Derwent and Dove

- HOME - NEWS - ABOUT - GROUPS - CAMPSITE - LOCATION - EVENTS - INFO - HISTORY - LINKS -

HISTORY

SCOUT INSPECTION by Robert Baden Powell
at Matlock Bath. 18th March 1917

Baden Powell attended the first scout commissioners conference in the Royal Hotel at Matlock Bath and announced the start of the Senior Scout section.
The Royal Hotel was demolished after a fire in 1926 but opposite the Pavilion is still the original drinking fountain, it was created in 1881 and was restored in 1917 to commemorate the first scout commissioners conference