Brockmead Scout Campsite offers a number of activities to compliment your Scout Camp’s program, ranging from adventurous activities to simply having fun.
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: Free
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
Most of this course is at waist height and is attractively located in the woods. Low Ropes Course elements include a cargo net and a wire, a large tube to go through or along the top of, planks with ropes or holding points, tyres wired to form a bridge and finally a small zip line to get you back to the start. It tests balance, determination and ingenuity. Helmets and equipment box are provided.
The course is suitable for 5-14 years. The Low Ropes Course challenges youngsters and provides opportunities for team building. You can make it as easy or as hard as you like by using blindfolds or carrying water around in teams. You will need 2 adults for this activity
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: Free
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
This activity is under the breakfast room and decking area. Helmets and equipment box are provided.
You need to use your own torch and wear long trousers and long-sleeved t-shirts. You enter the tunnels and go straight ahead, then turn right into a tunnel about 20 feet long. There are three more tunnels further back under the decking, or you can exit sooner if unsure. It is very muddy when it has been raining.
This activity is for 5-10 years. Tunnel games might include hide and seek or searching for hidden objects. You can make this activity easy or harder by, for instance, working without torches! You will need 1 adult for this activity.
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: £20 per session
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
This is a fun activity that takes place on the grass hill with 3 sledges available per session. Beavers, cubs and scouts need a safety briefing at the start of the course explaining how to control the sledges using the brakes. An adult is needed to hold the cart while the rider gets in (bottom first, then legs whilst holding the brakes on). On release the sledge will slide down the hill steered and eventually stopped by use of the brakes. At the bottom of the hill there is a tyre wall where another adult needs to be to assist. The rider then pulls the cart back to the start at the top of the hill. Helmets are provided.
This activity is for 5-14 years, although size restrictions may apply. You will need 2 adults for this activity.
This activity cannot take place if the water slide is being used.
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: £35 per session
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
There are 3 go-karts. They are raced in the (flat) grass car park. Teams construct their own course using the motor tyres provided. Go-kart racing is a fun and strenuous activity. Helmets are provided.
This activity is for 8 – 14 years (size restrictions) and requires 2 leaders for an optimum 12 participants.
Will your raft sink or swim; will your bridge hold you up?
Price: Free
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
Pioneering is another essential part of many camps. There are 20 longer (12-15ft) pioneering poles and 20 shorter (6-8ft) pioneering poles kept behind the seating in the camp fire area. Leaders need to bring their own ropes, and it is recommended that two or more projects be planned beforehand. Leaders are also responsible for all aspects of safety. As an alternative to building structures such as bridges or towers, there are approx. 12 plastic barrels that can be used to make rafts for the pond.
This activity is for 5-25 years requiring 1-2 adults for structures and 2-3 adults for rafting.
Life jackets and helmets for the rafting supplied by the campsite
You will need your own utensils, ingredients, recipes and oven gloves!
Price: Free
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
There are 2 wood fired mud ovens in the bank of the campfire circle and 2 stainless steel tables to prepare any food you wish to cook in the ovens. Light the fires in the fire trays at the bottom. When the fires have died down to embers the ovens will be very hot. Oven gloves will be needed to open and close the doors. The ovens cook brilliant pizza or bread and lots more in very little time! Mud oven cooking is a fun and rewarding separate activity, that could be incorporated into your campfire session.
This activity is for 5-25 years and you will need 2 adults
We recommend the following safety equipment:
Oven gloves (not provided) and water for the fires (nearby).
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: £45 per session
Instructor-led Activity
Equipment Provided
This is a new activity installation. The 90 meter zip wire crosses a natural amphitheatre. There will be a safety briefing and instruction and help to put on the harnesses. Participants will be briefed again at the start of the ride when an instructor will attach them to the line. Another instructor at the other end will take them off the ride to return to the start for another go. The zip wire experience is exciting for all ages!
This activity is for 5 to 25-year-olds and needs 1 adult to be with each group of 6 participants.
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: £45
Instructor-led Activity
Equipment Provided
The indoors air-rifle range is separate from the main building. Participants shoot from a counter at one end at paper targets in the ‘catchers’ at the far end of the range. The instructor will talk you through the safety and use of the guns. The guns are loaded by participants themselves.
The activity is for 8-25 years and needs 1 adult.
Safety equipment: safety glasses supplied by the campsite.
Parental permission form needs to be completed and shown to the instructor.
Find all these posts takes approx 45 mins to complete.
Price: Free
Leader-led Activity
Maps provided
Throughout the campsite are 26 posts with green tops bearing 26 numbers and 26 letters, one letter and one number on each post. There is a key code sheet supplied by the campsite. This can be used to make up your own words or sentences to be discovered by following the order of the numbers. Alternatively young people can make their own maps of where the posts are situated. Older persons could devise routes using compass bearings. Walking all around the campsite to find these posts takes approx 45 mins to complete. Orienteering games and competitions can be used to work towards the orienteering merit badge.
This activity is for 5-25 years and needs 1 adult per team for younger children.
Equipment: you will need to provide paper and pens, and compasses and (possibly) tape measures.
A fun activity for your summer camp!
Price: 1 hour free then £10 per 30 mins
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
A large piece of plastic is rolled out down a very steep hill with tyres placed on the edges to hold it down. Water is run down it from a hose pipe at the top. Leaders will need to provide washing up liquid or hand soap to put on the plastic to mix with water and make it slippery. The participants will need long trousers and long sleeved tee-shirt to prevent any friction burns. Helmets provided.
This activity is for 5-25 years. You will need minimum 2 adults for this activity.
This activity cannot take place when grass sledges are being used.
Lasts approx. 40 mins per group of 6-8 people. 3 groups = 2 hours.
Price: £60
Instructor-led Activity
Equipment Provided
All equipment and instruction provided for shooting in up to 3 groups of 6 at a time.
This activity is for 8-25 years and requires 3 leaders. Archery must be arranged prior to camping through Brockmead Campsite, ideally at the time of booking camping dates.
This activity will need to be pre-booked.
Fancy a tasty treat?
Price: 1 hour free then £10 per 30 mins
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
A large piece of plastic is rolled out down a very steep hill with tyres placed on the edges to hold it down. Water is run down it from a hose pipe at the top. Leaders will need to provide washing up liquid or hand soap to put on the plastic to mix with water and make it slippery. The participants will need long trousers and long sleeved tee-shirt to prevent any friction burns. Helmets provided.
This activity is for 5-25 years. You will need minimum 2 adults for this activity.
This activity cannot take place when grass sledges are being used.
We recommend hot chocolate and a hot-dog
Price: Free
Leader-led Activity
Equipment Provided
There is a separate campfire area within the campsite. There is a raised campfire circle at its centre where you can practice lighting fires or have a camp fire sing song. There is a wood pile, but safety at all times, please, with sensible footwear and no climbing. Keep all wood that is being lit in the circle area and have water available at all times if needed. There is a small under cover seating area for activities. That, and a covered in stage area opposite, means that in bad weather the campfire circle can still be used. There is also a small wooden roundhouse in one corner of the campfire site.
Campfire songs, stories and sketches are an essential part of your camp, creating memories and developing acting and social skills.
This activity is for 5-25 years. Recommend 2 adults at least in this activity for safety
There is water near by to control the fire if needed.
We like to manage bookings offline and as such ask that if you would like to book, please get in contact with us directly.
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