Willow Tree Centre

01/04/2026

We are pleased to announce that we haven’t been visited by a mysterious elephant, although that would be very interesting 🐘 Let us know if you’ve experienced any animal encounters at Willow Tree!

01/04/2026

Mysterious Footprints at Willow Tree leaving visitors baffled.

Visitors have been left baffled this week after a series of unusually large footprints were discovered across the grounds at Willow Tree. The footprints were first sighted earlier in the week and have been difficult to identify.

They have been spotted in muddy areas and soft ground, forming what appears to be a wandering trail.

However, some specialists called in to assess the situation has offered a surprising explanation.

While it may sound unlikely, the characteristics are consistent with elephant footprints.

Naturally, this has raised even more questions than answers. There have been no reports of missing elephants from nearby zoos.

Meanwhile, the mystery continues to grow. Could there really be unexpected visitor roaming Willow Tree?

29/05/2024

What's everyone up to this half term?

22/05/2024

Anyone else hoping the sunshine comes back soon?

15/05/2024

Who needs Northern Lights when you can get gorgeous sunset views like this?

07/02/2024

Have you seen our gorgeous benches?

We had three carved benches specially designed for us. The Carver, Nick Garrett is a chainsaw artist and the design comes from his imagination.

One represents Squirrel, one is called ‘Willow’ - a medieval woodland spirit, and the third is The Archers, whichd shows two female archers guarding the bench.

The funding came from the estate of Hilarie Lemon, a much loved leader from Ruislip-Northwood Division, who loved bringing her girls camping at Willow Tree site.

These benches and works of art will keep Hilarie’s memory with us and give our campers and archers somewhere special to rest a while.

31/01/2024

Archery is a popular activity with the units but we are only able to meet demand if we have more instructors.

If you are interested we will arrange for you to attend a two day Archery GB Instructor course which will give you the underpinning knowledge to run taster and have a go-sessions.

Our activities co-ordinator Jess canvasses instructors for their availability and there are always two or more instructors at any one session.

If you would like to know more please e mail [email protected]

20/12/2023

How awesome is this rainbow over our fields!
Let us know in the comments, if you came to visit us this year! 😀

10/10/2023

This is an amazing achievement. Thank you Katherine & Christine, we are very grateful for the continued support.

When Katherine (Guider at 4th Ruislip Windmill Guides) and Christine Mills (Willow Tree Trefoil) decided during lockdown to sell some of the Willow Tree shop badges on Ebay, nobody had… Continue reading Badge Sales Pass Another Landmark

08/05/2023

We are excited to announce that we are launching a newletter, to kept you up to date with all things going on at Willow Tree. From Volunteer days, unit activity evenings and fundraising events, follow the link to hear about it first.

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21/04/2023

Christine and Katherine, two of our lovely shop volunteers, recently donated a bumper batch of 100 Birthday badges to Ugandan Guiding.

Ugandan Guiding have just celebrated their 100 years of Guiding. After seeing a Facebook post from a Guide Leader in Scotland who had just returned from a trip to Uganda, Christine and Katherine learned that Ugandan Guiding were looking for other 100 Birthday badges. They were delighted to donate some of the stock of 100 Birthday badges from the Willow Tree shop.