KOL 3 - Trosley Country Park

Location

Nearest town: borough green

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• Latitude: 51.32624
• Longitude: 0.34428
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Directions / Parking

Follow the brown tourist signs to Trosley Country Park. Parking will be within the park, locaiton to be confirmed closer to the date.

Public Transport options

Train to Borough Green or Meopham. 3 mile cycle or the 308 bus from either station to the park entrance roughly every hour and a half.

Registration & Start Times

Registration will be in advance via Race Signup only. 

Starts from 11:00am-12:30pm.  Courses close at 14:00

Course Information

Five courses available:

Yellow - Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on main paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners. Approx distance 1.5 to 2.5 km.

Orange - Moderate, controls are on or near paths with more route choice. Good for progressing juniors and beginner adults who are reasonably confident reading a map. Approx distance 2 to 3 km.

Green - As technically hard as we can make it, for experienced orienteers requiring a shorter run than the blue course. Approx distance 4 to 5 km.

Blue - As technically hard as we can make it, for experienced orienteers. Approx distance 5.5 to 6.5 km.

Score - No set distance, but a 60 minute time limit. Find as many of the 21 controls as possible in one hour. 7 easy controls, 7 medium, and 7 hard. 10 points per control. A penalty of 5 points per minute or part minute over the time limit will be applied. Good for adult beginners, those progressing from orange to green, and those that want to be back in a set time.

Explanation of colour courses

• White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
• Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12’s and family groups.
• Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
• Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
• Green are used mostly by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
• Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
• Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
• Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.

Entry Details

Pre-entry through racesignup.co.uk only. 

Individual (member/non-member)
    Senior: £5.00/£8.00
    Junior: £3.00/£5.00
Group (2-5 people e.g. family running Score course together)
    Entry Fee: £8.00
    Non member supplement: £5.00

Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.

Terrain Description

Mixed woodland and open areas on the scarp slope of the North Downs.

Facilities

Toilets and café are located close to the main car park. 

Dogs allowed?

Dogs allowed, but on a lead at the start/finish/registration area please as it could be busy. A relaxed dog that doesn't mind orienteers leaping out of bushes might be fine off lead on the course. 

Contacts / Officials

Organiser/Planner: Neil Bricknell

Organiser/Planner: Ffion Bricknell