
Summer Camp
Save the date for our Group Summer Camp 2025, the highlight of our Scouting year, with all sections camping together in Suffolk. Full details and invites to sign up will be sent out at the start of the summer term.
Save the date for our Group Summer Camp 2025, the highlight of our Scouting year, with all sections camping together in Suffolk. Full details and invites to sign up will be sent out at the start of the summer term.
3rdCB are invited to enter Scouts/Explorers who aren't already members of Essex Yacht Club to the Club's annual Cadet Week – a week of racing, fun & games, and social activities based at EYC’s HQ “Wilton”, and may borrow sailing dinghies from The Den to enter (single or double handed). It’s a really fun week...
A fun full day on the water for Scouts and Explorers. For those that haven’t done one before, we sail out from The Den on the ebbing tide, moor up in the Ray channel off Westcliff, wait for the tide to go out, play on the sand bank, sail, swim, eat, then come home as...
We'll be helping the Leigh Lions Club with their annual Duck Race along Leigh Creek. Hundreds of rubber ducks will be racing along the creek from Bell Wharf to Osbornes' Cafe, raising money for charity - you can buy a duck, and if your duck wins you win a prize! The Scouts and Explorers will...
Explorers and Sea Scout PLs overnight sailing expedition to Yantlet Beach in Kent, wild camping out on the beach. Meet on the morning of Thursday 21st August to pack gear and load boats before taking the midday tide over to a secluded beach at the entrance to Yantlet Creek. After the sail over, we'll set...
Better sailing Rigging, launching and sailing in any direction. This course will teach you improved rigging, sailing theory, launching and recovery. Building confidence in a range of sailing techniques on all points of sail and capsize recovery By the end of you course you'll be able to launch and sail a dinghy on all points...
Open boating session at The Den for all Sea Scouts and Explorers. Sessions for any Scout or Explorer to go on the water sailing or on our other boats. Sessions are always supervised by a suitable leader, and no experience is necessary. There is no charge for participating in open boating, just ensure you are...
Open boating session at The Den for all Sea Scouts and Explorers. Sessions for any Scout or Explorer to go on the water sailing or on our other boats. Sessions are always supervised by a suitable leader, and no experience is necessary. There is no charge for participating in open boating, just ensure you are...
A weekend of family fun across Old Leigh hosted by 3rd Chalkwell Bay and 4th / 6th Leigh Sea Scouts, and we need your help to make it a fantastic weekend. In addition to the traditional sailing races, welly-hoying, tug-o-war and cockle eating competitions, there will be scores of local community stalls, games, live music,...
Alongside Scouting, 3rd Chalkwell Bay gives Sea Scouts and Explorers the opportunity to complete the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) with us, building on their Scouting skills and encouraging them to learn new ones. We are holding an information and registration evening on Tuesday 16 September from 20:00, where you can find out more about...
Open boating session at The Den for all Sea Scouts and Explorers. Sessions for any Scout or Explorer to go on the water sailing or on our other boats. Sessions are always supervised by a suitable leader, and no experience is necessary. There is no charge for participating in open boating, just ensure you are...
We all have a responsibility to keep The Den clean & tidy, and to ensure that the boats are bailed regularly, particularly during the winter months. On the third Sunday of each month the Scouts and Explorers take it in turns (by Patrol / Division) to be the Sunday Duty Patrol and keep our HQ...