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Latest News
(18 November 2011)
Devon Orienteering Club Events
Devon Orienteering Club is your local club. Why not go along to one of their events. There is usually a wide selection of courses for all abilities, and there will be someone to offer advice.
The next Devon Orienteering Club event is a a round of the Compass Sport Cup at Haytor on Dartmoor nr Bovey Tracey on Sunday 19 February 2012
For more details visit www.devonorienteering.co.uk.
A new permanent course is now open at the National Trust property at Saltram House nr Plymouth. 05 Sep 11
Planning is progressing for permanent courses on National Trust property at Plymbridge nr Plymouth, and Castle Drogo nr Chagford. 05 Sep 11
Link to Junior Ozone
The site is now linked to British Orienteering’s Junior Ozone, where younger orienteers can discover all sorts of useful information and ideas about orienteering. There are even some orienteering games to play.
Permanent Courses
In 2007, with the aid of a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, Devon County Council contracted the implementation of three new permanent orienteering courses (POC) in Devon, and the updating of two more.
The courses are at:
Killerton Park (10km North of Exeter) - A National Trust property with permanent courses suitable for schools, families, and experienced orienteers.
Haldon Forest Park (10km South of Exeter) - A brand new permanent course on Forestry Commission land. Part of a major overhaul of visitor facilities available to the general public and school groups. The annual check has been carried out, and due to several posts being vandalised, the courses have been revised. There have also been some minor amendments to the map. The maps also now include control descriptions printed on them. 30 May 11
Cookworthy Forest (Nr Holsworthy) - A brand new permanent course on Forestry Commission land on maps specially drawn for recent major orienteering competition.
The Forestry Commission will commence harvesting operations in Cookworthy Forest in April 2012, through to September 2012. Felling is on the Eastern fringe of the forest, and is outside the orienteering courses area. However, timber will be stacked on the main track to the East of posts 27 and 30, and heavy plant will be moving timber off site on the main tracks. 16 Jan 12
Control 16 has been removed and the Orange course revised. 12 Nov 10
Exeter Riverside Valley Park - An updating of the course based on the Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre on the banks of the River Exe and the Exeter Canal, right in the heart of Exeter.Site inspected and a number of minor amendments made to the map. 28 Oct 10. Maintenance to course completed 01 May 11.
Parke Estate (nr Bovey Tracey) - A National Trust estate of mainly mixed woodland with some farmland. Follows the contours of the River Bovey, and offers some attractive and sometimes strenuous courses.The map has been updated and courses revised to take into account the tree felling due to disease in some of the trees, and the addition of a building and paddocks close to the car parks. 25 May 11
Other Permanent Courses in Devon
There is also an established permanent course at:
Central Park Plymouth - The courses have been redesigned, and the Plymouth City Council Parks Dept have put in new marker posts. Maps etc are now available free of charge from the Golf Kiosk in Central Park. 25 May 10.
Work has started on the new Life Centre, and an area around the Mayflower Centre and the old Skateboard park is fenced off. The map has been updated to show these areas, and the Orange and Light Green courses have been revised to take account of this. Control Descriptions are now printed on the map unit. 28 Jul 10
Post number 7 has now been replaced. 14 Mar 11.
Minor revisions to base map. Maps uploaded to website. 28 Mar 11
Saltram House - A National Trust property on the Eastern outskirts of Plymouth. The house and gardens are open to the general public for viewing and are set amidst parkland, which includes woodlands, riverside walks, and land leased for farming.
To contact the web site about general enquiries, comments etc email
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