Scouting in Clwyd

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Scouting in Clwyd is a Scout Area of the Welsh Scouting Sgowtiaid Cymru branch of the Scout Association in Wales covering the principal areas of Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire. The Area also has four campsites: Cae Llwyd, Coxwood, Gladstone, and Rowallan. There is also a Scout Shop is situated at the Wrexham District Scout Headquarters.

Contents 1 Organisation 1.1 Flintshire District 1.1.1 Penyffordd Scout Group 1.2 Llangollen District 1.3 Vale of Clwyd (Denbighshire) District 1.4 Wrexham District 2 External links

[edit] Organisation

There are sixty Scout Groups organised in four Scout Districts and two have Explorer Scout Units.

[edit] Flintshire District

[edit] Penyffordd Scout Group

The Penyffordd Scout Group is in Penyffordd and the Flintshire Scout District. It was founded by John Griffiths, the village butcher, around 1970. It first met in a building on the local farm and then moved to the renovated old school canteen in the centre of the village.

The group has all three sections of Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts. It supports the District Explorer Scout Unit. The Group previously had a Venture Scouts unit known as the Spartan Venture Scout Unit.After Venture scouting ended it developed an Explorer scout unit. The Venture scout unit was formed in 1980 by Steven Wallace, and has held summer expeditions to Kandersteg (1987 and 1989) and the Netherlands (1991).

[edit] Llangollen District

[edit] Vale of Clwyd (Denbighshire) District

[edit] Wrexham District

[edit] External links

• Area Website

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