Burbage Common
| Region | East Midlands |
|---|---|
| Club | Leicestershire Orienteering Club |
| Nearest town | Hinckley |
| Postcode | LE10 3DD |
| Carpark location | Burbage Common Visitor Centre, Leicester Road |
Available Maps
Traditional & Smartphone Virtual orienteering
Safety: The area is very popular with visitors.
The long courses use a railway tunnel/bridge to get to the southern part, these must be used. There are some ponds and streams. A few bridges across deep streams, but beware some bridges have been removed.
Score Course: Find as many as you can, with penalties for being late. This course enables children to practice before going to the British Schools Score Orienteering Championships in October
Missing plaques: For further information and known issues relating to controls, please see the Leicestershire Orienteering Club website.
Control 13 is on a post to the NE (not where marked on the map) and 16 is 2 meters in from the edge. (September 2020)
Map updated
May 2020
Courses
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Course |
Controls |
Length |
Suitable for |
Estimated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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White |
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Yellow |
9 |
1.6 |
A child with some experience |
20-35 |
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Orange |
11 |
3.8 |
Adult beginner confident junior |
30-60 |
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Light Green |
15 |
4.6 |
Adult with some experience, very confident junior |
35-75 |
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Score |
16 |
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Adult or children Some controls are too hard for beginners |
30 |
Lengths of courses shown are in straight lines between controls, and the estimate of times are for someone running to someone walking. Both will vary depending on your route choice and ability.
VOC Details
Use the Maprun6 app Maprun6 app Garmin watch owners may wish to use the sister app MaprunG
Your phone (watch) beeps when you get close to the feature (a virtual control detected by your GPS signal). Upload your results to see your position on the leader board.
We suggest you download a map from here but you can just use the one on your smartphone.
| Course | Length (km) | Controls | Suitable for |
Expected time (mins) |
Comments | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | 2.0 | 10 | Beginners | 20-40 | ||
| Light Green | 3.4 | 15 | Experienced or confident adults | 25-60 | Light Green | |
| Score | c5.0 | 19 | Some controls are too hard for beginners | 45 | 20 points per control lose 10 for each minute or part minute late |
To use the Maprun app when in the car park, start the Maprun6 app
Click 'Events near me' or click 'Select Event' and go to the UK/Leicestershire/Burbage folder to find the courses. Click the one you want. Click ‘go to Start’ when you are ready. When you get near the start your time begins once your phone beeps.
Beginners there are a couple of features to help you navigate: Before the start, the location and track are always shown. Once you pass the start the location and track disappear ... unless you have enabled 'show track' or 'show location'. These features can be enabled in 'Options and settings' before you start. For some courses, we had added a ‘show me’ feature. Where it's available there is a button on the screen but you can only use it a few times.
OD, the Warwickshire, orienteering club also has some courses on this area in UK/Coventry and Warwickshire/ Summer Series 2020
Other Things to do in the Area
There are mapruns in Burbage Village. Why not try these?
Further Information
- White and/or yellow standard controls suitable for beginners
- Orange and/or light green standard controls suitable for people with some experience
