Blackhills Scout Campsite
near Cottingley/Bingley, is run by the two Scout Districts
of Bradford (North & South). Visitors to the site
will enjoy the countryside location set in some 40 acres
of unspoilt rural woodland. We are able to offer the complete
range of accommodation, from the most basic backwoods
camps to our centrally heated centres.
Indoor Accommodation
- Rhodes Hut - 36, Grimley Centre - 16
Other Facilities
- Camping, Campfire, Chapel, Flag, Crate Climbing, Archery
/ Shooting, Training Centre, Assault Course, Shop, Abseiling
/ Rock Climbing, backwoods
.........to the home
of West Yorkshire Scouts Campsites and Activity Centres
This website hub is a collaboration of
the Scout Campsites and Activity Centres within the West
Yorkshire Scout County and will help you make the most
of your stay with us.
For each Centre/Campsite, shown on the
map we give you brief information and then link you directly
with the facilities own website to provide more information.
Please click the names above or the icons on the map.
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out more about West Yorkshire please
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for Yorkshire.
We hope you enjoy your stay in West Yorkshire.
Originally converted from
a Chapel Sunday School, the centrally heated building
has been renovated specifiaclly to suit youth groups.
Overlooking a local beauty spot, where moorland streams
meet the scope for activities on the adjacent moors is
endless
Indoor Accommodation
- Sleeps 24 in bunk bed accomodation
Bradley Wood Scout Camp
Site and Activity Centre is the West Yorkshire scouts
county campsite. It is situated in a fantastic location
near Brighouse. Easily accessible from the M62, this site
offers over 45 acres of open and wooded land which is
suitable from everything from small camps to group, district
and county camps. We offer a wide range of accommodation
with buildings of varying sizes.
Indoor Accommodation
- Charles Wilson Building - sleeps 30
Other Facilities
- Shop, Campfire Circle, Chapel, High Ropes, Climbing
Wall, Low Ropes, Archery & Shooting, Grass Sledging,
Indoor Caving
The Camp-site and Activity
centre is located in the picturesque Wharfe valley, overlooking
the town of Ilkley, with superb views of the world famous
‘ILKLA MOOR’. The site occupies approximately
4 acres of moor/woodland and contains a modern indoor
activity centre along with a brand new bunkhouse annexe
containing 32 beds in four bedrooms (bunk beds) &
a separate bedroom for a disabled youngster and his/her
carer.
Situated in 11 acres of woodland at Fan
Woods, Gomersal, the site was formerly the a part of the
old Gomersal Colliery, and, in the valley below the wardens
house, a part of the old colliery tramway can still be
found. In later years the land became formed part of the
Cleckheaton Golf Club. In 1936 the Golf club moved to
it's present location at Chain Bar and the land at Gomersal
was purchased by a group of local Businessmen, and donated
to the local Scout association.
Indoor Accommodation
- Sleeps 30
Other Facilities
- Campfire Circle, Chapel, Archery, Orienteering, Volleyball,
Netball, Football, Grass Sledging, High Ropes, Crate Climbing,
Indoor Caving
Hag Dyke, in the picturesque
Yorkshire Dales is a Scout Hostel administered by the
1st Ben Rhydding Scout Group in Ilkley. The building was
originally a farmhouse and its’ occupants traced
back to 1730, but it is probably older and could have
housed miners working in Dowber Ghyll lead mines opened
in1680, the area of the kitchen is the oldest. At 1525
feet it was believed to be the highest house in the former
West Riding.
The campsite is situated
at Sconce in a quiet valley on the northern edge of Baildon
Moor quite near to Baildon village, which is approximately
5 miles north west of Bradford in the Aire Valley. The
site is owned and used by local groups and is open to
any Scouting, Guiding and Youth group. Visitors come from
many parts of the UK and abroad.
Indoor Accommodation
- Activity Centre - 31
Other Facilities
- Phoenix Centre, Campfire Circle, Flag, Pioneering, Archery,
Abseiling, Rock Climbing, Grass Sledging
Whitley Beaumont Scout Campsite
is an oasis of woodland charm set in the 11 acres of rural
countryside between Huddersfield and Mirfield in West
Yorkshire. The site has minimal facilities - a Cub hut
with a kitchen, a stone and brick store and toilet block
and a stone built warden's hut. There is of course a campfire
circle and a reasonable supply of wood from the woodpile
As a district we are extremely
lucky to have our own campsite. Woolley Edge campsite
compromises of approximately 14 acres of land, 9 acres
of woodland and 5 acres of grassland. The campsite is
suitable for all camps whether it is a small patrol camp
or a large district camp. Woolley is great setting to
learn backwoods skills and survival camps as the woodland
provides everything for building shelters and fires.
