Thursday17/07/2025 – Evening MapRun – Hereford 2025

The busy A465 runs through the area. The section to the west of the Tesco roundabout has no pavement and must not be used or crossed. With care, you may cross it anywhere else but there are also two pelican crossings and one bridge which are marked on the map. Within the open part of the country park (coloured dark orange) there are numerous mown paths through long grass which do not fully correspond to the paths marked on the map, but there are many more than mapped and it is easy to find a route between any two points. The paths are well used and free of brambles and nettles so shorts are acceptable.

A new sports centre and all weather pitches are currently being built and the fenced construction zone is marked as OOB (pink) on the map. The country park is heavily used by dog walkers and some of the routes are shared cycleways so please take care and be courteous to other users.

Starts from 18:30 to 19:00. Note that the event start window is 30 minutes later than of late, to allow extra travel time, but you may be able to start a bit earlier if the organiser is there and the maps have arrived (normally well in time for the start window!)

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: entries are now open, and will stay open until midnight on Wednesday 16th July. A few extra maps will be available for entry on the day, but don't rely on this, and ideally bring cash, although we do now have an available card reader.

Entry fees: £5 seniors, plus £1 for unaffiliated (to British Orienteering) runners, £2 juniors (no added fee for unaffiliated juniors). Competitors aged under-16 must be accompanied. The fee covers third party liability insurance, a map printed on waterproof paper, and post-run cake!

It’s a one hour score event using the MapRun app.

The Start and Finish are located on the corner of the basketball court.

• Checkpoints 1-10 are worth 10 points.

• Checkpoints 11-20 are worth 20 points.

• Checkpoints 21-30 are worth 30 points.

Score as many points as you can within an hour. If you’re late getting back, there’s a 10 point penalty per minute over.

You'll be issued with a waterproof map, A4, scale 1:10,000, before you start.

Please make sure you’ve installed MapRun before the event. If installing MapRun for the first time, select the MapRun app from your app store, and not MapRunF or MapRun6. MapRun, which is in practise Maprun v7, is now the standard app. If you haven’t used MapRun before, don’t worry – it’s easy to use, and we have full details on getting started.

You should download the course to your phone ideally before coming to the event, as sometimes there is little or no phone signal once there.

You can download the course by scanning this QR code

 or by tapping this link on your MapRun phone, or by using the Select Event button in MapRun and navigating to the UK/Gloucestershire/Current Series folder.

MapRunG (Garmin) and MapRunA (Apple) users: you do not need the event PIN number to download the course to your watch. This means you can download the course before your arrive at the event, in case there is no phone signal there.

Under 16s must be accompanied at all times as the course does include one or two roads.

Most of the course is on paths and relatively quiet suburban roads. However the A465 is busy and greater care will be needed. Ideally use the 3 crossing points shown on the map. The A465 west of the Tesco roundabout has no pavement and is out of bounds.

A head torch is not required but bright coloured clothing is recommended.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

Orienteering is an adventure sport, and you are responsible for your own safety.