Community O Nights
Join in at your local Community O Club Night!
British Orienteering ‘Club Nights’ are the ideal starting point for a newcomer or beginner to learn the basic skills of orienteering. The activities at club nights are fun and provide a great social atmosphere while learning new skills. Club Nights cater for all ages and abilities to get involved in this exciting adventure sport! A list of Community O Clubs can be found below.
For more detailed information about orienteering opportunities in your area, please look at our Fixtures List. Activities and Level D events will provide the most suitable opportunities for newcomers. Look out for the 'Smily face' symbol (Suitable for newcomers) and the 'C' symbol (Coaching available).
Community O Clubs
Barrow and District Orienteers– www.barro.org.uk
- Wednesdays (during school term time) from 6:30pm – 8pm at Hawcoat Park Sports and Social Club, Barrow-in-Furness
Basingstoke Andover District Orienteers www.bado.org.uk
- Wednesdays: 7 – 8.30 pm. Costello Technology College, Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke, RG21 4AL. Adults £2, Students £1, £5 per family.
Bracknell – Berkshire Orienteers - www.bko.org.uk
- Wednesdays: Easthampstead Baptist Church Hall, South Hill Road, Bracknell, RG12 7NS. This is just along South Hill Road to the West of the Bracknell Leisure Centre roundabout.
Bristol Orienteering Klub - www.bristolorienteering.org.uk
- Tuesdays, 5-6:30pm, Ralph Allen School, Claverton Down Road, Combe Down, Bath BA2 7AD
CLARO Club Night - www.claro-orienteering.org
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Wednesday Nights (Term Time) from 6.30pm - 8.00pm.
Rossett High School, Harrogate (off Green Lane). Adults: £2.50 Children: £1.50
Cleveland Orienteering Club– www.clok.org.uk
- Mondays from 6pm – 7:30pm. Alternating weeks - indoor and outdoor sessions. Indoor - KS2 Hall at Belmont School, Lauderdale Drive, Guisborough. Outdoor - Track sessions at Laurence Jackson School Sports Centre, Church Lane, Guisborough
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Wednesday evenings during term time. 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. £1.50 per session. Polam Hall School, Grange Road, Darlington. DL1 5PA.
City of Birmingham Orienteering Club www.birminghamadventure.co.uk.
- Wednesday from 6pm-7:30pm. The Outdoor Education Centre, Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 6EB
Dartford Orienteering Klubb- www.bexleyorienteeringandfitness.com
- Mondays: 7.15 – 8.15 pm. Townley Grammar School, Bexleyheath, East London, DA6 7AB. £5 pay as you go (no membership required).
Deeside Orienteers www.deeside-orienteering-club.org.uk
- Wednesday nights from 6:30pm - 8pm. The Catholic High School Gymnasium, Old Wrexham Road, Chester, CH4 7HS. Children £1.50, Adults £2.50, Families £5.
Derwent Valley Orienteers www.dvo.org.uk
- Tuesdays from 6:30pm - 8pm. The Gothic Hall, Buxton Community School, Buxton, Derbyshire. Adults £2, Children £1.
- Wednesdays from 6:30pm - 8pm. St Marys School Sports Hall, St Mary’s School, Newbold Road, Chesterfield. Adults £2, Children £1.
- Wednesdays from 6.30pm - 8pm. Matlock Football Club, Matlock. Adults £2, Children £1.
- Thursdays from 6.30pm - 8pm. Derby City (restarting June 2012)
Devon Orienteering Club - www.devonorienteering.co.uk
- Wednesdays, 4:30 – 6:00, The Sports Centre, Sidmouth College, Primley Road, Sidmouth EX10 9LH
Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club - www.esoc.org.uk/
- Wednesdays, 7:00 to 8:45 pm at The Royal High School, Edinburgh. Adults £2, Juniors free, Guests +£0.50. We warm up, run drills, do circuit training, warm down, play a map game, then have refreshments.
EPOC Club Night - www.eastpennineoc.org.uk
- Mondays - see EPOC website for details.
Eborienteers- www.eborienteers.org.uk
- Mondays from 6pm – 7.15pm. (School Term Time Only) Acomb Primary School, West Bank, York YO24 4ES.
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Thursdays: 6pm – 7.30 pm. Lady Lumley's School, Swainsea Lane, Pickering, YO18 8NG. Adults £2, Children £1, £2 per family
Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society- http://stragglers.info
- Mondays, St Andrews School, Halstead, Essex
- Thursdays from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. University Of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ
Hertfordshire Orienteering Club – Active Universities
- Tuesdays from 7pm – 9pm. De Havilland Campus, Hatfield, AL10 9EU
Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteering Club - www.halo-orienteering.org.uk
- Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Oasis Wintringham School, Grimsby. Adults £2, Juniors £1, Families £5.
- Mondays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Girls Gymnasium in the Longcroft Upper School, Burton Road, Beverley. Adults £2, juniors £1, families £5.
