Orienteering Events
ParkNav courses, suitable for beginners, to be completed at any time.
MapRun courses are still available for you: Chester Urban, Thurstaston, Eastham, Runcorn Hill, Caldy, Marbury, Stadt Moers, Runcorn Town Park, Sandbach, Little Budworth, Formby Raven Meols.
Follow the links below for details of all events:
- Events for experienced orienteers and newcomers
- ParkNav virtual courses in parks for newcomers
- MapRun virtual courses for experienced orienteers
Event Officials
See our table of organisers and other officials at future events: List of officials
| Date | Venue | Details |
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| Saturday 24 October 2026 |
Little Budworth Common |
DEE Club Championships Closed event, DEE members only (see details for other invitees) Organiser: Mike Smithard (smithardm@btinternet.com) Planner: John Brammer Initial details here |
| Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
Lymm |
Night Urban Nav Organiser: Peter Murphy |
| Saturday 7 November 2026 |
Calderstones Park |
Autumn Series Event 2 Open event - everyone is welcome to enter - both schools and individuals of any age. Organiser: Jordan Larne (jlarne85@gmail.com) |
| Sunday 15 November 2026 |
Heaton Park, Manchester |
British Schools Championships |
| Sunday 29 November 2026 |
Caldy Valley, Chester |
Urban Event Provisional subject to permissions |
| Tuesday 1 December 2026 |
North Warrington |
Night Urban Nav Organiser: Gilbert Lee |
| Saturday 5 December 2026 |
Eastham Country Park |
Autumn Series Event 3 Open event - everyone is welcome to enter - both schools and individuals of any age. Organiser: Edward Jones (edward.jones@isonor.co.uk) |
| Monday 28 December 2026 |
Marbury Country Park |
Turkey Trot Closed event, DEE members and friends only |
| Saturday 16 January 2027 |
Beacon Country Park, Skelmersdale |
Winter Series Event 1 Provisional subject to permissions Open event - everyone is welcome to enter - both schools and individuals of any age. |
| Tuesday 19 January 2027 |
South Warrington |
Night Urban Nav Organiser: Rick Hughes |
| Saturday 30 January 2027 |
Thurstaston Common |
Night Event Provisional subject to permissions |
| Sunday 31 January 2027 |
Thurstaston Common and Royden Park |
Regional Event Provisional subject to permissions |
| Sunday 7 February 2027 |
venue tbc |
Compass Sport Cup Heat |
| Tuesday 16 February 2027 |
Farndon and Holt |
Night Urban Nav Organiser: Louise and Mike Waters |
| Saturday 27 February 2027 |
Runcorn Town Park |
Winter Series Event 2 Provisional subject to permissions Open event - everyone is welcome to enter - both schools and individuals of any age. |
| Saturday 13 March 2027 |
venue tbc |
Winter Series Event 3 Provisional subject to permissions Open event - everyone is welcome to enter - both schools and individuals of any age. |
| Tuesday 16 March 2027 |
Connah's Quay |
Night Urban Nav Organiser: Pauly Jones |
| Mobile Phone and Virtual Orienteering | ||
| MapRun courses We have a series of informal orienteering events using the MapRun mobile phone App to be done in your own time. Download the App to your phone, get the access code if one is required and print a paper map if you want one. Then go to the venue in your own time and complete the course. The MapRun App will track your progress and the route you took. Results appear on their server. You can read how to set up and use your mobile phone for MapRun here. Covid-19 continues to impact our sport. Please ensure you follow:
These are unsupervised events so you compete at your own risk. Please let others know where you are going. |
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| ParkNav virtual courses in parks for newcomers | ||
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In addition to the normal MapRun courses intended for experienced orienteers we have a number of MapRun courses in local parks which are intended mainly for newcomers and children. These are part of the Find Your Way project run by British Orienteering. Virtual orienteering is using your phone or your GPS smartwatch to complete a course of virtual checkpoints spread throughout an area such as a town, park or forest . The courses have no infrastructure on the ground and are open 24/7 so you can fit in a course any time you want! The beauty of the courses is deciding your own route between the checkpoints. Maps of these courses are given on the Deeside section of the 'Find Your Way’ web site here. This website also gives instructions on how to use your phone. To do these courses you will need to download the MapRun app on to your phone which is free on Android/iOS. You will then need to fill in some simple details to register. You will then download the desired map on to your phone by following the procedure: Select Event//UK/FYW Cheshire/…... Course details are also shown below. | ||
| Grosvenor Park, Chester |
Grosvenor Park Road, Chester CH1 1QQ Short course map 1.0 Km 10 controls To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/FYW Cheshire. |
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| Castle Park, Frodsham |
