Long Wood and Scarr Wood
Thu 22nd May 2025
Halifax
YHOA
Local
Location
| Venue: | Long Wood |
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| Nearest town: | Halifax |
| Event centre: | Standard of Freedom, 2 New Ln, Skircoat Grn, Halifax |
| Postcode: | HX3 0TE |
Details
| Description: | Two adjacent woodlands of mature deciduous trees brought back into orienteering use over 30 years since the last event there and featuring a new map. The area is steep in places, quite runnable and also features remnants of small trench systems from past military training. |
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| Type: | Middle |
| Physical difficulty of terrain: | Medium |
| Event number: | 86729 |
| Event website: | Click here |
Courses
| Course description: | Choice of an SHORT easy course (yellow standard ie suitable for almost all ages) and more technical, (light) green standard, LONG and MEDIUM courses. The "long" course will feature a cut off point to create the shorter "medium course" that uses the same map but only stays in one of the two woods. |
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| Colour coded courses: | Yellow, Very Short Green, Green |
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. | |||||
Entry
Contact us
| Club: | EPOC |
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| Association: | YHOA |
| Contact: | Helen Pedley |