Dernford Nook Campsite
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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

Fire Lighting

Wide Games

Orienteering

Pedal Karts

15m Slip-n-slide

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
  • 28 bouyancy aids, 12 required helmets, some wetsuits
• Canoe and Kayaking (needs permitted leader*)
  • 33 scout kayaks
  • 10 assorted others: canoes, pro and race kayaks
  • 25 bouyancy aids, 12 optional helmets, some wetsuits

Planned:

• Tomahawk Throwing
• Air Rifles
• Radio-Controlled Off-Road Trucks
• We would love a Zip Wire ...

Badges:

• Environmental Conservation
• Outdoor Challenge
• Backwoods Cooking
• Naturalist
• Air Activities
• Time on the Water
• Nights Away
• Navigator Stage 2 -> Orienteering

Visits:

• Duxford Imperial War Museum offers group discounts
  • 1hr30 hike from site to ///clips.retraced.author

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
• Welcome cabin for signing-in and signing-out
• Four small fire pits, three larger ones
• Two lakes
• Central flagpole
• Campfire circle
• Canoes, kayaks, paddles, bouyancy aids
• Rafting barrels and poles, helmets
• Archery bosses; bows and arrows can be brought on site
• Air rifles might be able to be brought on site

Traditions at Dernford Nook:

• Leave offerings for Danny the Dernford Otter
• Dress Danny in your group's necker whilst at camp
• A camp commemorative photo standing behind the Dernford camp gate
• Earning the Order of the Otter badge by ringing the bell on the island [coming soon] and repeating the Dernford Promise

See our Resources page for risk assessment pro-formas and badge programme info you can use for some of these activities

* You can bring your own Permitted leaders or, with enough notice, try and contact one from our list of Permitted Leaders

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last updated: Sun May 17 2026

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