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'To anyone who hasn’t tried Scouting before, I’d say come on up and have a go! I think that most people don’t really know that Scouting is about activities, friendship and meeting people from other countries. I’ve been in the Movement since I was a Beaver and I still love it!'

 Kennet District supports Scouting for young people aged 6 to 25 in Newbury; Hungerford; Inkpen & Kintbury; Lambourn; Wash Common; and the surrounding area.

This website is specifically for 14 to 18-year-olds (Explorer Scouts), and also contains some information for 18 to 25s (Scout Network). If you are aged 6 to 14, please read the information below and find links to your local Scout Group.

Scouting for 14 to 18 young men and women is based in local Explorer Scout Units. There are four such units in the Kennet District

Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit (Hungerford)
Pegasus Explorer Scout Unit (Newbury)
Hydra Explorer Scout Unit (Kintbury)

Griffin Young Leader Unit

Scouting for 18 to 25 men and women is based in the Scout Network which is coordinated on a Berkshire-wide basis. We a looking into creating a West-Berkshire Network and more information on this should be available shortly. If you are interested in finding out more please e-mail:

network @ kennetexplorers.org.uk

Young People in Kennet 

Scouting for 6 to 14 year old boys and girls is based in local Scout Groups.  There are 7 Groups in Kennet District offering Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts - To make contact with your nearest Scout Group click the links below to visit their website.

1st Hungerford
1st Inkpen and Kintbury
1st Newbury Sea Scouts
2nd Newbury
3rd Newbury
4th Newbury (St John's)
1st Wash Common

Adults in Kennet

There are many opportunities for adults to enjoy and support Scouting. Working directly with young people in the Sections includes being a Leader; an Assistant Leader; Colony, Pack, Troop or Unit Assistant and so on.

The are also opportunities to help at Group level and in the District in 'management' roles. Tasks at these levels include finance; administration; fund-raising; taking care of equipment; and so on.

Adults in Scouting have fun and are well supported with training and through District and County programme teams.

Visit the Kennet District Scouts website here.