Memorials & monuments · East Midlands
Girl Guides
In or near Harlaston.
Girl Guides — a memorial in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
Alf Beard — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Lichfield Trent Valley · 6.6 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Girl Guides is a memorial located in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Girl Guides are organisations within the Scout Movement, originally and largely still for girls and women only, with distinct names, emblems, programs and other characteristics. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom, following which, Girl Guide organisations were formed in other countries.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
and Girl Guides, 1922]] Following the popular spread of the Scout Movement, girls joined with Boy Scouts or formed themselves into patrols of "Girl Scouts". Following negative publicity about girls joining-in the Scout Movement in The Spectator magazine, Robert Baden-Powell had his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, form a separate organisation for girls in 1910, The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. However, some girls and organisations in the United Kingdom and other countries continued as Girl Scouts. Baden-Powell named the Girl Guides after the British Indian Army Corps of Guides. The first Girl Guide company to be registered was 1st Pinkneys Green Guides (Miss Baden-Powell's…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.7285, -1.7308
- County
- Staffordshire
- District
- Lichfield
- Parish
- Alrewas
- Postcode
- DE13 7AR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lichfield
- Nearest railway station
- Lichfield Trent Valley — 6.6 km
Sources
- osm: node/1795284715 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Girl Guides (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Girl Guides?
- Girl Guides is in Staffordshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DE13 7AR), in the parish of Alrewas.
- What is Girl Guides?
- Girl Guides — a memorial in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Girl Guides?
- The nearest railway station is Lichfield Trent Valley, about 6.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode DE13 7AR.
- Is Girl Guides free to visit?
- Yes, Girl Guides is free to enter.
- How do I get to Girl Guides?
- The nearest railway station is Lichfield Trent Valley, about 6.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DE13 7AR.