Venue: | Smithills |
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Nearest town: | Bolton |
Event centre: | Smithills School, Smithills Dean Road, Bolton BL1 6JS. Grid Ref. SD 700 115 ///star.bunks.cubs |
Postcode: | BL1 6JS |
Grid reference: | SD700115 |
Description: | The total mapped area is new to Orienteers and combines one, small, new area and one existing area with two others that have not been used for 10 and 30 years respectively. |
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Physical difficulty of terrain: | Medium |
Entry times: | Starts 10:30 - 12:30 |
Event number: | 82509 |
Event website: | Click here |
Course description: | A varied area comprising formal Parks, a Country Park with open areas, mature woodland, some in steep sided valleys and ex-farmland run by Forestry England which has younger woodland and rough open areas. The bulk of the competition area is set on a hillside rising 125m from South to North. |
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Colour coded courses: | White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Green, Blue, Brown |
XS 0-2.5km | S 2.6-5.0km | M 5.1-7.5km | L 7.6-10km | XL 10.1km + | |
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Very Easy | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Easy | ✘ | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Medium | ✘ | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Hard | ✘ | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Very Hard | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ |
Course Technical Difficulty and Length (Km) are a guide to the standard of the courses offered. |
Club: | SELOC |
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Association: | NWOA |
Contact: | Stephen Richards |