Essex
Epping Forest District
Waltham Abbey

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 within near the border with .
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  • 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: London, E4 7QW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The White House and Lippitts Hill.

House
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scenic viewpoint
is a hill in in , , . It has played several historic roles in the defence and policing of . is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Gilwell Park.

Obelisk
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is situated 1 mile south of Gilwell Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brimsdown and Chingford.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood of eastern in the , , on the west side of the mid-to-lower Lea Valley.

Suburb
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is a suburban town in , , within the . The centre of is 9.2 miles north-east of , with to the north, and to the east, to the south, and and to the west.

Locality
Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a inside in south-west , England. Part of the civil parish of , the village is within the Epping Forest District and the ward of Waltham Abbey , and lies approximately 11 miles north-east of .

Gilwell Park

Latitude
51.65042° or 51° 39′ 2″ north
Longitude
0.00191° or 0° 0′ 7″ east
Operator
The Scout Association
Open location code
9F32M222+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 84657073
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­camp_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1524709
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gilwell Park”. Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.