Brownsea Island 2019 Brownsea Learning Brochure 2019 Campsite brochure Brownsea Island sits in the county of Dorset and the place is generally recognised as the birth-place of scouting. In many ways, South Africa should hold that accolade as it was where Baden-Powell developed his ideas and vision. On his return to the UK, he. Brownsea Island – The First Scout Camp. The camp BP organised from the 31st July to 9th August 1907 was actually an experimental summer camp to test his ideas in his book “Scouting for Boys” on Brownsea Island, a 500-acre, windswept tract in Poole Harbour off England’s southern coast.

Brownsea Island is an island in England. Brownsea Island is situated in The Villa, close to South Lodge.

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Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island, also archaically known as Branksea, is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England.

Brownsea Castle

Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, from the threat of French attack. Brownsea Castle is situated 1 km east of Brownsea Island. Photo: reemul, CC BY 2.0.

South Lodge

South Lodge is situated 460 metres south of Brownsea Island. Photo: Omanihunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Furzey Island

Furzey Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. Furzey Island is situated 1¼ km southwest of Brownsea Island. Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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The Villa

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Sandbanks

Sandbanks is a small peninsula or spit crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. Sandbanks is situated 2 km east of Brownsea Island.

Lilliput

Lilliput is a district of Poole, Dorset. It borders on Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Lower Parkstone, and Whitecliff and has a shoreline within Poole Harbour with views of Brownsea Island and the Purbeck Hills. Lilliput is situated 2½ km northeast of Brownsea Island. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brownsea Island

Type: Island
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
Latitude: 50.6916° or 50° 41' 29.6' north
Longitude: -1.9711° or 1° 58' 16' west
Elevation: 15 metres (49 feet)
GeoNames ID: 2654486

Also Known As

Danish: Brownsea Island
Dutch: Brownsea Island
Japanese: ブラウンシー島
Swedish: Brownsea Island
Barksea
Branksea Island

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North Haven PointLocality, 1½ km southeast
South Haven PointLocality, 2 km southeast
Goathorn PointLocality, 2 km southwest
Jerry's PointLocality, 2 km south

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Brownsea Island Scout campField, 1 km southwest
Sandbanks PeninsulaPeninsula, 2 km east
Green IslandIsland, 2 km southwest
Poole HarbourHarbour, 2 km northwest

Other Places

Fjb Sandbanks HotelHotel, 2 km east
Fjb Haven HotelHotel, 2 km east
Salterns Harbourside HotelHotel, 2½ km northeast
Thistle PooleHotel, 2½ km northwest

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The title of this page is miss-leading the camp BP organised from the 31st July to 9th August 1907 was actually an experimental summer camp to test his ideas in his book “Scouting for Boys” on Brownsea Island, a 500-acre, windswept tract in Poole Harbour off England’s southern coast

What is seen as the first true Scout Camp was held at Humshaugh, Northumberland from 22 August to 4 September 1908, as this was held after the official start of the Scout Movement.

Despite this the Brownsea Island Camp is seen by many as the first camp and the same week of the camp in 2007 was used to officially mark the centenary of Scouting.

Below is information on why Brownsesa was chosen as well as information about the make up of the Patrols and what the program consisted of,

Why Brownsea?

Brownsea Island was chosen for the camp because it was off the beaten track and was difficult to get to and this was due to BP being a very public figure and if the Press had got to know his plans it would have been difficult to reporters on the scent of a good story away, so that the experimental camp could be given a fair trial out of the public gaze.

In May of 1907 while on Holiday in Ireland BP met and became friends with Mr and Mrs Charles van Raalte and they invited him to visit them at their country home on Brownsea Island.

As a boy BP had sailed in Poole Harbour with his brothers and knew the Island, they had in fact made a landing on the beech it the more he became convinced the Brownsea Island would be the ideal location for the camp, isolated but not to far away from civilisation to get provisions to.

A letter to Charles van Raalte asking for permission to use the island produced an immediate response. Of course he could come. To help with plans van Raalte enclosed a booklet about the island and its History which he had recently published and the more that BP discovered about the place, the more certain he became that this little piece of ground a mile and half long and about three quarters of a mile wide could not be bettered and it was agreed to hold the camp in August 1907

The Camp

On 29 July, 1907, Bill Harvey, one of the local boatmen, was waiting at the Customhouse Steps in Poole to take Baden-Powell, his nephew, and some of the boys from London set off to Brownsea. They boarded his motor boat Hyacinth and set out on the two-mile crossing to the isl

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