The Pennwood Scouting Centre -

 Location

 

Pennwood Scouting Centre is situated on the Cotswold Escarpment about three miles South of Stroud and three miles North of Nailsworth 

 

On Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Sheet 162 the site is at grid reference 819,024.

 

  Travelling by road

From the M5 junction 13 follow the A419 signed Stroud. On reaching the end of the by-pass at the Sainsbury’s roundabout turn right on the B4066 signed Selsley and Uley.

From the East approach Stroud via the A419, follow the signs for M5. You pass Sainsbury’s on your left, at the next roundabout turn left, on the B4066 signed Selsley and Uley. 

From the Sainsbury's roundabout follow the B4066 up a steep and sometimes narrow hill. Cross the cattle grid, go over open common land and over a further cattle grid. After this second cattle grid, the second entrance on the right (approx 600m), is the access to Pennwood Scouting Centre.  

 

  Travelling by train

The nearest railway stations are Stroud and Stonehouse.  

Both are less than four miles from the site and are served by regular train services to London, Wales, and connecting services to most parts of the country.