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Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club

Terrain:
Reclaimed colliery site with open areas and nicely maturing woods, actually some lovely areas of runnable forest!

Location:
GridRef SK536665 Link to StreetMap
Latitude 53.19572N Longitude 1.19710W
what3words Not yet supplied

Scales:
1:10000, 5m

Map Revision:
July 2015

SmartPhone Orienteering Course:
Parking is at the angler's car park off the Sookholme Road /Longster Lane B6407 just north of the right-angled bend out of Sookholme NG19 8LP (postcode in Sookholme) and the start/finish for the courses is there but for the score start anywhere. There is also limited parking near control 10 and also more on the road end near Sports Direct on Weighbridge Road, Shirebrook NG20 8GB off the map to the NW of control 20.


Short Medium Long Score Start Anywhere 120 mins, 20pts per find, -10pts per minute overtime) (Score uses first map in the set of 4, all controls)

Events staged:

Sun 17th Nov 2024
East Midlands League
Shirebrook Wood
Results
RouteGadget
Sun 20th Nov 2022
East Midlands League
Shirebrook Wood
Results
RouteGadget
Sun 5th Nov 2017
EM League
Shirebrook Wood
Results
RouteGadget
Sun 11th Oct 2015
EM League
Shirebrook Wood
Results
RouteGadget
Sun 5th Jan 2014
Winter League
Shirebrook Wood
Results
RouteGadget
Sun 5th Jul 2009
Summer League
Shirebrook
Results
Sat 17th Jan 2009
Local night event
Shirebrook
Results

A reminder: Access to any private land is by permission only. Organised events can only be held with permission even on public land. Possession of an orienteering map DOES NOT give permission to enter private land. Public land and public footpaths may be used at any time for individual access. Access to some areas will be embargoed from the time an event is announced - even public areas.
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