Pax Lodge Welcomes Guiders

Pax Lodge World Centre is located in Hampstead Heath just north of central London.


It is co-located with Olave House, the headquarters of the World Bureau.


The facility operates like a hostel (B&B) for Guiding members (and others) – but is also a meeting place for Guiding committees while offering girl and adult programming a number of times during the year. So …. It is a busy place. You receive the code to the security door and are asked to sign in/out so they know where you are in the event of a fire, but other than that, everyone comes and goes on a multitude of schedules. It is ideally located near the north tube line, so it’s a quick 13 minute ride to central London

As you enter, you are greeted by a beautiful collection of the symbols of the four World Centres – the squirrel for Our Chalet, the Cuernavaca tree of life for Our Cabana, and the emblems for Pax Lodge and Sangam.
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The lower floor has offices, meeting space and the large common dining hall. The 2nd and 3rd floors are predominantly residence rooms for visitors together with staff space, a common kitchen and laundry facilities. A very efficient layout that is very welcoming for visitors.

Like the other World Centres, it is actively promoting the WAGGGS 3-year Global Action Themes and encourages members staying at the Lodge to participate in examining the issues and proposing actions in their own community to address the issues. The walls are covered with ideas from various sessions and from visitors staying at the Lodge.