Initially this was in a portable building until moving to an office on the upper floor of Mountbatten Lodge in 1986 and then into the repurposed Warden's Flat in the Croft Centre in 2007.

[10][11] In joining this network, Ferny Crofts had to demonstrate a similarly high standard of activities and benefited from joint training, marketing and common strategy.

[1][14] During their time as a national centre, Ferny Crofts expanded the number of activities offered including a Low Ropes course, survival area, tomahawk throwing and Aeroball (volleyball played on trampolines).

The centre celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017 with a refurbishment of the Mountbatten Lodge accommodation building, a new nine-hole crazy golf course and a designated quiet zone with pizza oven.

[1][15][17] The existing adventure course was expanded and improved in 2018 and 2019, the pond was reinforced against erosion and a new high ropes course with metal supports with a design lifespan on 25 years was installed in 2019.

[18] In recent years annual events have been added by the centre including a halloween themed evening called Fright Night and a Mud Run.

Surrounding this to the East and West are swathes of mixed woodland that runs to the boundary and to the north by the car park and Mountbatten Lodge.

[25] In 2019 the Hampshire Scouts Heritage Centre museum, run by volunteers, opened on the site and is available to be booked by campers and day visitors.

[27] The Croft Centre is the original building on site containing an accommodation wing with 32 beds, wet rooms, kitchen and main hall for dining and activities.

As an extension to the Croft centre it can be used in tandem with the main hall as an additional activity space or can be hired separately and accessed from the site.

[5][28][4] A section of the West wing of the original building was repurposed in 2009 to become the Inca Suite, a 6 bed self-contained unit with a communal space, kitchen and wet room.

[28] Mountbatten Lodge opened in 1986 as a 32 bed accommodation unit designed as a pack holiday centre for the younger Cub Scouts who at that time did not often take part in camping and so required an indoor location for any residential experience.

It is located close to the activities area of the site with a primary front and patio that overlooks the main camping field.

Water activities are limited to raft building and kayaking due to the relative small size of the pond on site.

Other notable instructor-led activity sessions include backwoods cooking, shelter building, low ropes, pedal go-karts and zorbing.