Scouting in West Midlands

[16] This was initially at Yorks Wood: an 80-hectare (200-acre) site to the west of the city with five camping fields, a training centre, guest accommodation and a swimming pool.

[20] The County runs a number of regular events for members within the County including BrumVenture, an annual activity badge weekend for Scouts,[21] a winter camp called iceSCOUT[22] and the Birmingham Bivouac survival skills weekend, held annually for the past 44 years.

[29][30] The badge was launched in November 2020 as part of the Birmingham Council of Faith's Interfaith Week[31] and included a number of references to the then ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

[46][47] This volunteer team includes a County Youth Commissioner to represent young people, four deputy county commissioners for the three main areas of work (programme, people and perception) and the Kinver activity centre and a further twenty two senior volunteers and trustees.

[48] The County is divided into nine districts which have changed a number of times, most recently in 2018:[45] The 1st Malvern Link Scout Group is listed as one of the founding troops of 1908.

[13] The county has had the use of a campsite and activity centre at Kinver since 1921 and continues to maintain it for use by Scouts and other youth groups to this day.

[65] The County also runs events for its members including the three-yearly ShireJam for all youth sections[66] and international expeditions such as to Nepal.

[77][78] The 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement was celebrated in Shropshire on top of the Wrekin, near their County Camp Site, and in Ironbridge.

[144][145][146] In April 2007, the band, joined by members of Spen Valley and Northampton, played at the St Georges Day Parade at Windsor Castle and was reviewed by Her Majesty The Queen.

[153] Warren Oak is a Scout campsite located in Staplow, 3 miles (4.8 km) NNW of the market town of Ledbury in Herefordshire.

There is a building on-site for indoor activities and suitable for sleepovers and the wider site offers an assault course, pioneering and archery.

The majority of the facilities and camping areas are condensed into 7 acres (28,000 m2) near to the entrance with the rest being woodland and nature reserve.

[158] It dates back to the 1940s[159] but received support from other organisations in developing the place including a chapel being built by the Shropshire Rotary Club in 1951.

[169] On site activities include an adventure course, low ropes, ball sports, orienteering, bush craft and shelter building.

[173] The site has a large range of activities offered on site including caving, adventure course, bush craft, low ropes, high ropes, crate stacking, zip line, climbing, via ferrata, kayaking, rafting, coracling, rifle shooting, archery, tomahawks, crazy golf and fencing.

[174] Located between Leek and Cheadle is Consall Scout Camp, a 26-acre (110,000 m2) wooded site donated by the Podmore family in 1953.

[176] On-site activities include a climbing wall and abseiling tower, archery and rifle shooting ranges and laser tag.

[177] Located in Oulton, Kibblestone Outdoor Activity Centre is a 98-acre (400,000 m2) site with numerous accommodation buildings and space for 2,000 campers run by Staffordshire Scout County.

[179] The first on-site building was constructed in 1931 and the site developed with electricity added in 1956 and mains water in 1966 while the Hall that previously formed the centre of the estate was uninhabited after 1935 and demolished entirely in 1954.

[179] The site was sold to the local Scout association in 1960 and through changes in name and boundary became run by a Kibblestone District in 2015.

[182] The site is 23 acres (93,000 m2) of woodland with 11 open glades used for campsites and indoor facilities for Scouts and other youth groups.

[183] In addition to the large centre at Broadwater, the Coton Campsite north of Rugby provides back-to-basics camping and facilities run by Rugby Scout District[184] and previously known as the H W C Knowles Memorial Site[185] while Five Ways Lakes is also a camping site often used by Scouts but also open to the general public.

The site opened in 1968 and was established using World War II buildings[187] and with the work of Venture Scouts from Atherstone and Nuneaton.

[192] The site has on-site activities including a climbing wall, shooting and archery ranges, adventure course, trampolines, cresta run, bouncy castle and go-carts.

[197] The centre provides activities including archery, air rifle shooting, climbing, pioneering and orienteering.

[203] The second site, located less than a km to the West, is Pikes Pool, a 50-acre (200,000 m2) area of woodland and open fields with a large body of water on one side.

[201] The site does not have any bedded accommodation but does have the Pikes Pool Centre, an indoor facility with kitchen and dinning areas.

The Blackwell Court site also has climbing (inside and outside), 3G swing, caving, swimming pool, tree trek, bushcraft, grass sledding, go karting and an obstacle course.

The Pikes Pool site also has a rifle range, tunnel play complex and a variety of water activities on the lake itself.

[209] The site offers activities including archery and rifle shooting ranges, a climbing wall and abseiling tower, a caving complex, assault course, grass sledging, pedal karts, water slide and all terrain boarding.