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 – 04 March 2022
Spacecraft seen in Sandleheath By Martine Coatham, Group Scout Leader for Sandleheath. I was so impressed with my Sandleheath Beaver Leaders and Beavers. I went to a session to meet and greet some new parents & leaders and talked to the Beavers about their plans for their builder badge. The leaders had inspired them with…
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Tails of the New Forest – 30 January 2022
Great Start for New Young Leaders By Steven Osborn, Assistant Explorer Scout Leader for Young Leaders Young Leaders get stuck into their local community, helping out our younger Scouts with learning skills for life. On Monday 17th January it was great to see 20 young people from Avon Valley Explorer Scouts in Sandleheath get stuck…
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Tails of the New Forest – 14 November 2021
District Expedition – to the Lakes we go By Robin Mair, Team DC There was an idea… Way back earlier this year when we first started escaping Covid 19, Team DC launched the idea of running a District Expedition again over the Autumn half term. We contacted various leaders around the district to ask the…