KOL9 - Lullingstone Country Park
Saturday 26th April
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Dartford Orienteers invite you to an event in this attractive park on the slope of the North Downs with several pits and depressions as well as many huge majestic trees.
The bluebells are out and looking splendid. Come and experience the woods at their best.
There is a range of courses to suit all ages and levels of experience.
Newcomers are most welcome and guidance will be provided to get you started.
We are offering a range of Line courses and a 60 minute Score course so there's a course suitable for all ages and levels of experience.
Yellow 2.5km 80m climb
Entered: 15 of 20
Controls (checkpoints) are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
Orange 3.4km 100m climb
Entered: 15 of 18
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Green 4.0km 130m climb
Entered: 33 of 40
Suitable for those with considerable orienteering experience.
Blue 6.1km 190m climb
Entered: 24 of 30
As technical as we an make it for experienced orienteers
All distances on the above Line courses are measured in straight lines so you will cover more distance than these on your walk or run.
60 mins Score
Entered: 14 of 15
Find as many controls as you can in any order within the time limit of 60 minutes. 10 points per control and a 5 point penalty per minute or part of a minute for exceeding the allocated time.
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: £12 (includes £2 parking charge)
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.
Parking charge at Castle Farm £2 payable on entry
Electronic punching chip hire: standard £1 and enhanced version for contactless punching £2.50
Newcomers are most welcome
You must not attend if you or a member of your household has COVID-19 symptoms.
Parking for this event is NOT at the main country park car park as there would likely be insufficient space for all orienteers and other country park users. Instead we have kindly been allowed to park at Castle Farm which is just a little further along Castle Road beyond the entrance to the Visitor Centre heading east. The parking charge is £2 and we will collect this when you enter the event.
Look for the tall dark sail DFOK sail banner near to our tent which is our Event Centre. Facilities at the Visitor Centre which is across the road from our parking include a cafe, toilets and first aid cover on a largely self help basis with a qualified sports first aider present.
The map is 1:10,000 for all courses printed on waterproof paper.
These two short videos will hopefully give you a good idea of what you will be doing Videos.
The start is 100m walk from the Event Centre. Follow the red and white tapes. It is a punching start for everyone.
Contactless punching at the controls on your course will be facilitated for those who own or want to hire a contactless SIAC card.
Control descriptions are printed on the map. Loose control descriptions will be available in the start lanes at the event. These are helpful if you want to avoid keep unfolding your map to check the control code is correct at each control visited.
It is a Punching Finish for everyone. After finishing, please proceed directly to Download (less than 100m). Download will be by the competitor. Your splits print out will be handed to you. Hired SI dibbers should then be deposited in a pink container nearby.
Results will not be on display at the event but you can access them on the DFOK website after the event www.dfok.co.uk. There will be a QR code with a link to live results on your map.
We are grateful to Kent CC and Staff at Lullingstone Country Park for enabling us to use the area for the orienteering event and management at Castle Farm for our parking.
