Venue Hire

Scout Headquarters

The Scout Headquarters is used by a number of community groups. The Scout Headquarters building consists of a small entrance area with coat hanging facilities, a hall, kitchen, both mens and ladies toilets plus an enclosed grassed area to the front. There are also chairs, tables should you need them.

If you would like to know more about hiring our premises on either a regular basis or for a one-off function such as a birthday party, please contact our HQ Bookings Manager Dawn Carter by email dawn.carter@1stbishopsstortford.org.uk.

1st Bishop's Stortford and Hockerill Scout Group's Headquarters is located by the water tower at the entrance to Birchanger Wood, just off Heath Row in Bishops Stortford.


This is where Sections hold their weekly meetings, unless they are taking part in activities off-site - please see programme downloads on Section pages for details.


For safety reasons, please do not drive down the path to the Headquarters.

Priory Wood


Our woodland campsite is regularly used by other groups, providing an excellent environment for outdoor activities from Nursery School nature visits to Scout camping trips.

If you would like to find out more about hiring the campsite, please click here.

Priory Wood can be found on Bury Lodge Lane (opposite Thremhall Park), off the B1256, half a mile east of Junction 8 of the M11. The entrance to the campsite is 100m beyond the Thremhall Park barrier. You are able to park on either side of the road and then walk past the barrier and through the gates to the right which lead to the campsite.

Section Details

Watership Down Beaver Scout Colony

Tuesday 4.30pm-5.30pm

Ocean Beaver Scout Colony

Thursday 6.00pm-7.00pm

Galaxy Beaver Scout Colony

Sunday 5.00pm-6.00pm

Apache Cub Scout Pack

Monday 6.30pm-8.00pm

Comanche Cub Scout Pack

Tuesday 5.45pm-7.15pm

Navaho Cub Scout Pack

Wednesday 6.15pm-7.45pm

Aztec Scout Troop

Tuesday 7.30pm-9.00pm

Inca Scout Troop

Friday 7.30pm-9.00pm

Spartan Scout Troop

Saturday 10.00am-4.00pm

(approx once a month – see programme for details)