Brynbach
| Brynbach | |
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General Charles de Gaulle visiting French Scouts at Brynbach in 1940 | |
| Location | Brynbach, Saron, Denbighshire |
| Coordinates | 53°07′07″N 3°27′50″W / 53.1186°N 3.4640°WCoordinates: 53°07′07″N 3°27′50″W / 53.1186°N 3.4640°W |
| Elevation | 280 metres (920 ft) |
| Type | Campsite |
| Land | 200 acres (81 ha) |
| Facilities | Boating lake, swimming pool, summer house |
| Fires | Yes |
| Season | Spring, summer and autumn |
| Operated by | Scouting Association |
| Established | 1930 |
Brynbach was a National Campsite of the Scout Association, situated near Saron in Denbighshire in North Wales.[1] The 200-acre site had its heyday between the 1930s and the late 1950s. It had naturalistic wooden entrance gates designed By Lord Baden Powell, the founder of Scouting.[1]
The camp had a summer-house (later moved to Gilwell Park), a 1 m (3 ft 3 in) deep boating lake, and a spring-filled swimming pool. An outline of the Fleur de Lys, the Scouting emblem, was created by planting Golden Larch trees in the surrounding woods.
Demise
The original owner of Brynbach camp died in the early 1960s. Although the continued use of the camp by the Cheshire Scouting Association was a provision in her will, her beneficiaries withdrew from that agreement. Occasional troops were permitted to use the site but access was strictly limited. When 1st Upton-by-Chester from Chester were permitted to use Brynbach in July 1987, it subsequently became the last full-scale week-long Scout summer camp to be held at the site.
References
- 1 2 "Brynbach". www.scribd.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
External links
- Boy Scouts Camp in 1930
- 16th Royal Eltham Scout Troop at Brynbach Scout Camp August 1936
- Brynbach Boy Scouts Camp c.1938
- 1946 Cheshire Rally at Brynbach with Chief Scout Lord Rowallan in attendance
- Brynbach's Swimming Pool
