WELCOME TO
DEER PARK
​ACTIVITY CENTRE
Deer Park is a 30 acre site owned by Girlguiding Gloucestershire and situated in the heart of the Cotswold countryside. Our accommodation options include self-catering buildings with heating for year round use, campsites with shelters and greenfield camping. We have a wide range of on-site activities, plus we are ideally located to access a number of external activities in the local area.

EXCITING NEWS

We are delighted to share the news that, following several years of negotiations, we have now been able to purchase the land which houses our main site at Deer Park, which we leased. In addition to this we have also purchased the small site opposite our car park entrance, and the adjacent woodland, which will allow our land to be connected safely to Bubbs Hill once more.

We have been able to fund this purchase due to the foresight and wisdom of former trustees and County Commissioners who invested and reserved monies left to us by Nancie Bradshaw in 2006, to be used to secure the future of Deer Park by purchasing the land if it ever became available. 

Owning the main site and buildings secures the future of Girlguiding Gloucestershire at Deer Park. It enables us to continue to offer amazing outdoor opportunities to our young members and also welcome other young people and school groups to share our facilities. We are thrilled we have been able to complete this purchase and hope all our members are too!

CHECK AVAILABILITY & BOOK ONLINE

We've made it easier for you to make your booking by introducing a new online booking system. The system allows you to view all our facilities so you can see if there is availability for your chosen date(s), and for booking our buildings and outdoor spaces, whether for a camp or holiday, or just for a shorter day visit, meeting, etc, you can make your booking request online. Whatever your booking, you will be able to access all the details via the system to check on who your instructors are, who will be meeting and greeting you, and so on.

LOCAL ROAD CLOSURES

If you are visiting us over the coming months and are travelling from the Cheltenham direction, please plan your route carefully and allow extra time to get to Deer park. The A435 Charlton Hill (Charlton Kings to Severn Springs) will be closed from the end of March through to September for essential repairs. Please plan an alternative route.

Full details on the Gloucestershire County Council website.

GIRLGUIDING MEMBERS

We welcome all Girlguiding members, from within Gloucestershire and beyond, to visit us for camps and holidays, activity days, unit meeting visits, service days and more.

OTHER YOUTH GROUPS & SCHOOLS

We welcome visitors from the Scout Association, other youth groups, and schools for use of the facilities and activities on our Bubbs Hill site. Visit our Schools & Youth Page for a list of all the facilities and activities available to you.

what our VISITORS had to say

Here's what some of our visitors had to say about their visits
"Highly recommend - we can't wait to go back for more."
​Amber, Guide Leader
"Just wanted to thank you for helping and supporting us yesterday - we had a wonderful day.
We look forward to coming again in the future."
​2nd Battledown Rainbows
"Just a note to say how much Kempsford Brownies enjoyed last night.  I think they enjoyed geocaching the most and they soon got to grips with the device.
Thanks again and hope to see you soon for zip wiring."
​Kempsford Brownies
"5th Gloucester Guides had a fantastic evening doing bush craft with Daniel at Deer Park. Fire starting, shelter building, dampers and nettle tea."
​5th Gloucester Guides