Henfield Scout Centre

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Mar 2017

Located at the western end of Bishops Lane and accessed via a series of public footpaths from both Cagefoot Lane and Church Street. The scout troop in Henfield are acknowledged as the oldest in Britain having formed in 1907 in the immediate aftermath of Baden Powell's Brownsea Island jamboree. The troop originally met in a barn but outgrew it by 1920 and this moved to a building in Cagefoot Lane. They moved here in 1930 when the owner of the land, Frank Clarke, donated the small field in perpetuity to the troop. The current hut dates from the 1960s and has now reached the end of its working life and the troop are in the process of raising £150,000 needed to replace it. Their time, however, is limited as it has been estimated that the deterioration is becoming so rapid that the hut will be unuasable within two years and they are still some way off their target. Viewed at dusk.

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