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Based in the West India Dock in London, we offer the perfect location for Water Activities and Training courses to youth groups and adults involved in organisations such as Scouts and Guides. Based in the West India Dock Complex to the east side of London, we offer the perfect location for Water Activities, Open Days and formal training courses to youth groups and adults involved in organisations

such as Scouts, Guides, Cadets. We also offer accommodation to visitors to London on a Bed & Breakfast style basis at very competitive rates. We also now operate the Dockland Scout Project Training Centre which is a water activity training centre based in the West India Dock Complex to the east side of London, we offer training for a number of water activities to youth groups and adults involved in organisations such as Scouts, Guides, Cadets. The centre is managed and run entirely by volunteers in The Scout Association.

12/04/2026

Another successful weekend as we get ready to start the 2026 season. We have run a SRC VHF Course and a RYA Safety Boat Course. While these courses where running the main pontoons and the tyre fendering have all been cleaned and are looking very smart, the weeding around the building has been tidied up, all looking very smart, the bottoms of the two Quests have been pressure washed and scrubbed. Over the last couple of Wednesday afternoons the quay side under the trailers have been swept and washed. Thank you to the QM's and Crew who have made time to come down to get these essential jobs done before we start with the 2026 activity weekends. There is still much to do though!

24/02/2026

Here at DSP we have started the year with a bang! In the first two months we have successfully run:-

A Crew & Quartermaster (QM) Induction Weekend where we officially welcomed a number of new QMs and Crew to the team. The weekend was filled with learning, team building, orientation but most of all FUN!

A Power Boat Level 2 Qualification Course

A Diesel Engine Course

4 RYA First Aid Courses

3 RYA SRC Radio Courses (Marine VHF for those who are not familiar with this course)

and a Scout Pulling Course

March is looking equally exciting with a RYA SRC Radio Course, a RYA Safety Boat Course, 2 RYA Dinghy Level 2 Courses, a RYA Keel Boat Level 2 Course, 2 RYA Level 2 Power Boat Courses, 2 Paddle UK Explore Award Courses, a Scout Pulling Course and an RYA First Aid Course - where do we find the time!

There are still spaces available on some of these courses, especially the RYA Keel Boat Course so if anyone is looking to do one of these qualifications, reach out to us via [email protected] for dates and details.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help run these and all of our courses - DSP is totally volunteer run and we very much appreciate the time our Crew & QMs give to such an important & worthwhile project.

11/02/2026

This afternoon members of Dockland Scout Project said a final farewell to a much love member of the DSP family, Alan Coldwell. Alan had been a member for 44 years and even at 90 years of age he regularly volunteered on the water at our Open Days - they won’t be the same without him.

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631 Manchester Road
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E143NU

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+442073630323

Website

http://lordamory.org/

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