Clwyd Scout Area (The Scout Association)
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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,[1] Coxwood,[2] Gladstone,[3] and Rowallan.[4] There is also a Scout Shop situated at the Wrexham District Scout Headquarters.[5]
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[edit] Organisation
There are sixty Scout Groups organised in four Scout Districts and two have Explorer Scout Units. The County Camp Site, Gladstone Training Centre and John Clarke House is located between Hawarden and Broughton.
[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
District Commissioner - Lesley Bordoli.
Groups in District
- 1st Rhyl
- 2nd Rhyl
- 1st Rhuddlan
- 3rd Prestatyn
- 6th Prestatyn
- 1st Denbigh (Brynbach)
- Ruthin
[edit] Wrexham District
District Commissioner - Jan George.
Groups in the District
- 1st Marchwiel
Explorer Units
- Cox Wood
- K2
- Marchwiel
- Overton
[edit] References
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