The Doon School - Campus

Campus

The school occupies a single campus covering approximately 70 acres (280,000 m2) flanked by Chakrata Road and Mall Road in the Dehradun Cantonment area of Dehradun city, Uttarakhand, India. To house the school, the IPSS acquired Chandbagh Estate in Dehradun from the Forest Research Institute. Part of the estate was once a deer park. The IPSS also acquired an adjoining estate, now known as Skinner's Field, from the descendants of James Skinner. At the time of acquisition it was overgrown and somewhat neglected, its most prominent features being two sheds formerly used to house elephants. The new Art and Media School, located on the site of the old Music School and inaugurated in October 2010 by Kapil Sibal, was shortlisted for the 2010 World Architecture News Education Award. The school's South Garden has been mentioned in Inside Outside Magazine's Annual Awards for its green principles and GRIHA standards of environmental compatibility.

The Chandbagh estate is located in a green part of Dehradun and a wide variety of flora and fauna are found on the estate, including many rare trees that date back to the days of the Forest Research Institute. The school has over 150 species of trees on its campus, and the formal gardens attract a variety of birds. In 1996, a book titled Trees of Chandbagh was released which provided a comprehensive account of vegetation found on Doon's campus, known as Chandbagh.