Newcomers

Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
The aim is to navigate between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time.
It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, as you can go at your own pace.

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Orienteering Anytime

We have a number of locations where you can go orienteering at any time that suits you.
Permanent / Virtual courses
that have physical marker posts and Virtual courses available.
Virtual Urban courses
(using the MapRun app) have nothing visible but your phone beeps when you are in the right spot.

Anytime locations…

Events coming soon

Thu 20 Feb: KNC 18 - Milton & Kemsley Kent Night Cup, near Sittingbourne

Sun 23 Feb: Epping Forest Compass Sport Cup - Heat, near Loughton

Thu 27 Feb: KNC 19 - North Ashdown (SO) Kent Night Cup, near Wych Cross

Sat 1 Mar: KOL 7 - Shorne Country Park Kent Orienteering League, near Gravesend

All events have courses for beginners.

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Results from Thu 13 Feb KNC 17 - Longbeech Wood North
Kent Night Cup

KNC 17 - Results

Series Scores after KNC 17

A cold, but dry and still evening at Longbeech Woods greeted our 27 runners on the 17th KNC of the season. A total of 22 runners chose the same first two controls opting to get an obvious dog leg out of the way early. The woods challenged the planner due to the proliferation of brambles over what sh…

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Compass Sport Cup - Enter Now!

Entries for the Compass Sport Cup on Sunday 23rd Feb (Epping Forest) are now open. Please see the Event created in Spond to find out more. Entry is via Google Forms - Link in Spond.  Deadline 9th February

Fri 24 Jan

Winter 2025 Kent Schools Orienteering Newsletter

The Winter Term 2025 newsletter is now available. Contains details of upcoming events, orienteering teaching activities, and a report of the Nov 2024 British Schools Orienteering Championships. Click through to this news article to find the link.

Sat 18 Jan

New British Orienteering Campaign

Elevate you fitness: Join us and become an orienteer!

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Latest issue of SaxAlert is available to download!SaxAlert Issue 194: PDF Available For Download

SaxAlert issue 194 is now available to download as a PDF - just click on this link. The file size is about 8MB.As ever, thank you so much to everybody who contributed to this issue.

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About Us

We are a friendly club, always keen to welcome new members whatever their age, fitness or ability. Saxons organise orienteering events in Kent and East Sussex and all events have courses suitable for beginners.

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