LRP Sites in the South East
This is the Directory of LARP sites, or LARP friendly sites in the South East which can be booked for events. We've listed many of Scout Sites which we believe have been used in the past, but its always worth checking
Broadstone Warren
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https://campsites.scouts.org.uk/sites/120Broadstone Warren is situated in the Ashdown Forest in the North of Sussex, midway between the South Coast and London.
The site which is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is almost 400 acres of mixed woodland, with a variety of individual areas for camping, and a number of buildings that are used for indoor accommodation, courses or meetings. The site has a vast number of activities. The site is open to all Scouts, Guides, other youth groups, schools and commercial organisations from all over the UK and abroad and is open all year round. The site is not open to the public. WEBSITE https://campsites.scouts.org.uk/sites/120 [email protected] |
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Cherrywood
errywood is a 10 Acre site located to the West of Thurrock. Situated just outside of Purfleet it has easy access from the M25 and Dartford river crossing.
Half of Cherrywood is made up of open Meadow containing the Campfire circle, large car park and modern toilet and shower block with separate male, female and disabled facilities.
A wide path leads up to the second half of the site, which is made up of 5 acres of woodland. Within the woodland there is a large clearing (available for camping) centred around the recently constructed log cabin.
The Log cabin sleeps 10 youths plus 4 adults, and has catering facilities for 24. It consists of a hall (5m square), kitchen, toilet, and 2 bunk rooms, each sleeping 2. There are also picnic tables available for use. The clearing in the woods has room for 6 patrol tents, and can be used together with the Log cabin.
WEBSITE
http://www.essexscouts.org.uk/activity-centres/cherrywood/
Half of Cherrywood is made up of open Meadow containing the Campfire circle, large car park and modern toilet and shower block with separate male, female and disabled facilities.
A wide path leads up to the second half of the site, which is made up of 5 acres of woodland. Within the woodland there is a large clearing (available for camping) centred around the recently constructed log cabin.
The Log cabin sleeps 10 youths plus 4 adults, and has catering facilities for 24. It consists of a hall (5m square), kitchen, toilet, and 2 bunk rooms, each sleeping 2. There are also picnic tables available for use. The clearing in the woods has room for 6 patrol tents, and can be used together with the Log cabin.
WEBSITE
http://www.essexscouts.org.uk/activity-centres/cherrywood/
Deadwood
After a lot of hard workand long hours A group of western re-enactors have built a western town,That is a re-creation of a typical old west town of the 1870's-1880's.The buildings, include a cabin, a bunkhouse, a saloon, a courthouse, a blacksmith, a church and schoolhouse, a bank, a bunkhouse, a gunsmiths and more. Inside you'll fine wood burning stoves,oil burning lamps,and general decor of how the buildings would have been back in the 1880's. The town is on the woodlands of Wattlehurst farm,which has encampments along the outskirts of the town
WEBSITE
http://www.deadwood.org.uk/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191605531234
Email
[email protected]
WEBSITE
http://www.deadwood.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191605531234
[email protected]
Fort Borstal
Fort Borstal is a privately owned Fort in Rochester, Kent. We can't confirm at this stage whether the venue is still available for LRP use
WEBSITE
http://www.fortborstal.co.uk/index.php
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fort%20Borstal/955746357827861/
WEBSITE
http://www.fortborstal.co.uk/index.php
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fort%20Borstal/955746357827861/
Harmergreen Wood Scout Activity Centre
Harmergreen Wood is a 44-acre site that features ancient woodland in addition to cleared glades for camping. The main strength of this site is that it is ‘back to basics’ at its best. You can use the woodland for camping, survival, backwoods skills, bivouacking and also for basic woodcraft.
We are located within walking distance of Welwyn North train station and is about one mile from the A1, which make trips to surrounding areas and London quick and easy
There are about 15 glades cleared in the wood to make space for camping. Some are big enough for larger events. Most of them have space allocated for an open ground fire. Within the woodland is a campfire circle, there is plenty of natural wood available for making fires for cooking on or for an evening campfire.
The remaining part of the woods is undeveloped and can be used to experience backwoods camping, bivouacking, and survival techniques.
