Gilwell Park

Gilwell Park is a 44-hectare site in Sewardstonebury, Epping Forest, close to Chingford, London. In the late Middle Ages the area was a farm, growing to a wealthy estate that fell into disrepair towards 1900. It was bought in 1919 by Scout Commissioner William de Bois Maclaren and given to The Scout Association of the United Kingdom. Gilwell is now...