Many consider Scouting began with the camp on Brownsea Island organised by Robert Baden-Powell and the publication of "Scouting for Boys" the following year.
In March 1908 B-P addressed a meeting in Cambridge on the aims and methods of Scouting.
As a result of this meeting several Scout patrols formed across the city. Scouting had taken root in Cambridge!

We have several pages on the History of Cambridge Scouting

Articles

• 70 Years of Scouting in and around Cambridge (1908-1978) was written in 1978 by Kenneth North, 70 years after B-P's first visit. A printable version in pdf format is also available
• Archeology of Scouting. A talk given by Bill Thurbon in 1978 on Early Scouting both nationally and in Cambridge. Also available in printable (pdf) format
• History of the 9th Cambridge (Queens' College) written by Rev C.T. Wood in 1931
• History of the 9th Cambridge (Queens' College) written in 2003 for Queen's college magazine.
• History of the 13th Cambridge (Notts Own) written by A.G. Hutchinson for their Silver Jubilee in 1970. Also available in printable (pdf) format

Magazine

• Reveille! A Cambridge Scout Magazine from 1920. This was the only edition published. (only in pdf format)

Images

• Photographs of some of B-P's many visits to Cambridge
• Copies of Scouting Adverts from the Cambridge area

Group Lists

Taken from Association Records

• 1930
• About 1934
• About 1950