Offering skills for life for over 50 years and still going strong!
From our large HQ in Calmore, north of Totton, we cover Testwood and the surrounding area. From Beaver scouts to Bingo, we’re home to hundreds of scouts and community members each week.
Headquarters
The 5th Testwood Scout group is based at:
Garland Lodge
Blackwater Drive
Calmore
Southampton
SO40 2QJ
Group Lead Volunteers: Max Simes and Sarah Challis
Who meets when?
Rowan Squirrels Drey – Monday evenings
Blackwater Beaver colony – Tuesday evenings
River Test Beaver colony – Wednesday evenings
Endeavour Cub pack – Tuesday evenings
Discovery Cub pack – Wednesday evenings
Garland Scout troop – Thursday evenings
Cerberus Explorer unit – Monday evenings.
Testwood in the news:
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Tails of the New Forest – 1st May 2026
Jump to: | What’s Coming Up? | Reminders, opportunities and notices | What’s been happening? Welcome to Edition 49 of Tails of the New Forest. Oh boy have so many of our young people returned with force to the summer term and there’s been plenty going on. It was amazing to see so many of…
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Tails of the New Forest – 5th April 2026
Jump to: | What’s Coming Up? | Reminders, opportunities and notices | What’s been happening? Welcome to Edition 48 of Tails of the New Forest. We hope you’re enjoying the Easter long weekend because from the looks of our What’s been happening section, you’ve all been super busy! As we head into nicer weather, we…
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Tails of the New Forest – 28th February 2026
Jump to: | What’s Coming Up? | Reminders, opportunities and notices | What’s been happening? Welcome to Edition 47 of Tails of the New Forest. With plenty coming up, lots of opportunities and updates for you and a round up of what you’ve shared with us, check it out below. Fingers crossed our email doesn’t…
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Tails of the New Forest – 19th January 2026
Jump to: | What’s Coming Up? | Reminders, opportunities and notices | What’s been happening? Welcome to Edition 46 of Tails of the New Forest. A belated Happy New Year to all our volunteers and we are happy to be back after a slight website malfunction over the festive period. See what we’ve got waiting…
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Tails of the New Forest – 1st December 2025
Jump to: | What’s Coming Up? | Reminders, opportunities and notices | What’s been happening? Welcome to Edition 45 of Tails of the New Forest. As Christmas draws closer to the horizon, and the end of the year beckons, we have details of festive events for you, reminders of fantastic opportunities and a bumper round…
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Tails of the New Forest – 2nd November 2025
Jump to: | What’s Coming Up? | Reminders, opportunities and notices | What’s been happening? Welcome to Edition 44 of Tails of the New Forest. We’re a half term down, our district expedition has just returned from the Lake District after a week of adventure in beautiful walking country, and dare we say it the…