Camp Sladdin

Camp Sladdin, Clevedon Scenic Reserve

30 Thorps Quarry Road
Trail marker #3

‘Camp Sladdin’ is the name given to this cluster of buildings and the adjacent campsite at the entry to Clevedon Scenic Reserve.

The site is named after Leonard (Len) Sladdin who served as a leader with the New Zealand Scout Association in Clevedon in the early days of Scouting in the district.

The Clevedon Scout Troop was formed in 1931, and it is the buildings themselves that are of particular historical interest. Both buildings were relocated from Clevedon School in the 1960s. Firstly, the old Headmaster’s house and five years later, in 1966, the old North Road Schoolroom which had been utilised as a school library.

Len Sladdin was still a Scout member when this camp was officially opened in 1965. The Clevedon Scout Group continues today and the camp provides an idyllic rural setting for young people to learn about camping, local ecology and other outdoor pursuits.

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Thorp’s Quarry (approx 375m)

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    Walk north along the road towards the bridge. Use the Kauri Dieback Disease hygiene station to scrub your shoes before you continue across the bridge. Follow the generally flat path into the bush as it continues aside the small stream on your right. Continue to the end of the path where you will find a small waterfall, some seating and a site marker.

The information for each site has been thoughtfully prepared in collaboration with the Clevedon Districts Historical Society, drawing on Voices of Belonging by Jessie Munro, Yesteryears by F. Murray, and records from the McNicol Homestead Museum. Together, they tell the story of Clevedon and the people and places that made it the community we know today.

A special acknowledgement to photographer Donna Jepsen for her work capturing these sites as they appear today.