1st Bures Scout Group
Details
Description
1st Bures Scout & Guide Group has periodic use during the Summer only (1st March-31st October) of an area adjoining their Headquarters in The Croft (off the High Street). The site consists of grazed pasture, with wooded area running down to the River Stour. The camp site is ideal for Summer Camps, Patrol camping, Lightweight camping, Survival Skills, District and County events.
- Address
- 1st Bures Scout Group
- The Croft Camp Site,The Croft
- Bures
- Town
- -
- County
- Suffolk
- Post code
- CO8 5JN
- Tel
- 01787 370301
- Fax
- -
- paulsnelling@orange.net
- URL
- http://www.1stburesscouts.org.uk
- Location
- TL 906 343 - 51.974N 0.775E
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Contact
- Warden/Contact
- Paul Snelling
- Address
- 24 Layzell Croft
- Great Cornard
- Town
- Sudbury
- County
- Suffolk
- Post code
- CO10 0JY
- Tel
- 01787370301
- Fax
- -
- paulsnelling@orange.net
Facilities
- Toilets
- Yes
- Washing facilities
- Yes
- Water supply
- Yes
- Hot showers
- Yes
- Hot water
- Yes
- Cooking utensil washing area
- Yes
- Laundry
- No
- Waste disposal
- Yes
- Chemical toilet waste disposal
- Yes
- Public telephone
- No
- Security
- Yes
- Car park
- Yes
- Pioneering poles
- Yes
- Fridge freezer
- Yes
- Altar fires
- Yes
- Cooking area
- No
- Providore
- No
- Mail box
- Yes
- Campfire circle
- Yes
- Bivouacking area
- Yes
- Chapel
- No
Activities
Onsite activities
- Kayaking
- Rafting
- Air Rifle Shooting
- Pioneering
- Slacklining
- Mountain Bikes
- Fishing
- Swimming
Local attractions
- Bures Recreation Ground – free tennis courts football pitch and large games area. Picnic area next to River Stour
- Colchester Castle and Zoo
- Colchester Leisure World
- Sudbury Kingfisher Pool
- Sudbury Strikes Bowl
- Great Cornard School – Outdoor pool & private hire
- Gliding at Wormingford Airfield
- Lavenham
- Long Melford
- Clacton on Sea (Train)
- Duxford (1 hour by car)
- London by train (1 hour 15 min)
Camping
- Site available for Camping
- 1st March-31st October
- Maximum number of campers
- 100
- Price range
- £3.50 - £3.50
- Deposit required
- Yes
- Suitable for County camps
- Yes
- Suitable for District camps
- Yes
- Suitable for Patrol camps
- Yes
- Suitable for "Backwoods" camps
- Yes
Indoor
- Building available
- All year round
- Number of buildings
- 2
- Maximum number of residents
- 30
- Price range
- £3.50 - £3.50
- Deposit required
- Yes
- Beds provided
- -
- Fuel type
- Electric
- Kitchen/cooking area
- Yes
- Cooking/eating utensils
- Yes
- Building heated
- Yes
- Tables/chairs
- Yes
- Suitable for Pack holidays
- Yes
- Suitable for Beaver sleepover
- Yes
Special needs
- Site access
- Yes
- Camping location toilet washing access
- Yes
- Indoor accommodation access
- Yes
- Activities access
- Yes
Other
- Train station
- Bures
- Coach station
- Colchester
- Airport
- Stanstead
- Sea/river port
- Harwich
- Tourist information
- Sudbury,Tel: 01787 881320,Email: sudburytic@sudburytowncouncil.co.uk
- Brochure available from warden
- Yes
Additional notes
Plenty of hike routes for Scouts, Explorers and DoE groups,Great country lanes for mountain biking,Kayaking on the River Stour from Sudbury to Brantham – 24 miles
Last modified: 9th April 2015