Thursday 11/06/2026 – Evening MapRun – Frampton on Severn 2026

A quiet, relatively pretty village, set in a flat rural area. Cricket pitch, pubs (2) church, slurry on the lanes, duck pond(s) – You get the picture. The only climb involves several bridges, which allow crossing of the major water feature: The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. A swing bridge which crosses this, is SUPPOSED to cease operation at 7pm. (Hence the later start times.)

As recent media activity has reminded us, the touching of any water outdoors will result in instant death, so please do not attempt to swim/wade/jump across it. You will die, or be DQ’d if not – whichever is relevant.

Please only cross any fences/boundaries etc at the usual, appropriate crossing points. There are several paths/tracks which are marked as Out of Bounds on your map (By an “X” symbol.) Please respect this.

Starts from 19:00 to 19:30. Slightly earlier starts can be catered for, but see the note above re: the Swing bridge. However, although it is used regularly, it is very intermittent. If you think you will be unable to arrive and start by 19:30 please email to let us know that you will be coming later.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: entries are open, and will stay open until midnight on Wednesday 10th June. 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, unless confining their routes to the forest areas or village outskirts. The fee covers a map printed on waterproof paper, post-run cake, and the organiser/planner's expenses!

This is a 60 minute score event using the MapRun app.

The Start and Finish are adjacent to parking.

• 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 in 60 minutes. 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.

Links to enable download will appear here when the course is published, typically a week or two before race day.

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.

The competition area includes the use of minor roads and other private drives and tracks with vehicle access. Some of the roads are narrow with poor visibility, and no pavement. Extreme caution is needed at junctions and where paths exit onto roads. There isn’t a pedestrian crossing but the village spine road may be crossed with care within the village. Outside the village, the approach road from the east is quite fast. You are advised to consider always run against the flow of traffic, unless going around bends.

Under 16s must be accompanied.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

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