Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
A great team effort from Scouts, leaders and parents, marshalling at the finish line of the 2025 Bristol Half Marathon. There was an amazing atmosphere and we raised valuable funds for our new hut build.
At the most recent Ward Forum public meeting held at Stoke Bishop Village Hall on Friday 10 May 2025, the 43rd were invited to join the panel at the meeting. Chair of the Group, Charles Elderton, updated the Forum about the latest information regarding the Group’s work to replace their wooden hut and build … Read more
Nearly two months in and we are above ground! This week we had a vast amount of concrete delivered and poured to complete the piling and foundations phase. The weather has definitely been on our side. View the short video of the recent works and to see how big the new Community Centre … Read more
The Easter break seems a good time to step back and marvel at what has been achieved in recent weeks. With our old wooden hut well and truly demolished and disposed of, our focus in recent weeks has turned to making sure we have good and solid foundations for the new construction. … Read more
The Group achieved another very big milestone today with the demolition of our beloved wooden Scout Hut! It’s taken 10+ years of effort by so many volunteers, supporters and the community to reach this point. To each and every person involved, your contribution has helped to make today possible. We are extremely grateful. … Read more
We had a good final session in the Scout hut tonight. We worked on a time capsule to be opened in 25 years and then took the opportunity to give the hut a final makeover! Lots of fun was had, although I think there was as much paint on the Scouts as there was on … Read more
The Scouts braved the freezing temperatures and enjoyed their last ever sleepover in the old wooden Scout hut before it is demolished to make way for our nice new (warm) Scout Community Centre. The perfect combination of dodgeball, chair football, pizza and a movie marked the occassion and was enjoyed by all. A huge thanks … Read more
The 43rd Bristol Scout Group will soon be saying goodbye to their old wooden Hut. Here’s a birds eye view of the Hut that thousands of our local children have been into and used over many generations. It’s now time to build a new and modern facility for use by the Scouts and … Read more
Despite Storm Darragh causing a bit of trouble this weekend the 43rd Bristol Scout Group managed to run its annual tree sale, a day later than planned. We are so grateful to the many local residents who waited an extra day to join us and buy their tree. Not only did we also … Read more
The Tree Sale is ON! Besides a selection of good quality Christmas Trees for sale, we have festive bacon baps, hot drinks, a tombola and plenty of festive fun. See you shortly