Kent Orienteering League - Shoreham Woods
2025-11-15
Dartford Orienteers invite you to an event in these attractive woods with a mixture of mainly runnable forest and areas of rough open. Lots of brown features such as pits and depressions. Some majestic trees.
As we have maps available on each course, we have kept entries open for anyone else who is wanting to run. Please enter online via racesignup before leaving to come to the event.
We are offering a range of courses so there's a course to suit all ages and levels of experience.
Newcomers are most welcome and guidance will be provided to get you started.
Yellow 2.1km
Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Orange 3.0km
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Green 4.6km
Controls are away from paths giving more navigational challenge. Suitable for those with some experience.
Blue 6.2km
As technically as hard as we can make it; for experienced orienteers.
Score
24 controls. Visit as many controls as you can in an hour in any order. 8 easy controls numbered in the 50's, 8 moderate difficulty numbered in the 60's and 8 more difficult numbered in the 70's
All course lengths are as measured in straight lines. Actual distance travelled will be greater. .
Senior: £7/£9
Junior: £3/£4
The lower entry fee is for members of British Orienteering
Groups participating together (one entry, one map and includes chip hire)
Entry Fee: £10
For a group, only one person needs to enter but after the surname please type "+2", for example, to indicate that this is a group of 3 people participating together. One map will be issued to the group but extra maps can be provided on request to the organiser in advance at £1 each if there are still maps available for that course.
Juniors are under 21 on 31st December 2025.
Electronic punching chip hire: standard £1 and enhanced version for contactless punching £2.50
Newcomers are most welcome
The event centre including Download is at the Shacklands Road Car Park. Please see
https://www.dfok.co.uk/events/kol2-shoreham-woods-sat-15-nov-2025
for information on how to get there.
Look out for the tall dark blue DFOK sail banner close to the car park.
There are toilets at the car park. The nearest refreshments are at Polhill Garden Centre, less than 1k from the car park.
There are two Senior and Junior fees noted above. The lower one is for members of British Orienteering. You do not have to be a member to participate and we welcome newcomers.
This is an excellent orienteering area. It is a popular location and we will share it with walkers, dog walkers, horse riders and mountain bikers. Please respect their right to be there and give everyone else as wide a berth as is feasible.
There are some steep slopes with bare earth which can be slippery at all times so take particular care.
Livestock are present in open areas so give them a wide berth and try not to startle them.
The start is approx. 100m from the event centre/car park. Please follow the red and white tapes and make every reasonable effort to arrive at the start in time for your allocated start window
Electronic punching will be used and the controls will be activated for contactless punching. Hired dibbers will be available for collection at Enquiries. Everyone must punch at the start and finish as these are not set up for contactless recording.
Control descriptions are printed on the map. For those who prefer to also have loose control descriptions to save opening and refolding the map, these will be available in the start lane for those on the Green, Blue or Score courses.
The finish is approx. 500m from the event centre/car park. After finishing, please follow the red and white tapes directly to Download. Your splits print out will be handed to you. Hired SI dibbers should then be deposited in a pink container nearby.
We are grateful to Sevenoaks District Council and Kent Wildlife Trust for permission to use the area.
