The courses below were
either used
for training during lockdown or for the Summer & Autumn MapRun League. For the
time being we are leaving them available for people to use, and the courses are
being registered as Virtual Permanant Orienteering Courses (VOC's). Winter
MapRun League courses will be added as they become available.
Wimborne Orienteers
Blandford Bridges/Play areas Start and finish
on Parkrun HQ Bridge by hospital car park (don’t forget that some of the parking
nearby is time restricted and parking fines are issued)
Blandford (Stour Meadows) Short Score Start in Langton Road Car Park
Blandord Stour
Meadows Junior Score (Parking
and start/finish all in Stour Meadows Car Park (free parking) which is behind
Tesco:
15 controls and about 2.5km)
Blandford Post Box Challenge (Uses Open Orienteering Mapping). Fifteen
post boxes to find in 60 minutes
Blandford
Milldown Junior Score A shorter score event aimed at juniors &
novices. Start/Finish & parking at Blandford Milldown car park.
Bridport MapRun Score
Bridport Wayfarers course This is a
90-minute course aimed at walkers, newcomers & complete beginners rather than
regular orienteers.
Bridport & West Bay A 6.k line
course on an OOM map.
Child Okeford New 1:5
000 urban map.
Parking in Recreation Ground by Start/Finish or nearby roads if full. Please
keep to marked footpaths crossing fields. Paths could be muddy, wear
appropriate footwear. NB The driveway opposite Control 23 is also the public
footpath! The road through the village is supposed to be 20 mph but mind the
traffic.
Gillingham Start
near Gillingham library/Waitrose.
Gillingham South
Parking for Gillingham South is off the first roundabout in the industrial
estate by the new Aldi store (NOT Lidl as in previous version) and Orchard
Garden Centre
Shaftesbury
Rd, Gillingham, SP8 5JG – don’t park too close to the start/finish otherwise gps
will start. The rough ground area by there has suddenly become a large building
site in the last week or so – so don’t take a short cut.
NB:be patient. This is a large file and takes
some time to download and process.
Moors Valley Christmas 60min Score MapRun (New 10/12) The Xmas special rules are that you can run the course as many times as you want in the period 12th Dec-3rd Jan, with your best score/time counting. As always however you should not look at other competitors routes during the competition period. Parking at Moors Valley: see below for parking charges (Alternatively park for free at Potterne Park, Verwood and walk/run or cycle into Moors Valley!)
Moors Valley CP MTBO
A 90 min mountain bike Score course on an OOM map: map scale 1:12 500 so it fits on A4 sheet.
Please note that if you use the one way
cycleway you must only use it
clockwise. There are plenty of good options which do
not necessitate using it. Also note that the Play
Area is Out of Bounds for cycling.
Moor Valley CP LongO
A 90 minute score event on an OOM map: please note the map scale is 1:12
500 so it fits on A4 sheet.
Ringwood Map
Control Descriptions
Parking is at Blynkbonnie car park BH24 1DN charges apply.
The start is to the South of this Car Park: if this is full with Christmas
shoppers the bigger main Ringwood town car parks can be used. The track within
the river Avon flood plain will be wet & muddy so best avoided
Shaftesbury This course uses a map made using the Open Orienteering
Map system. To get all of Shaftesbury on an A4 sheet, unlike the others, this
map is at a scale of 1:10 000.
Start/Finish are by Tesco's. Parking available either there or the nearby Angel
Lane Car Park. Controls marked as x are
post boxes Also note that there are only 29 controls on this course, Control
28 is missing (don't ask!)
Shillingstone MapRun Short Use the Trailway Car Park . You can also access the Start/Finish via the Shillingstone Church Centre, near control 3, and follow the footpath to the Start/Finish. Its OK to run it in shorts but there will be a few nettles lining some of the paths for the unwary. When you run through a field you must stick to the paths and only cross fences at the stiles or gates.
St Ives Parking in same place as for Avon Heath.
Sturminster Newton Park in
Station Road Car Park; between 09.00-15.00 Mon-Sat its 70p/hour. Outside those
hours its free. The children's playground at Control 24 is now open,
but annoyingly the basketball hoop has been relocated. You will need to stand
where it's marked on the map, not where it is now!
Verwood North MapRun
Short Score (Start by Verwood Memorial Hall)
Verwood South MapRun Free parking in Morrisons,
Chiltern Drive, Verwood BH31 6US
West Moors Winter League Map Control Descriptions Parking is at the West Moors Memorial Hall and Bowls Club. Brown sign indicates Bowls Club at northern end of West Moors , just south of Start/Finish on west side of main road. The forest bit is particularly muddy and in places wet depending on route choice.
Wimborne Town - Parking
details: Allenview West car park is 60p for 1 hour, 70p for 2 hours. Charges
apply 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m every day.
Wimborne
ByTheWay Short Score Start near the ByTheWay car park.
Updated map 27/06
Wessex Orienteering Club
Boscombe Short Score
(Start
is in Shelley Park)
Boscombe Odds
& Evens
(Start is in Shelley Park)
Boscombe Winter League Map and
Control Descriptions Street parking on road near the
Start/Finish in Shelley Park
Canford Heath
(Start is in Asda Car Park) Please note:
the posts at control 16 have recently been removed. But if you get to the
correct place, your GPS will still record the control as being visited!
Christchurch (Start is at Wick Slipway) This is a line course (5.3k) rather than a Score course, courtesy of WSX & Ian Sayer.
Poole Town
Winter MapRun League- Jan 2021 (Suspended until Tier
rules change) Map
Parking at Baiter Car Park, Catalina Drive. Use
underpasses to cross railway.
Poole Summer Maprun League (map)
Poole
control
descriptions Parking at Baiter car park.
Please note - The OOB on the NW corner of the Poole map can be run along the SE
edge (between 5 and 21). It's only marked OOB because the road layout has
changed.
Queens & Kings Park Map Control Descriptions -
a lovely mix of parkland, woods and residential streets, well-known to Night
League competitors! It's a Straight Score - distance about 9.75k. The Start is
in the Queens Park Golf Club. PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER USERS, PARTICULARLY
GOLFERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN CROSSING FAIRWAYS. Control descriptions are not on the
map so are provided separately. Parking is at the Queens Park Golf club
Upton MapRun
60min Score (Park in main car Park at Upton C.P Start adjacent)
Upton Winter
MapRun Free
Parking in the dog-walkers car park opposite Pony Drive. Take care crossing the
busy roads.
Greenberry A
course in the New Forest. Please read the stipulations about staying on the
paths and off the marshy areas carefully (links to WSX website).
Sarum Orienteering Club
Tisbury
Score course The start is by the war
memorial in the square and
the finish by the free parking. Please park in the free car park and not on the
High Street. NB Control 9 in playpark is
now accessible again) .