Postcode WA6 6SA. Grid Ref SJ 514 775. Park Entrance is off A56 a short distance west of the town centre. The car park is free. Short course map 1.1 Km 12 controls To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/FYW Cheshire. |
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| Walton Gardens, Warrington |
Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, Warrington WA4 6SN Short course map 1.0 Km 10 controls To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/FYW Cheshire. |
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| Marbury Country Park |
GR SJ651762. Post Code CW9 6AT Signed from J10 M56 and from bridge over River Weaver on A533 at Winnington follow ‘Marbury Country Park’ signs through Anderton for 1.5 miles. Parking charge at meter. Short course map 1.2 Km 5 controls To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/FYW Cheshire. |
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| Queens Park, Crewe |
Victoria Avenue, Crewe CW2 7SE. Park website here. Short course map 1.2 Km 8 controls To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/FYW Cheshire. |
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| MapRun virtual courses in terrain for experienced orienteers | ||
| Thurstaston |
CH48 1NP / SJ 245 857 Park entrance off the B5140 about a quarter of a mile south of Frankby Long course map 5.7km 90m Short course map 3.3km 55m Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. |
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| Eastham Country Park |
GR SJ 365818. Signed from A41 N of M53 junc 5. Car Park at Eastham Ferry. Course A map 2.9km Course B map 2.8km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Sara Campbell (saracampbell1@btinternet.com) |
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| Ainsdale Dunes |
Long course 1:7500 map 5.3km Short course 1:7500 map 2.5km Long course 1:10000 map 5.3km Short course 1:10000 map 2.5km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire/Merseyside. Questions about the event to Norman Hall (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) |
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| Runcorn Hill |
Course A map 2.7 km 80 m updated 14/4/21 Course B map 2.5 km 85 m To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. |
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| Caldy Hill |
Course 1 map 1 Course 1 map 2 total 5.3km Course 2 map 3.4km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Mike Smithard |
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| Frodsham Hill - Snidley Moor and Woodhouse Hill |
Course A map 2.9km Course B map 2.7km Event Details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to John Padget |
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| Marbury Country Park |
Starts at Marbury Country Park car park. Medium course map 4.4km Yellow course map 2.7km To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Courses planned by Matthew McCreadie, our first junior to plan courses. |
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| Stadt Moers Park |
Yellow and Orange line courses. Light Green score course. Event detailsYellow course map Orange course map Light Green Score course map To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire/Merseyside. Questions about the event to Norman Hall (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) |
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| Runcorn Town Park |
. Blue course mapLight Green course map Event details To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Pete Owens (pete.meg@ntlworld.com) |
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| Little Budworth Country Park |
Follow brown signs towards Oulton Park. If approaching from North, Little Budworth Car Park is just before you reach Oulton Park. 45 minute Score course map from 20:00 on 5/8/20Yellow course map from 20:00 on 5/8/20 These maps are valid from 20:00 on Wednesday 5 August 2021. If you still have maps that you printed before that time, please discard them and print these new ones. We have made this change in order to use a different start location, which we hope will mitigate the problems some people have had getting MapRun to recognise the existing start. To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire. Questions about the event to Barry Chambers (bwchambers@btinternet.com) |
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| Formby Raven Meols |
Parking at Lifeboat Road National Trust Car Park, Formby, Liverpool L37 2DD. From the Junction of the A565 and B5424, followthe Brown signs to Lifeboat Road Beach' Free for NT members, £7.50 for others. 40-minute Score Course MapLight Green Course Map (more like a Green course) To access the event in MapRun, Select Event/UK/Cheshire/Merseyside. You will need a PIN code for this event. It's available from Norman Hall (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) Questions about the event to Norman (norman265@hotmail.co.uk) |
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