Scouting in Cumbria
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Cumbria is a Scout County of the Scout Association of the United Kingdom, covering the administrative County of Cumbria. The County Commissioner is Ivor J Hughes [1]
Scouts in Cumbria help their local community in many ways, including planting trees.[2] and the John Muir Award.[3]
30 Scouts from Cumbria will join 10 Scouts from Isle of Man to form a contingent at the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex in 2004.[4]
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[edit] Organisation
There is a county office in Kendal. The County is divided into nine Scout Districts:
- Barrow In Furness[5][6]
- Duddon and High Furness[7]
- Eden[8][9]
- Kentdale[10][11]
- Millom[12]
- Reivers (Carlisle area)[13][14]
- Solway/Derwent[15]
- Western Lakes[16]
- Workington[17]
[edit] Camp sites
With the County covering the Lake District, with the highest mountains in England, it attracts a lot of Scouts from elsewhere for summer camps. There are Scout owned camp sites at:
- Ennerdale, on the south-west shore of Ennerdale Water.[18] This was previously owned by the former West Cumberland Scout County. For over 50 years, the Oxford University Scout and Guide Group has had a close association with the camp site, with students camping for a week before and after the summer camping season in the University Easter vacation and the university Summer vacation in September.[19]
- Ratlingate International Camping Centre, near Carlisle, is run by Reivers District Scout Council.[20]
- Great Tower is situated in Cumbria but it owned by the West Lancashire Scout County. It is close to Lake Windermere, between Bowness-on-Windermere and Newby Bridge.[21]
[edit] See also
[edit] references
- ^ Scout Base Cumbria Site
- ^ Whithaven News item
- ^ John Muir Award
- ^ Jamboree Contingent
- ^ Cumbria Scouts in Barrow In Furness
- ^ Barrow In Furness
- ^ Duddon and High Furness
- ^ Cumbria Scouts in Eden
- ^ Eden Scouts
- ^ Cumbria Scouts in Kentdale
- ^ Kentdale Scouts
- ^ Millom Scouts
- ^ Cumbria Scouts in Reivers
- ^ Reivers District
- ^ Solway District
- ^ Western Lakes District
- ^ Workington District
- ^ Ennerdale scout Centre]
- ^ Oxford University Scout and Guide Group history
- ^ Ratlingate International Camping Centre
- ^ Great Tower Scout Activity Centre
