Thursday 3/09/2026 – Evening MapRun – Dursley 2026

There will be plenty of points on offer both around the town and steep sided woodland above Dursley, some of which will involve considerable climb. Dursley is not flat! The woods are very dry at the moment but that could change between now and MapRun day! The paths are mostly wide with little undergrowth. There are extra unmapped paths and mountain bike tracks in the woods, some of which are quite substantial, but mostly these are just short paths connecting those on the map and they potentially offer useful shortcuts. They shouldn't be too confusing but attention to contours can help with navigation. Light trail shoes are advised for the woods.

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 2nd September. 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 a map printed on waterproof paper, event levies (for British Orienteering and MapRun), 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.

Some main roads through Dursley will be busy, so special care is needed when crossing these. It is likely, at least in the town, that there will be plenty of other people around, and you must take particular care when emerging from alleyways etc to avoid collisions with members of the public.

Under 16s must be accompanied.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

A Risk Assessment has been completed and will be available at Registration if anyone wishes to review it.

At this time of year undergrowth is rampant on some of the paths; deer ticks are prevalent, and you should check yourselves carefully after your run for any such unwelcome passengers!

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