Terrain:
Reclaimed colliery site with some open areas and a lot of fairly young woodland. The top of the old tip is one of Nottinghamshire's highest points at 204.3m. (The highest point is on Newtonwood Lane nearby at SK455606, 53.140634, -1.321269 which is at 205m).

Location:
GridRef SK473622
Latitude 53.15000N Longitude 1.29577W
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Elevation:
From 139 to 204m

Scales:
1:7500, 5m

Map Revision:
January 2015

Permanent Orienteering Course:
This picturesque woodland with its mixture of broadleaf and conifer trees, open meadows and ponds were formally two colliery sites.
Through a process of coal washing, engineering, landscaping, fertilising and planting Silverhill Wood has been transformed into a beautiful woodland. It also boasts the views from one of the highest points in Nottinghamshire, definitely worth a visit. The viewpoint is marked by an impressive miner's memorial statue.

The reverse of the map has the following suggested courses:
Easy / yellow standard - 5 controls - 1.5 km - about 20 minutes
Medium / orange standard - 10 controls - 3 km - about 40 minutes
Score or make up your own course - 20 controls
Map, courses and posts updated June 2024.
Important note: please avoid controls 11,12 and 16 between March and July because of ground-nesting birds.

Download Map from 'Go Orienteering', and from the Forestry Commission websites.

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