The London LOOP walk passes through Chingford on its way from Enfield Lock to Chigwell, passing close to Sewardstone and Gilwell Park on the edge of Epping Forest.

A local Scout in the 1970s took a vacation to England with his family, during which they visited Gilwell Park, the home of the Scouting movement.

A sapling of one of the English Oaks was brought back from Gilwell Park and planted at Camp Hook to signify the ties between Scouting in the US and the worldwide movement.

The first Wood Badge training was organized by Francis " Skipper " Gidney and lectured at by Robert Baden-Powell and others at Gilwell Park ( United Kingdom ) in September 1919.

The beads are presented together with a taupe neckerchief bearing a tartan patch of the Maclaren clan, honoring William de Bois Maclaren, who donated the £ 7000 to purchase Gilwell Park in 1919 plus an additional £ 3000 for improvements to the house that was on the estate.

First Wood Badge training at Gilwell Park

Gilwell Park is a camp site and activity centre for Scouting groups, as well as a training and conference centre for Scout Leaders.

As Scout Leaders from all countries of the world have come to Gilwell Park for their Wood Badge training, it is one of the landmarks of the world Scouting movement.

Accommodation at Gilwell Park can be hired for non-Scout activities such as school group camping, wedding receptions and conferences.

Gilwell Park is one of six national Scout Activity Centres of the Scout Association, with Baden-Powell House, Downe, Youlbury, Hawkhirst and Ferny Crofts.

The history of Gilwell Park can be traced to 1407, when John Crow owned Gyldiefords, the land that would eventually become Gilwell Park.

They called this shed " The Pigsty " and though dilapidated, it still stands, as it is the site of the first Scout campsite at Gilwell Park.

Maclaren was a frequent visitor to Gilwell Park and helped repair the buildings.

Baden-Powell never lived at Gilwell Park but he often camped, lectured, taught courses, and attended meetings.

He emphasized the importance of Scouters ' training at Gilwell Park for Scouting by taking it as the territorial designation in his peerage title of 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell in 1929 when the barony was conferred upon him by the king.

The axe and log logo was conceived by the first Camp Chief, Francis Gidney, in the early 1920s to distinguish Gilwell Park from the Scout Headquarters.

Gidney wanted to associate Gilwell Park with the outdoors and Scoutcraft rather than the business or administrative Headquarters offices.

Seeing this, Gidney chose the axe and log as the totem of Gilwell Park.

Bergen meets Chief Scout Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan | Lord Rowallan ( center ) in Gilwell Park, 1950.

In April 2001, The Scout Association moved its program staff from London to Gilwell Park, where its training staff were already located.

The Training Ground, near the White House, is the hallowed ground of Gilwell Park as this is the world home of Wood Badge, the premier Scout leader training course.

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Pole Hill at Chingford and Lippitts Hill near Gilwell Park are capped by small outliers of Claygate Beds, while the higher parts of Epping Forest such as High Beach are Claygate and Bagshot beds with later gravels.

In 1907 Major General Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell took twenty boys on camp to Brownsea Island, near Poole Harbour, Dorset.

William and Margaret Chinnery initially resided in London, and after three years of marriage and inheriting Gilwell in 1792, they moved to Gilwell in 1793.

A field adjoining the boundaries of Gilwell Park, known as Bill Oddie Field, affords dramatic views of the London skyline over Pole Hill, Chingford.

* Gilwell Park, in London, United Kingdom

Gilwell Ada's Hoeve on the left bank of the Vecht was the first Scouting campground in the Netherlands.

She was the wife of the Founder, Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell and lived from 1889 to 1977.

Margaret Chinnery was forced to sign over Gilwell Estate to the Exchequer on 2 July 1812.

With a budget of £ 20, 000, 000 and individual contributions as high as £ 500, 000, improvements to programs and facilities have been ongoing since then in preparation for the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007, which was the 100th anniversary of Scouting, hosted at nearby Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex with related activities also being held at Gilwell Park.

Don Potter ( 1902 – 2004 ) was an English sculptor and wood carver who was a lifelong staff member at Gilwell Park, serving as a Gilwell Master Craftsman.

It was moved to Gilwell Park from Wales by trucks.

The Buddhist Sala was donated to Gilwell Park in 1967 by the Boy Scouts of Thailand.

The first Guyanese Cubmaster to be trained at Gilwell was Evelyn St Aubyn who succeeded Isadora Walton as ACC Cubs around 1938.

The first of what was to become the Patrol Leader training Unit courses was run at Lexden — Natal Gilwell Scout Training Camp in July 1959, under the leadership of Dudley Forde, with 19 Scouts from the 2nd Durban Y. M. C. A.

A young Australian Scout, Bill Shankley, who was responsible for running a workshop and developing ideas for camping equipment at Gilwell Park, became aware of the American rings, and set out to create something similar.

The result was the Gilwell Woggle.

The Group was responsible for organising the first two international Scout and Guide camps at Gilwell Park in 1959 and 1961.