About Us

Lapwing Lodge is owned and run by West Regional Scout Council. We are a self funding, volunteer run campsite and hostel. Our activities are run by National Governing Body qualified campstaff. Our accommodation is good quality back to basics self catering providing for varied group sizes.

Lapwing Lodge is not limited to Scout Association use; we are open to all youth organisations, community groups and corporate bookings.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or make a booking enquiry.

Lapwing Lodge History (Peesweep)

Lapwing Lodge started Life as a Sanatorium for Coats Mill workers in 1910. At this time the veranda was open to the elements for the patients to be wheeled out onto to recover (fresh air was the only help until we got penicillin). It remained in their ownership until 1955.

In 1959 it was offered to Paisley Burgh and Renfrew County Council, but rejected, after which the building deteriorated. Ownership changed again this time to the Red Cross in 1960 and Paisley Scouts used the grounds for camping.

In 1968 Renfrewshire County Scout Council negotiated a 20 year lease from The Health Board, the Scouts rented the buildings from The Health Board. In 1988 Renfrew and Inverclyde Regional Scout Council bought Lapwing from Renfrew District Council, and started to add to and improve the accommodation and site.

The name was changed in 1983 from Peesweep to Lapwing Lodge.

Lapwing Lodge is wholly owned and run by West Regional Scout Council and is managed on a daily basis by the Lapwing Lodge Management Board.

We have a resident Warden and volunteer camp staff who run the weekends and activities. All the trained camp staff hold the relevant National Governing Body Certificates in their chosen activity.

As 2010 is the 100th Anniversary of the Building we are in the very early stages of planning a celebration, if you have any memorabilia on Lapwing / Peesweep we would be very interested in seeing it, please contact the Warden. 

Past Resident of Peesweep

Lapwing is reputed to have a few ghostly presence Cathy Ghosts is said to be that of a young 12 year old girl who died at the sanatorium after nursing her family with the fever. The grey lady who walks the corridors and the voices of the children playing and laughing can sometimes be heard in and around the buildings.