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The Pennwood Scouting Centre - Activities Off Site |
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There is a wide choice of 'off site activities' for groups staying at Pennwood. Here are a few ideas. For more information about the local area contact the Information Office in either:
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Hiking |
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Pennwood is adjacent to the Cotswold Way long distance footpath (ideal for expeditions), and there is also easy access to a host of other interlinked footpaths and bridleways making it easy to plan walks and hikes of just about any length.
Why not hike to one of the places of interest close to the site? |
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Visit Stroud |
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Stroud is only three miles from Pennwood and offers all the usual facilities of a small market town. Including:
Stratford Park and Leisure Centre with many sports on offer, an indoor pool (all year) and an outdoor swimming pool (May to September). Set in the surrounding park land is 'Stroud's Museum in the Park'
Stroud's ten pin bowling venue offers excellent entertainment with 16 bowling lanes and the latest in computerised bowling technology (Telephone 01453 762200)
The Apollo Cinema is a six screen modern cinema showing a wide range of the latest films throughout the day |
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Places of interest very close by |
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Within five miles of Pennwood there are many places that could form part of a camp programme. For example ...
Selsley Common (1 mile away) - ideal for kite flying, wide games and short hikes with fine views across at least four counties.
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Coaley Peak (2 Miles away) - the site of a Neolithic long barrow dating back to 2900 BC and adjoining Frocester Hill (a National Trust nature reserve with a topograph to point out landscape features).
Hetty Pegler's Tump (4 miles away) - a second Neolithic long barrow with access allowing visitors to explore inside the structure of the long barrow.
Minchinhampton Common (4 miles away) is another large open space with great views. Next to the common is Winstone's Ice Cream Shop selling superb Cotswold ice cream.
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Places of interest very close by |
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Woodchester Mansion (2 miles away) - an architectural masterpiece of the Victorian age abandoned by its builders before it could be completed. The mansion also hosts a colony of bats which can often be seen at dusk.
Woodchester Park (2 miles away) - A wealth of opportunity for nature study in a former 18th- and 19th-century landscape park with a chain of five lakes, fringed by woodland pasture, now owned by the National Trust. |
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Visit Gloucester |
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Just eight miles from Pennwood the ancient city of Gloucester offers opportunities ranging from it's cathedral and historic docks to a wealth of activities and museums:
Indoor Rock Climbing at The Warehouse Climbing Centre
Dry slope skiing at Gloucester ski and snowboard centre, (Tel: 01452 414300)
Karting centre - Tel: 01452 311211 |
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Water Activities |
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South Cerney Outdoor Education Centre offers a wide range of water activities including:
For those with appropriate craft and water activities authorisation the River Wye and the River Severn are not far away.
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Visits within half an hour's drive |
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The Shambles - a Museum of Victorian Life at Newent
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust offer a range of facilities and education programmes for groups
Horse riding at The Camp Riding Centre, offers groups horse riding at all levels (Tel: 01285 821219)
The Royal Forest of Dean - offers many attractions including the Dean Heritage Centre, Sculpture Trail, Clearwell Caves, Goodrich Castle, Jubilee Maze, cycle hire, rock climbing, canoeing and much more. |
