Where is Lookwide Camp?

Lookwide Camp is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0218°, -2.1811°.

Islands · North East England

Lookwide Camp

Lookwide Camp in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 4 h–12 h

Lookwide Camp is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Lookwide Camp is recognised as the first official Scout camp. From 22 August to 4 September 1908, Baden-Powell ran a camp near Humshaugh, England. While Brownsea Island was the site of the experimental camp run by Baden-Powell in 1907, the Humshaugh camp had thirty Boy Scouts from around the United Kingdom who were members of recognised Scout Troops who followed the Scout Method and Scout Law as developed by Baden-Powell and published in his Scouting for Boys.

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History

While the 1907 Brownsea encampment was first, it was an experimental camp and the boys involved were not yet "Scouts." The Humshaugh camp had thirty enrolled Boy Scouts from around the United Kingdom who were members of recognised Scout Troops who followed the Scout Method and Scout Law as developed by Baden-Powell and published in his Scouting for Boys. The camp was advertised in the first issue of The Scout magazine in April 1908. The magazine asked the question "Who of you would want to spend a fortnight under canvas with a Troop of other boys, and under the care of General Baden-Powell?", which was met with great enthusiasm by the members of the fledgling movement. However, there was a…

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