Scouts and Guides
Wildwood is great for Scouts and Guides
Wildwood has a long history of welcoming both Scouts and Guides, even hosting special events such as ‘Rainbows take Wildwood’! The popular Ross Wood Scout Campsite is right next to Wildwood, with a side gate providing safe access between both sites.
For obvious reasons, our beavers and owls are particularly popular with scouting and guiding groups. Plus, an exclusive patch to commemorate your visit is available from our shop.
Scouts and Guides can claim the group booking rate and just like schools, these groups are entitled to a number of free adult admissions, dependent on the ages of the children.
Any educational activity can be booked for these visits. Please see our SCHOOL AND GROUP VISITS section for activities relevant to your age group.
Twilight Tours
For a truly unique experience designed for our Scouts and Guides groups, join us for a Twilight Tour of Wildwood.
Enjoy exclusive access to the park between 5-7pm, when our other visitors have left. Learn all about our animals on a guided tour and you may be lucky enough to see some of our animals that come out at dusk.
Twilight Tours are charged at a flat rate of £450, for a maximum of 30 children. Book by sending an email to education@wildwoodtrust.org.
We worked with Girlguiding UK to create two new interest badges: Animal Helper and Biodiversity!
We offer sessions at Wildwood designed to help you fulfil the requirements of your badge, whilst being immersed in a biodiverse ancient woodland, where we care for over 200 native animals.
Animal helper badge
Here are some examples of activities your Brownies could complete with us to earn your badge:
Make enrichment for an animal we care for
Make an animal home such as a minibeast hotel to take home
Have a look at different types of animal homes in our Animal Homes workshop
Book an Animal Focus Talk or Guided Tour to learn more about our native species
Learn what different animals need and how we care for them
Pick an animal you learn about with us to create a poster on how to help them in the wild
Biodiversity badge
Here are some examples of activities your Guides could complete with us to earn your badge:
Sample our woodlands to investigate which plant and invertebrate species are present
Create a wildflower seed packet to plant at home
Learn about biodiversity in our Rainforest, Green Plants or Owl Pellets workshops
Learn more about pollinators in our Busy Bees workshop
Invite us to visit you to deliver a talk or workshop
