Welcome... ...to Look East, the online home of Basingstoke East Scouting District. Please take time to browse our site and find out a little about the history of our District and the groups within it. If your looking for a group for your child to join, please feel free to email our District Commissioner for more details of the groups within the district. Alternately, to contact a particular group email their Group Scout Leader. Basingstoke East Scout District is one of two districts covering the Basingstoke area. The district has eight groups, each having a Beaver (6 - 8 yrs), Cub (8 - 10 1/2 yrs), and a Scout (10 1/2 - 14 yrs) section. There are also two Explorer (14 - 18 yrs) sections in the district. The district comprises, Basingstoke town centre, Black Dam, Chineham, Eastrop, Lychpit, Oakridge, Old Basing, Popley, South View and villages to the south east of Basingstoke 
Dragons to visit Canada Basingstoke East District Explorers are to visit Canada in August. The trip will be including, White water rafting, Kayaking, Horse riding, and much much more. Preparation for the camp has included mini weekend camps, fund raising events and many meetings. More details can be found on the Dragons ESU website.
St Georges Day parade 
Basingstoke East Scout District joined Basingstoke West and Silcester Districts for this years St Georges Day parade. The parade took place in Basingstoke town centre, starting from Lower Church street and culminating at the ampitheatre by the bus station. The route took the parade through Festival Place shopping centre much to the amazement of many shoppers. His Worshipful the Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane took the salute. The collection taken amounted to some £400 and will be presented to Mayor's Charities for 2010, Hampshire Air Ambulance, Wessex Cancer Trust and Basingstoke Young People's Information.
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