Dernford Nook Activities
Self-run Activities at the Dernford Nook campsite
- Fire Lighting - lighting fires in the woods, cooking in the embers or roasting over coals
- Wide Games - plenty of space, plenty of cover, bring your best games
- Orienteering - map reading, grid references, bearings for nine clip points within the site
- Pedal Karts - pedal power on four wheels on our pedal kart track in the woods
- Slip-n-slide - 15m of slippery vinyl watered by sprinklers as you slide down and into the lake
Activities requiring a permitted leader
- Archery (needs permitted leader)
- Raft building (needs permitted leader)
- 8 big barrels [IMG - scouts on Dernmere]
- 20 small barrels, containers etc
- 22 pioneering poles
- 25 bouyancy aids, 12? helmets, some wetsuits
- Canoe and Kayaking (needs permitted leader)
- 33 scout kayaks
- 10 assorted others: canoes, pro and race kayaks
- 25 bouyancy aids, 12? helmets, some wetsuits
Planned:
- Tomahawk Throwing
- Air Rifles
- Radio-Controlled Trucks
- Zip Wire
Badges:
- Environmental Conservation
- Outdoor Challenge
- Backwoods Cooking
- Naturalist
- Air Activities
- Time on the Water
- Nights Away
- Navigator Stage 2
-> Orienteering
Visits:
Facilities at Dernford Nook:
There is more information on these on our Facilities page
- Fourteen different camping pitches
- Toilet block four unisex cubicles, one accessible, sinks
- Outside washing up sinks (coming soon: warm water)
- Kitchen block with hobs, sinks (coming soon: solar heated water), worksurfaces and some utensils / equipment
- Four small fire pits, three larger ones
- Two lakes
- Central flagpole
- Small fire circle
- .. plus please ask about:
- Canoes, paddles, bouyancy aids
- Rafting barrels and poles
- Archery can be brought on site
- Air rifles can be brought on site
Traditions at Dernford Nook:
See our Resources page for risk assessment pro-formas and badge programme info you can use for some of these activities