from the same DofE Centre.
One free bursary place available on each camp. All camp fees, activities, food - No Charge. Application details available on request.
Open to all members of the Scout and Guide Association, other youth associations and all participants enrolled on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at the Gold level.
February
Winter Survival Gold Residential.
5 Days and 4 nights.
Sunday 16th to Thursday 20th February 2025.
This Residential for the Gold Award is for the camping and survivalist enthusiast.
Staying in private woodland, camping and cooking on open fires. Part of the experience will be to construct weather shelters, as required, day shelter, sleep in them or use individual tents.
Sleeping in hammocks under a tarp, constructed shelters or in individual tents. The choice is yours.
A warm sleeping bag is definitely needed for this one!
Showers, indoor toilets, kitchen and warm communal room available each evening from 6-9pm.
Activities include*: bushcraft and backwoods cooking skills, safe use of axe, saw and woodland tools, learn to use wood carving tools, air-rifle shooting, conservation and environmental projects, wildlife studies. Use multiple IR camera's to observe wildlife in winter.
For more details and to request a booking form please phone or email.
Where: Based at Morris Woods and Adamswell Scout Campsite, Broom Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9JL. Parking available on site.
Collection from Tunbridge Wells station by arrangement.
Price: £220*. Price remains the same as 2022 and 2023.
Includes: All camp fees, food, activities, specialist equipment and any transport during the week. Maximum 14 Places available. Minimum age 16. Participants must be enrolled on the Gold level of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
*10% Discount offered to Gold Award Participants for whom the residential is the only remaining section to complete the Gold Award.
Open to all members of the Scout and Guide Association, other youth associations and all participants enrolled on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at the Gold level.
*There may be additional activities if weather conditions allow.
