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Wednesday 05/11/2025 – Evening MapRun – Hereford North 2025

Wednesday 05/11/2025 – Evening MapRun – Hereford North 2025
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Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Hereford North

Please note the change of date, from Thursday 6th November, as originally published, to Wednesday 5th November

After the hill in Gloucester, we head to the relative 'plains' of Northern Hereford and its mix of trading estates and suburbia, with some un-lit recreation grounds, footpaths and country lanes. There is even a roman road to cross - visibility pretty good in both directions, but care nevertheless necessary.

NOTE to all MAPRUNNERS. You must be using MapRun v7 to run this course. It is just called MapRun. If you have MapRun6 or MapRunF please remove them and install just plain Maprun.

Entries are now open and will close at midnight on Tuesday 4th November . Enter Online

 

Officials

Organiser: Joe Parkinson Queries? email Joe

Directions and Parking

Parking is on a stretch of road off College Road at the entrance to Holmer Trading Estate.

What Three Words: ///tests.boot.exchanges

Grid Ref: SO515416

The nearest postcode is HR1 1JR.

Click on the parking icon on the map below, and then the Direction icon icon to get directions to the course.

The Area

We start and finish in a trading estate in the middle of the map, with parks and paths to the East, residential areas South and North, and a large industrial estate on the West, which is mapped as largely out of bounds, in order to make it easier to spot and find the through routes.

The going is mainly paved, but with some footpaths and unlit areas.

Timing and Fees

Starts from 18:00 to 18:30.Head torches essential now that the clocks have given up on Summer.

To guarantee a map, you will need to pre-enter via Fabian4: entries are open, and will stay open until midnight on Tuesday 4th November. 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.


Enter Online

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!

The course

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.

Safety

A head torch is essential, though there is stret lighting over much of the area.

Under 16s must be accompanied accompanied.

The busy A4103 passes through the area, so take particular care crossing this main thoroughfare.

A first aid kit will be available at registration.

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