Guildford - Surrey Adventure Running- www.surreyadventurerunning.org.uk
- Tuesdays: Families from 6-7pm. Adults from 7:15 – 8:15 pm. George Abbot School, Burpham, Guildford, GU1 1XX
Leatherhead Adventure Orienteering - http://momentumnavigate.co.uk/index.html
- Saturday mornings from 11.30 am – 1pm. Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Surrey, KT22 9BL
Manchester and District Orienteering Club– www.mdoc.org.uk
- Mondays from 6:30pm – 8pm at Hazel Grove Target Recreation Centre, Stockport. Costs £2.50, Children £1.50 and Families £5.
- Tuesdays - 6.30pm to 8.00pm, Parrs Wood High School Sports Centre, Didsbury. Adults: £2.50 Children: £1.50 Family Groups: £5.00
Merseyside Orienteering Club– www.merseysideorienteering.blogspot.com
- Mondays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Litherland Sports Park, Litherland, Merseyside. Adults £3, Children £2 and Families £4.
Newcastle and Tyneside Orienteers - www.newcastleorienteering.org.uk
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Wednesdays from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. West Centre at Prudhoe High School, Moor Road, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5LJ. Adults £1, Children 50p.
Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club - www.noc-uk.org
- Tuesdays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Samworth Academy and summer venue Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, NG18 4RP.
- Wednesdays from 6.30pm - 8pm. CCF Classroom, Worksop College, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3AP
- Thursdays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Bramcote Park School, Bramcote, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 3GD
Lakeland Orienteering Club – www.lakeland-orienteering.org.uk
- Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Nav Night, Red Rose Social Club, Ulverston, LA12 0BY. Adults £2, Children £1 and Families £3.
Leicestershire Orienteering Club- www.leioc.org.uk
- Mondays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Burleigh Community College, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
- Mondays (Beginners) from 6:30pm – 8pm. Groby Community College (Room 47), Groby, Leicestershire, LE6 0GE
- Thursdays (Experienced) from 6:30pm – 8pm. Groby Community College (Room 47), Groby, Leicestershire, LE6 0GE
Lincoln Orienteering Group - www.logonline.org.uk
- Thursdays 6.20pm - 8.30pm, University of Lincoln Sports Centre, Rope Walk, Lincoln LN6 7TS
Pendle Forest Orienteers- www.pfo.org.uk
- Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 8pm. St Nicholas Cof E Primary School, Newchurch, Rawtenstall. BB4 7UA. Adults £2, Children £1 and Families £4, Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Tuesdays: 6:30pm – 8pm. Spirit of Sport, Ormerod Road, Burnley, BB10 3AA. Adults £2, Children, £1, £4 per family.
South East Lancashire Orienteering Club- www.seloc.org.uk
- Mondays from 6:30pm – 8pm. Eagley Primary School, Eagley, Bolton, BL7 9AT
- Wednesday nights, 6:30pm – 8pm (starts 17th Aug 2011). Salford Quays Water Sports Centre, 15 The Quays, Salford, M50 3SQ
- Thursday nights, 6:30pm – 8pm (starts 18th Aug 2011).Burrs Activity Centre, Woodhill Rd, Bury BL8 1DA
South Ribble Orienteering Club– www.sroc.org
- Tuesdays from 6:30pm - 8pm at Ripley Saint Thomas School, Lancaster. Adults £2.00, Children 50p.
South Downs Orienteering Club- www.adventurerunning.org.uk
- Tuesdays from 7:30-8:45 at Aldrington CofE School Hall, Eridge Road, nr Blatchington Mill School, Hove, Brighton, BN37QD.
South London Orienteers http://sloweb.org.uk/
- Tuesdays: From 6.30 – 8.30 pm. South London, See website or Facebook page for details. Beginners welcome.
South Midlands Orienteering Club– www.smoc.info
- Tuesdays from 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Campbell Park Pavilion, Silbury Boulevard Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK9 4AD
South Yorkshire Orienteering Club– www.southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk
- Tuesdays (families) from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Nether Green Junior School Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3QA
- Wednesdays from 6.45pm -7:45pm. The Pearson Building at Sheffield Hallam University, Collegiate Campus, Broomgrove Road.
Suffolk Orienteering Club- www.suffoc.co.uk
- 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Hartismere School, Castleton Way, Eye IP23 7BL
Walton Chasers- www.walton-chasers.co.uk
- Winter -Tuesdays from 7pm– 9pm at Walton High School, Walton, Stafford.
- Summer – Various venues. See the club website for more details.
West Anglia Orienteering Club- www.waoc.org.uk
- Tuesdays from 6:30pm – 8.30pm. University Athletics Centre, Wilberforce Road, West Cambridge, CB3 0EQ
West Cumberland Orienteering Club– www.wcoc.co.uk
- Tuesdays from 7pm – 9pm. Stainburn School, Stainburn Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4EB. £2 per person.
Wimborne and Wessex Orienteering Clubs– www.wimborne-orienteers.org.uk or www.wessex-oc.org
- Summer: Thursdays from 6.00pm at Parkstone Grammar School, Sopers Lane, Poole.
- Winter: Saturday informal events, please visit the club web sites for further information.
Wye Valley Orienteers- www.familysport.org.uk
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Monday during school term time from 6 - 7:15pm at Hereford Race Course, Roman Road, Hereford HR4 9QU. Sessions cost £2.00/week/family or £8.00/10 weeks/family.