Brownsea Island Scout & Guide campsite is on the location of Baden-Powell's original experimental camp and is available to members of the Scouts & Guides.

Baden-Powell Photo Gallery View of the first Scout Camp on Brownsea Island, 1907 British Scout Association From: William Hillcourt, and Olave Baden-Powell, Baden-Powell: The Two Lives of a Hero, 1964 Bill Hillcourt describes the camp on Brownsea Island: The camp site was everything B-P could have hoped for. It was a level spot at the south-western shore of Brownsea, with a view across the water ...

Baden-Powell Photo Gallery B-P at Brownsea Island, 1907. From Eileen K. Wade, Baden-Powell, London, 1944 Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Scouting with Baden-Powell, 1907-1929 E. E. Reynolds tells the story of Brownsea in Baden-Powell: The Story of His Life The Beginnings of Scouting Return to the Baden-Powell Home Page Return to the Pine Tree Web Home Page Your feedback, comments and suggestions are ...

Brownsea Camp A) Antecedents: The ideas that matured in Scouting for Boys (1908) did not spring up suddenly in B-P's mind; they were the result of some years of thought and observation. it is possible to trace back to his own boyhood the various influences that helped to shape his scheme for the training of boys; here it is only necessary to indicate some of the steps that inmediately preceded ...