Location

Nearest town: South Manchester

• Grid Ref: SJ815900
• Postcode: M23 0AB
• Latitude: 53.40345
• Longitude: -2.28241
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Directions / Parking

Signed from B5167, 1km from Princess Parkway. Parking charge

Registration & Start Times

Register 10.15 to 11.45, Starts 10.30 to 12.00, Courses close 13.15.

Fee: Seniors £4, Juniors £2. Free SI-dibber hire (but £30 if not returned).

Please don’t arrive before 10.00 as the park has a "Park Run"

Course Information

White, Yellow, Orange and Light Green courses, suitable for everybody, newcomers, improvers and regulars, with advice and instruction available. 

Or a 45 minute Score course to be done as either

• a traditional score - ideal for school children to practice for the British Schools Score Championships at Heaton Park on October 12th
• or ‘odds/evens’ for the more experienced.

Explanation of colour courses

• White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
• Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12’s and family groups.
• Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
• Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
• Green are used mostly by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
• Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
• Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
• Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.

Contacts / Officials

Series Co-ordinator: Alison Doyle

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