Thursday 18/06/2026 – Evening MapRun – Colwall 2026

The village is one of the most desirable places to live in Herefordshire, with excellent views of the Malvern Mills. Routes can be chosen to enjoy the lower slopes of the hills or to avoid much of the climb by staying nearer the main conurbation which hugs either side of the B4218 running through the village. Most paths and footpaths are obvious and many are marked with public footpath markers. Please take care and avoid disturbing livestock which may be in some fields. Fences and walls should not be crossed except where there are gates or stiles for public use.

Starts from 18:00 to 18:30. You should however be able to start a little earlier if you can get there earlier; we expect to be there with maps soon after 17:30 or thereabouts. If you think you will be unable to arrive and start by 18:30 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 6th May. 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. Many of the roads are narrow with some poor visibility. Extreme caution is needed at junctions and where paths exit onto roads. There is a 30 mph speed limit on the B4218 and there is a pavement in most places. There aren’t pedestrian crossings but the road may be crossed with care within the village. There is also a railway line running through the village – in one place there is an option to cross the track directly, if you take this route please take care and check both ways before proceeding.

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.