Stag Cottage is a wooden building located within the ‘Fort William’ compound. It is suitable Sleepovers and available to hire for any event from February to November. The 3 bunk rooms sleep 4, 6 and 8 people, making a total of 18 beds available. Some additional mattresses are available for sleeping within the main hall. There is a fitted kitchen with 2 domestic gas cookers, fridge, freezer and running hot water. No kitchen equipment is provided.
Electricity within Stag Cottage is provided by a generator and included in the price.
The main hall is approx 350sq foot, tables and chairs are available to seat approx 50 people. There is also a projector and sound system.
WEBSITE
http://www.harmergreenwood.org.uk/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/harmergreenwoodcampsite
We are located within walking distance of Welwyn North train station and is about one mile from the A1, which make trips to surrounding areas and London quick and easy
There are about 15 glades cleared in the wood to make space for camping. Some are big enough for larger events. Most of them have space allocated for an open ground fire. Within the woodland is a campfire circle, there is plenty of natural wood available for making fires for cooking on or for an evening campfire.
The remaining part of the woods is undeveloped and can be used to experience backwoods camping, bivouacking, and survival techniques.
Stag Cottage is a wooden building located within the ‘Fort William’ compound. It is suitable Sleepovers and available to hire for any event from February to November. The 3 bunk rooms sleep 4, 6 and 8 people, making a total of 18 beds available. Some additional mattresses are available for sleeping within the main hall. There is a fitted kitchen with 2 domestic gas cookers, fridge, freezer and running hot water. No kitchen equipment is provided.
Electricity within Stag Cottage is provided by a generator and included in the price.
The main hall is approx 350sq foot, tables and chairs are available to seat approx 50 people. There is also a projector and sound system.
WEBSITE
http://www.harmergreenwood.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/harmergreenwoodcampsite
Hopehill Campsite
Set in the North Downs, Hopehill is an ideal base for hiking. Our woods offer safe surroundings for a variety of environmental projects. We have a multitude of wildlife & wild flowers: we have badger setts and fox holes, rabbits and many types of birds, plus we know where the door mice live! In spring we have Bluebells and if you look carefully, hidden away, Early Purple Orchids
Our main attractions include:
WEBSITE
http://www.hopehill.org.uk/index.htm
Our main attractions include:
- Modern indoor accomodation complete with three halls, leaders rooms, two fitted kitchens and modern audio-visual equipment.
- Large, flat activity and camping fields.
- 25 acres of fields and woods.
- Clean, modern toilets with FREE hot showers.
- Seperate adult facilities.
- Woodland Campfire Circle.
- Climbing Tower, Air Rifles, Archery, Go Karts.
- Pioneering Equipment
- Washing up facilities
- Drying Room, Tuck Shop
- Secluded Chapel
WEBSITE
http://www.hopehill.org.uk/index.htm
Horley Scout Camp
Horley Scout Camp Site is tucked away in a delightful part of North Oxfordshire, three and a half miles from Banbury and exit 11 of the M40 motorway. Access to the site is through a quarter of a mile of tall pine trees. These open out onto eleven and a half acres of well drained grass land surrounded by woods and a disused railway embankment, providing a totally safe environment away from roads, traffic and habitation. In total the site is 42 acres. Maximum site capacity 1200
Dean Lodge provides indoor accommodation for groups of up to 15 in bunk beds in two rooms or 11 and 4 bunks. The building has a well equipped kitchen with a large gas cooker, fridge/freezer and stainless steel worktops. The building is centrally heated with radiators. The main room servers as dining area and has double french doors opening onto a covered veranda.
Taurus Lodge does not have sleeping accommodation, but provides indoor day time facilities for large groups. There is a well equipped kitchen and a large hall which double as dinning room and meeting room. This has tables and chairs for up to 50. It is centrally heated with radiators and is fully wood panelled inside. There is a verandah on two sides with a sun deck at one end.
Additional people can camp just out the front of Dean Lodge and parties up to 30 can be catered for in the building.
WEBSITE
http://www.northoxfordshirescouts.org.uk/index.html
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/356694871060241/?fref=ts
Email
[email protected]
Dean Lodge provides indoor accommodation for groups of up to 15 in bunk beds in two rooms or 11 and 4 bunks. The building has a well equipped kitchen with a large gas cooker, fridge/freezer and stainless steel worktops. The building is centrally heated with radiators. The main room servers as dining area and has double french doors opening onto a covered veranda.
