Scouting in Yorkshire and the Humber is largely represented by

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of the

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and some Groups of

traditional Scouting Traditional Scouting is "old-fashioned" or "back to basics" Scouting in some form, often with an emphasis on woodcraft and scoutcraft activities. As a pluralist movement, there is no one set definition for the term, but most traditionalists share ...

including the

Baden-Powell Scouts' Association The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (''B-PSA'') is a worldwide youth organisation originating in the United Kingdom, with friendly relationships with similar traditional scouting organisations in various countries. Baden-Powell Scouting focuses ...

. The Scout Association in

Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The population in 2011 was 5,284,000 with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York. It is ...

is part of the Scout Association North East Region, as is the Scout Association in Scouting in North East England. The Scout Association North East Region is the only one that covers two official

regions of England The regions, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England, established in 1994. Between 1994 and 2011, nine regions had officially devolved functions within government. While they no ...

. There are also four student

Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth Social movement, movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hik ...

associations at various universities in the region, which are affiliated with the

Student Scout and Guide Organisation The Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO) exists to support Scouts, Guides, and people who have never been members of a Scout or Guide Association, who are students at Colleges and Universities in the United Kingdom, and who are interested ...

(SSAGO). These are ''Students of Hull Association of Guides and Scouts'' at the

University of Hull , mottoeng = Bearing the Torch f learning, established = 1927 – University College Hull1954 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £18.8 million (2016) , budget = £190 millio ...

; ''Leeds University Union Scouts And Guide''s covering the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The unive ...

and

Leeds College of Music Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populatio ...

, ''Sheffield Students in Guides and Scouts'' covering the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth C ...

and

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate ...

. and ''Scouts And Girl Guides York'' at the

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History of Scouting in Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is proud to have scout groups that date back the very start of scouting in the UK.
1st Helmsley
est. 1909

The Scout Association Counties

The Scout Association in Yorkshire and the Humber is administered through five Scout Counties, Central Yorkshire Scout County, Humberside Scout County, North Yorkshire Scout County, South Yorkshire Scout County and West Yorkshire Scout County.

Central Yorkshire Scout County

Central Yorkshire, provides

opportunities for young people and adults in the

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s of

Leeds Leeds () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the thi ...

and

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population ...

and the surrounding area. The County is currently divided into eight Scout Districts: *Leeds Templars. This district covers the eastern area of Leeds. *North Leeds *Pontefract and Castleford *Shire Oak (Leeds) *South Leeds and Morley *Wakefield *West Leeds *Wetherby

County Expeditions

The County organises international expeditions, enabling a number of Explorer Scouts and Scout Network members to undertake adventurous activities in other countries. The next County Expedition is in 2008, where they will be visiting

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

. The Expedition will consist of mountaineering on

Mount Kenya Mount Kenya ( Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is loc ...

, trekking by camel back, and a community project. There will also be a safari through a game reserve.

Humberside Scout County

Scouting in Humberside covers the former non-metropolitan county of

Humberside Humberside () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West ...

. The headquarters of Humberside Scouts is at Raywell Park Activity Centre. There are 8 Districts within the Humberside County:
Beverley and Hornsea

Blacktoft Beacon

City of Hull

Grimsby and CleethorpesNorth Lincolnshire
*

Pocklington Pocklington is a market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 8,337. It is east of York and northwest of Hull. The town's sky ...

* South

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wi ...

*Wolds and Coast The Districts within Humberside were changed as part of the restructuring in 2011/2012. During this time

Boothferry Boothferry is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Ouse where the A614 road crosses the river. It is about north-west of Goole. Boothferry is split between civil parishes; areas ...

and

Haltemprice Haltemprice is an area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, directly to the west of Hull. Originally an extra-parochial area, it became a civil parish in 1858, in 1935 it was expanded by the combination of the urban districts of Cottingham ...

were merged into Blacktoft Beacon. On 30 May 2012, the three Hull Districts: East Hull, North Hull and West Hull merged to make one District named City of Hull.

