Gilwell Park
Gilwell Park is The Scout Association's principal camp site and activity centre in the United Kingdom. It is a 109-acre site, located in Essex in the Sewardstonebury area of Waltham Abbey within Epping Forest near the border with Chingford.Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Campsite
- Description: UK camp site and activity center for Scouting and Guiding groups and other youth organizations
- Also known as: “Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre”
- Address: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London, E4 7QW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The White House and Lippitts Hill.
Lippitts Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Lippitts Hill is a hill in Epping Forest in High Beach, Waltham Abbey, Essex. It has played several historic roles in the defence and policing of London. Lippitts Hill is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Gilwell Park.
Pole Hill Obelisk
Obelisk
Photo: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pole Hill Obelisk is situated 1 mile south of Gilwell Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brimsdown and Chingford.
Brimsdown
Quarter
Photo: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brimsdown is a neighbourhood of eastern Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, on the west side of the mid-to-lower Lea Valley.
Chingford
Suburb
Photo: Richard Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chingford is a suburban town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Situated on the Lea Valley, around 9.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross, it lies between the River Lea in the west and Epping Forest in the north and east.
High Beach
Locality
Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Beach is a village inside Epping Forest in south-west Essex, England. Part of the civil parish of Waltham Abbey, the village is within the Epping Forest District and the ward of Waltham Abbey High Beach, and lies approximately 11 miles north-east of Charing Cross.
Gilwell Park
- Categories: campground, tourism, and camping
- Location: Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65035° or 51° 39′ 1″ northLongitude
0.00191° or 0° 0′ 7″ eastOperator
The Scout AssociationOpen location code
9F32M222+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 84657073OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=camp_siteWikidata ID
Q1524709
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gilwell Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيلو بارك”
- Bengali: “গিলওয়েল পার্ক”
- Chinese: “基維爾 (地名)”
- Chinese: “基維爾公園”
- Chinese: “基維爾營地”
- Chinese: “極偉園”
- Dutch: “Gilwell Park”
- French: “Gilwell Park”
- French: “Gilwell”
- German: “Gilwell Park”
- Hebrew: “פארק גילוול”
- Indonesian: “Taman gilwell”
- Indonesian: “Taman Gilwell”
- Italian: “Gilwell Park”
- Italian: “Gilwell”
- Japanese: “ギルウェル・パーク”
- Portuguese: “Gilwell Park”
- Spanish: “Gilwell Park”
- Spanish: “Parque Gilwell”
- Swedish: “Gilwell Park”
- Swedish: “William De Bois Maclaren”
- Turkish: “Gilwell Park”
- Vietnamese: “Công viên Gilwell”
- Yue Chinese: “Gilwell Park”
- Yue Chinese: “基維爾營”
- Yue Chinese: “基維爾營地”
- Yue Chinese: “極偉園”
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