Taurus Lodge does not have sleeping accommodation, but provides indoor day time facilities for large groups. There is a well equipped kitchen and a large hall which double as dinning room and meeting room. This has tables and chairs for up to 50. It is centrally heated with radiators and is fully wood panelled inside. There is a verandah on two sides with a sun deck at one end.
Additional people can camp just out the front of Dean Lodge and parties up to 30 can be catered for in the building.
WEBSITE
http://www.northoxfordshirescouts.org.uk/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/356694871060241/?fref=ts
[email protected]
Polyapes Scout Camp
Polyapes covers about thirty acres of flat grassland, pinewood and mixed terrain on a high ridge in Surrey.
They offer a traditional campsite experience with limited pioneering stock and an orienteering trail, camping sites have water points and fire pits, they encourage open fires at Polyapes and there can be plenty of fallen timber around the site, however the wood pile can run low in the summer so it is advisable to bring an alternative heat source with you
The site has two buildings
The Mowgli - The building can sleep 30: one ten bed, two eight bed and one four bed and is centrally heated. The building has a large main hall and modern kitchen and toilets. The Mowgli has had a facelift, double glazing, central heating and new equipment in the kitchen, six burner gas cooker, fridge and freezer, food preparation and storage areas. Sleeping thirty in four bedrooms, two toilets and a large main hall.
The Warren - The Warren comprises a hall and kitchen only. It has a commercial gas cooker, hot cupboard & heated serving unit fridge/freezer, food preparation and storage areas hot water to both sinks. No charge for Gas & Electric.
WEBSITE
https://www.polyapes.org.uk/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Polyapes-232463070143472/timeline/
They offer a traditional campsite experience with limited pioneering stock and an orienteering trail, camping sites have water points and fire pits, they encourage open fires at Polyapes and there can be plenty of fallen timber around the site, however the wood pile can run low in the summer so it is advisable to bring an alternative heat source with you
The site has two buildings
The Mowgli - The building can sleep 30: one ten bed, two eight bed and one four bed and is centrally heated. The building has a large main hall and modern kitchen and toilets. The Mowgli has had a facelift, double glazing, central heating and new equipment in the kitchen, six burner gas cooker, fridge and freezer, food preparation and storage areas. Sleeping thirty in four bedrooms, two toilets and a large main hall.
The Warren - The Warren comprises a hall and kitchen only. It has a commercial gas cooker, hot cupboard & heated serving unit fridge/freezer, food preparation and storage areas hot water to both sinks. No charge for Gas & Electric.
WEBSITE
https://www.polyapes.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Polyapes-232463070143472/timeline/
Ross Wood Campsite
The campsite is ideally situated almost midway between Canterbury, with it’s wonderful Cathedral and historic city centre, and the splendid seafronts of Herne Bay and Whitstable on the north Kent coast. Situated in the heart of the Blean medieval forest this idyllic camp site offers both indoor and outdoor camping facilities.
The Wally May Centre is a self-contained building on Ross Wood Campsite. The centre is available all year and can accommodate a maximum number of 40 residents. The kitchen has a gas cooker, fridge and freezer, stainless steel serving counter and equipment, crockery and cutlery to cater for 60 people.
The building comprises of a hall measuring approx 11.5 x 7 metres together with an entrance hall. The facilities in the centre include
The Ross Wood campsite can accommodate a total of 250 campers. The eight sites are equipped with brick built altar fires
WEBSITE
https://www.rosswoods.org.uk/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ross%20Wood%20Campsite/152518101448166/
The Wally May Centre is a self-contained building on Ross Wood Campsite. The centre is available all year and can accommodate a maximum number of 40 residents. The kitchen has a gas cooker, fridge and freezer, stainless steel serving counter and equipment, crockery and cutlery to cater for 60 people.
The building comprises of a hall measuring approx 11.5 x 7 metres together with an entrance hall. The facilities in the centre include
- Fully integrated & equipped kitchen with 5 star rating
- Hot showers
- Hall Stackable tables & chairs
- Constant hot water
- Gas central heating
The Ross Wood campsite can accommodate a total of 250 campers. The eight sites are equipped with brick built altar fires
WEBSITE
https://www.rosswoods.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ross%20Wood%20Campsite/152518101448166/