DofE Gold Residential
Summer Camp and Bush Craft Residential.
This year we are currently offering 3 residential opportunities. Save this page as more dates may be added.
Monday 22nd July to Friday 26th July 2024.
Monday 29th July to Friday 2nd August 2024.
Monday 5th August to Friday 9th August 2024.
Three summer camps to choose from, each is 5 days and 4 nights.
Low cost and interesting, an activity, conservation and environmental residential week.
Meet new people, learn outdoor skills, rock climbing, archery, 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. (tent hire available at no charge). Self- catering, toilets and showers. 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.
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.
Winter Survival Gold Residential.
5 Days and 4 nights.
December 2024/January 2025 dates to be confirmed.
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.