page_title: Gilwell Ada's Hoeve
section_title: Scouting campsite
hierarchical_section_title: Gilwell Ada's Hoeve / Scouting campsite
caption_attribution_description: First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands
context_page_description: Gilwell Ada's Hoeve is one of the oldest Dutch national Scouting campsites, and from July 1923 until the 1960s hosted the Wood Badge trainings for Scouting leadership in the Netherlands. The site was founded as a Scouting campsite in 1923 by Philip baron van Pallandt on his Eerde Estate in Ommen. One of the largest Dutch sites of Scouting Nederland, it covers 45 hectares, and has 25 camping fields and other accommodation, hosting approximately 10,000 camping nights annually.
context_section_description: Ada's Hoeve can host over 600 Scouts on 25 camping fields and housing accommodation. As such, it is the one but largest Scouting campsite in the Netherlands. It has always complied with the quality requirements of Scouting Nederland to their campsites, and is therefore a certified Labelled Site (Dutch: Labelterrein).
  The campfields (capacity 10 to 120 campers) all have historic names, given by and after the first users of these fields. E.g., the First and Second Leader Fields (Dutch: Leidersveld) were used in the Woodbadge training, and the Young Scouts Field (Dutch: Jonge Verkenners) was first used by the first Dutch Scout Group. In total the fields have a combined capacity of approximately 1000 Scouts.
  The site hosts several interesting views, including a 13 meter high totempole, which was a gift in 1960 by visiting Scouts from Singapore, and ornamental gates to the Leader Fields, created by the Delftsche Zwervers, which were used in Wood Badge training ceremonies. Other provisions on the site include a small formal Scout shop, and site offices.
caption: Group picture first Wood Badge training in Ommen
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