North Yorkshire Scout County

North Yorkshire Scout County covers the county of

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four cou ...

and is geographically the largest of the 4

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

scouting counties. North Yorkshire Scouts celebrated the Centenary of scouting in 2007 by joining the Bilton Conservation Group to plant 2000 trees donated by the Woodland Trust. In 2024, the county will be hosting th
Larkin International Jamboree
at

Duncombe Park Duncombe Park is the seat of the Duncombe family who previously held the Earldom of Feversham. The title became extinct on the death of the 3rd Earl in 1963, since when the family have continued to hold the title Baron Feversham. The park is s ...

Helmsley Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale o ...

. The County is currently divided into 12 Scout Districts:
Harrogate and NidderdaleIngleboroughRichmondshireRipon and DistrictEasingwoldSelbyYork EborYork MinsterNorth HambletonRyedaleScarborough and DistrictSouth Craven
There is an active

Scout Network The Scout Network is the sixth and final youth section of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom, catering for those aged between 18 and 25 years. The section was formally introduced in February 2002 alongside Explorer Scouts with both repl ...

in the county. As of 2022, there are 6 Squirrel Dreys being run in the county. The current County Commissioner, Max Butler, was appointed in March 2022.

South Yorkshire Scout County

Scouting in South Yorkshire includes

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

, Barnsley,

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

and

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated i ...

. The County is divided into 7 Scout Districts:- *Sheffield Hallam *Sheffield Sheaf *Sheffield Norfolk *Sheffield Don *Barnsley (Barnsley, Pennine, Central and Fitzwilliam merged into Barnsley District) *Rotherham *Doncaster Danum Sheffield Hallam is the largest District in the County with over 30 Scout Groups. Sheffield Hallam was formed when Sheffield Porter and Sheffield Rivelin merged in 2007. The Doncaster Danum District has a Scout Band. The Scout and Guide Shop (previously SGS Outdoors) is a combined Scout and Guide Shop in Sheffield with a full e-commerce website. There is also a Scout Shop in Doncaster with online access.

West Yorkshire Scout County

West Yorkshire covers the metropolitan districts of Bradford,

Kirklees Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield, and the district also includes ...

, and

Calderdale Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, whose population in 2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the up ...

. The Scout county of West Yorkshire does not cover the whole of the West Yorkshire

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. Because the West Yorkshire area is densely populated the boroughs of

and

have their own Scout County called Central Yorkshire. The Scout county's office is located within the Jubilee Centre at the Bradley Wood Campsite on the outskirts of

Brighouse Brighouse is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 mo ...

.Bradley Wood Camp Site
/ref> The county also operates a Water Activities Centre - Green Withens Watersports Centre at Green Withens reservoir near

Ripponden Ripponden is a village and civil parish on the River Ryburn near Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its population was 6,412 at the time of the 2001 Census, and 7,421 in 2011. Rippon ...

. West Yorkshire Scouts celebrated a successful centenary year of 2007. West Yorkshire is subdivided into 14 Scout Districts: *Aire Valley *Bradford North *Bradford South *Brighouse *Halifax *Heavy Woollen *Holme Valley *Huddersfield North *Huddersfield South East *Huddersfield South West *Keighley *Pennine Calder *Spen Valley *Wharfedale West Yorkshire has two Scout Bands - Revolution Show Corps (based in Queensbury) an
Spen Valley Scout and Guide Band
(based in Cleckheaton). The County has a number of campsites and activity centres. The current County Commissioner, Ian Womersley, was appointed in May 2020.

Campsites

Central Yorkshire

Aldwark Water Activity Centre

The Aldwark Water Activity Centre is owned and maintained by Central Yorkshire Scout Association County. The centre is located on the River Ure, 8 miles upstream from the city of York. The centre has one large camping field, as well as a converted mill which consists of a number of dormitories. The centre has kayaks and boats for sailing, and runs training courses to gain qualifications in these activities.

