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East London Urban Weekend
28-29 March 2026
Entries are closed!
Chigwell and Epping Forest and Dartford orienteering clubs are delighted to welcome you to a weekend of exciting urban racing in East London. Expect a mixture of urban regeneration with impressive new buildings and older housing estates.
Final details for each event are now available on the CHIG (for Beckton) and DFOK (for Canning Town) websites.
Don't forget the clocks change on Saturday night!
Beckton Urban (UKUL)
Course 1 Men's Open (MO)
Entered: 35 of 40
Course 2 Women's Open (WO), Men's Veterans (M40+)
Entered: 36 of 45
Courses 1 and 2 have 35 to 40 controls so SI cards in the series 1-500,000 and 2xxxxxx are not able to be used.
Course 3 Women's Veterans (W40+), Men's Super Veterans (M55+)
Entered: 54 of 60
Course 4 Women's Super Veterans (W55+), Men's Ultra Veterans (M65+)
Entered: 66 of 70
Course 5 Women's Ultra Veterans (W65+), Women's Hyper Veterans (W75+), Men's Hyper Veterans (M75+
Entered: 38 of 45
Course 6 Women's Juniors (W16-), Men's Juniors (M16-)
Entered: 9 of 15
Course 7 Women's Young Juniors (W12-), Men's Young Juniors (M12-)
Entered: 9 of 10
Course 8 Beckton Newham Residents
Entered: 2 of 10
The course is for residents of Newham interested in participating in an orienteering event for the first time. Guidance will be given before you start.
Course 9 Beckton Newham School Pupils
Entered: 0 of 10
This course is for pupils attending a school in LB Newham and any adults accompanying them. Guidance will be given before you start.
Canning Town Urban (SEOUL)
Course 1 Men's Open (MO)
Entered: 30 of 31
This course has more than 30 controls so SI cards in the series 1-500,000 and 2xxxxxx are not able to be used.
Course 2 Women's Open (WO), Men's Veterans (M40+)
Entered: 42 - no more places!
Course 3 Women's Veterans (W40+), Men's Super Veterans (M55+)
Entered: 43 of 46
Course 4 Women's Super Veterans (W55+), Men's Ultra Veterans (M65+)
Entered: 65 - no more places!
Course 5 Women's Ultra Veterans (W65+), Women's Hyper Veterans (W75+), Men's Hyper Veterans (M75+
Entered: 30 of 35
Course 6 Women's Juniors (W16-), Men's Juniors (M16-)
Entered: 8 of 11
Course 7 Women's Young Juniors (W12-), Men's Young Juniors (M12-)
Entered: 5 of 8
Course 8 Canning Town Newham Residents
Entered: 5
The course is for residents of Newham interested in participating in an orienteering event for the first time. Guidance will be given before you start.
Course 9 Canning Town Newham School Pupils
Entered: 2
The course is for pupils attending a school in LB Newham and any adults accompanying them. Guidance will be given before you start.
See the CHIG website for Beckton course details and the DFOK website for Canning Town course details, in each case including the course lengths and the number of controls.
Start and finish
Beckton - the start is a 900m walk from the Event Centre. The finish for juniors is a 900m walk back to the Event Centre for download and for adults it is 300m.
Canning Town - the start is less than 150m from the Event Centre and the finish is very close to the Event Centre.
Beckton: At any time between 12:00 to 14:00
Canning Town: At any time between 10:30 and 12:30.
Entry fees are:
Standard Entry (to midnight on Sunday 15/3/26)
Seniors £12, Juniors £4
Late Entry (from 16/3/26 to 6pm on 27/3/26)
Seniors £14, Juniors £5
There is a £2 surcharge for Seniors who are not members of British Orienteering
There is a £2 discount for Seniors entering both events at the same time.
SI electronic punching will used, add £1 to hire a standard SI Card (lost units charged at £30) and £2 to hire a SIAC (lost SIACs charged at £65).
Courses 1 and 2 at Beckton and Course 1 at Canning Town have more than 30 controls, SI cards in the range 1-500,000 and 2xxxxxx will not be appropriate for these courses. If you have one of these series of SI cards, please hire a standard (SI) or contactless (SIAC) at the time of entry.
Families and other groups are welcome. Only one person needs to enter. Includes one copy of the map which you keep afterwards. Add the number in the group to the surname e.g. For Adam Smith and two others, the Surname will be Smith +2. This is so we know how many will be participating.
Course 8 is for Newham residents and is £5 for Seniors for each event at all entry times up to the closing date.
There is no charge for school pupils in LB Newham participating in either event but you must enter Course 9 of the event using racesignup.co.uk in advance of the day.
We expect most people will choose to come by public transport as the transport links are excellent and the event centres are both very close to a Docklands Light Railway station. See each club's website for further public transport information. If however you are coming by car, a parking space can be booked for the Beckton event (no charge but numbers are limited to 100). Parking is available from 1000-1630. Spaces must be reserved in advance via Racesignup. Parking for the Canning Town event is on residential streets at no cost but is very limited.
Both events are included in the Southern England Orienteering Urban League for 2026.
The map is 1:4,000 for all courses printed on waterproof paper.
Both areas are essentially flat. There are very few contours even at the 2m contour interval and no height gain is shown on the maps.
These two short videos will hopefully give you a good idea of what you will be doing Videos.
Contactless punching will be facilitated but it is a Punching Start and a Punching Finish.
Control descriptions are printed on the map. Loose control descriptions will be available in the Start lanes.
Results will not be on display at the event. Live provisional results will be viewable from each club's website. There will also be a QR code on your Canning Town map which can be scanned to access the Canning Town results.
The full results will be available on the CHIG website Beckton results or the DFOK website Canning Town results in the late afternoon of each event date.
We are grateful to London Borough of Newham for permission to hold the events and to Royal Docks Academy and Star Lane Primary schools for the use of the facilities at our Event Centres.
