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Send emailThriftwood Scout Camp site and Activity Centre has over 30 on-site activities many with authorised instructors - more than most camp centres or sites anywhere in the UK. Vehicle access is available to all sites, where there are seven buildings, 3 Holiday centres, cooking sheds / huts and much more.
The resident staff at Thriftwood in Brentwood are all trained, friendly and helpful and disabilities are also catered for. School children and college students are all welcome. Wood fires and other campsite activities are encouraged and provided for, but must be properly managed.
Adventure Playground at Thriftwood
This area is open to everyone and now bookable, by the hour. Those Groups who have booked this area have preferencial use to casual users. Those who have booked will hold a session card stating the Group name and times of hire.
The playground is regularly covered with wood chips to make it as safe as possible for young people to enjoy themselves.
The very young should be supervised.
This equipment must NOT be used during the dark hours.
Fishing at Thriftwood
You can fish all day, between daylight hours on Pickle's Pond. Pickle's Pond holds a good head of fish, enabling even the newest angler a chance to catch a small one.
Almost every species of coarse fish, except Pike, are there to be caught;
Facilities at Thriftwood
Toilets & Showers:
There are 28 showers in total, with individual changing cublicles. Bright, modern buildings with underfloor heating and forced air ventilation. The second toilet block is situated in the centre of the camp site. No extra charge for use of showers.
Campsites
Campsites have access drives for limited parking. Many have gates to allow trailers, caravans to be pushed on. Under NO circumstances will we allow vehicles to be driven onto sites, so please don't ask. When required a member of staff will come and open gate to allow you to push trailer etc. onto site. Sites with such gates are marked with a letter G on the site map. Some have electrical hook up points, (At present these are Sites- 4, 5, 21, 22 and 27/28) and are marked with a letter E on the site map. A charge of 10p per unit will be made for electrical consumptiom. We pride ourselves on the grass coverage at Thriftwood, please don't ruin the grass by lighting fires on any bare or burnt patch left by some previous ignorant camper. There are many altar fires for cooking fires, and if you are competant in turfing and trenching (See site rules) then trench fires may be permitted, so long as they are kept to the edges of grassed areas. Fire grids may be obtained from the site office (Warning: these are heavy and may be sooty).
There are numbers of modern toilet and shower facilities, each with individual cubicles and hot water on tap to all users of the site at no extra charge. From May to September there are fun sing songs held at weekends in the Brentwood camp site, to which all are welcome. Camper fees for 2011 - SAME AS 2010! .
To help ease the financial burden, there has been no increase in camper fees (for non owner charities). New Bouldering Wall open. A horizontal climbing complex for all ages. This does not need technical equipment or qualified instructors.
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