Corf Scout Camp

Corf is the Isle of Wight Scouts' own campsite, run since 1937 on 23 acres of coastal oak woodland beside the Newtown River near Shalfleet, inside a Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Hamstead Heritage Coast. It has more than 30 separate camping areas among the trees, some looking over the water, plus a Pack Holiday Centre with dormitory space for 30 young people and the Colnut Cabins with beds and electricity.

The site is mainly booked by Scout and Guide groups and other youth or sailing organisations, though family and non-Scout groups can also enquire. Activities on site include a climbing wall, archery, air rifles, tomahawk throwing, orienteering and canoeing or sailing from the jetty on the sheltered creek, and there is a communal campfire circle and a tuck shop. Access is down a quarter-mile track off Corf Road, and the number 7 bus stops in Shalfleet.