Bramhope Scout Campsite

The Bramhope Scout Campsite is situated just outside of the village of Bramhope, approximately 8 miles north-north-west of Leeds. The site covers thirteen and a half acres of woodland and fields, offering various camping pitches for any sized camp up to a District camp. As well as the camping pitches, there are a number of buildings on the site offering accommodation and indoor training facilities. The site offers archery,

air rifles An air gun or airgun is a gun that fires projectiles pneumatically with compressed air or other gases that are mechanically pressurized ''without'' involving any chemical reactions, in contrast to a firearm, which pressurizes gases ''chemical ...

, pedal

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...

climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done ...

abseiling Abseiling ( ; ), also known as rappelling ( ; ), is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope. When abseiling the person descending controls their own movement down the rope, in contrast to low ...

, and pioneering, amongst other activities. There are also facilities located near to the site which enable

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' ( sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' ( iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ...

kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facin ...

and

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Hunters Greave Scout Activity Centre

Hunters Greave Scout Activity Centre in Newlay, near Bramley, is operated by Shire Oak District. There is space for 100 campers.

Wike

The

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'back-to-basics' campsite is operated by North Leeds District Scout Council.

South Yorkshire

There are four camp sites:- *Hesley Wood Scout Activity Centre, Chapeltown, Sheffield. *Silverwood Campsite, Great Falls,

Silkstone Silkstone is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, between the towns of Barnsley and Penistone. The parish includes the village of S ...

, Barnsley. *Squirrel Wood Campsite, Burghwallis, Doncaster. *Hundall Campsite, Sheffield Ridgeway. Hesley Wood is used for

Wood Badge Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership programme and the related award for adult leaders in the programmes of Scout associations throughout the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills, ...

and other Adult Leader Training.

West Yorkshire

Bradley Wood is the West Yorkshire Scout Association County Campsite, near

on the border of

and

. There are several others run by Scout Districts or Groups. Blackhills Scout Campsite is run by the Districts of Bradford North and Bradford South.
Fanwood Activity Centre
is run and managed by the Scouts and Guides of Spen Valley District, and is based in Gomersal near Bradford.

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Scouts, and its districts, have five campsites and activity centres:
Watson Scout Centre
is a self catering accommodation centre for 32 people plus 1 acre of camping, located in the

North York Moors The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a National Park in 1952, through the National Parks and A ...

National Park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...

at Carlton-in-Cleveland
Snowball Plantation
a 20 acre campsite on the east side of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

which includes indoor accommodation
Thornthwaite Activity Centre & Campsite
near

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa wate ...

is in the

Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The Nidderdale AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, England, bordering the Yorkshire Dales National Park to the east and south. It comprises most of Nidderdale itself, part of lower Wharfedale, the Washburn valley an ...

and close to the

Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in the historic county of Yorkshire, England, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954. The Dales comprise river valleys and the hills rising from the Vale of York ...

with 11 camping sites available spread over approx. 15 acres and room for up to 120 campers.
Tamarak Scout Camp
set in the middle of Barlow Common nature reserve near Selby.
Birch Hall Scout Campsite
a 15 acre forest site near Scarborough The county also has a water sports centre located at Ellerton-on-Swale near Catterick

Gang Shows

*Harrogate Gang Show. *Keighley Scout Gangshow, restarted in 2008. *Meanwood Gang Show *Northallerton Gang Show, started in 2005. * 1st Riccall Scout Group Gang Show - started in 2009. *Todmorden Gang Show, started in 1958 by Philip Suther
Todmorden Gang Show
*West Yorkshire Gang Show. *York Gang Show, started in 1987.York Gang Show
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References

External links

UK Scouting Apex Challenge
- Adventure competition for Explorer Scouts and the Scout Network
Sheaf District Classic Car Show and Gala
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