run it as an events and conference venue and are converting the hostel rooms into boarding accommodation for students. Buddens Buddens Scout Adventures was added to the Scout Adventures network in 2017 and was located near Wareham, Dorset, close to the Isle of Purbeck, Brownsea Island and Durdle Door. It was owned by and run in partnership with Dorset Scouts, who also use the centre as their headquarters, and the centre returned to their operation in 2021 following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The 95-acre site was bought in 1994 as a former farm and quarry site. It has since been developed as a camp site and activity centre with 15 acres set aside as a Site of Nature Conservation Interest. The site contained a number of very large camping fields, a 45-bed tented village, a three level tunnelling complex, an 8.5-acre lake which was used for a variety of water activities and a new climbing tower. Crawfordsburn Crawfordsburn Scout Adventures was the only Scout Adventures centre in Northern Ireland, located adjacent to Crawfordsburn County Park and within 3 miles of Bangor and 10 miles of Belfast. It has 22 acres of camping and two residential buildings, with a combined 70 beds, which was expanded recently; the most recent was opened in October 2016 by Northern Irish Minister for Education Peter Weir. Originally part of the Sharman estate, it was opened in October 1948 and received a visit from Lord Rowallan, the Chief Scout, a decade later in 1958. It joined the network of national centres as a partner centre on 6 September 2012 as Crawfordsburn Scout Activity Centre before being rebranded to Crawfordsburn Scout Adventures in September 2016. Its facilities included a caving complex, climbing wall, adventure course and trail, 3G swing, zip line and crate climb. Following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the centre ceased to be a Scout Adventure centre although the centre remains operational, run by Scouts NI. Downe Downe Scout Adventures was located near Orpington near the boundary between Greater London and Kent and near to Biggin Hill and Down House, the home of naturalist Charles Darwin. It was owned by the Scout Association and was one of the original national Scout Activity Centres following the centres of excellence programme announced in 2004. Between 2005 and 2021, it was run directly by the Scout Association, having been run by Greater London South East