WIM/WSX Summer League: Puddletown

Location
Hardy’s Birthplace Visitor Centre, Thorncombe Wood Local Nature Reserve, Dorchester DT2 8QH.
Leave A35 at SY 725 929 following signs to Higher Bockhampton & Lower Bockhampton.
Enquiries/dibber hire/Download will be in the classroom unit at the Visitor Centre.

Parking
Hampton Farm Business Park, SY 723 921, on opposite side of road from Thorncombe Wood turning. Marked walk to Visitor Centre 300m.

Map
1:10,000, 5m contour interval, A3 map printed on waterproof paper. Drawn by Chris Branford 2024-5; merged with Thorncombe Wood area drawn by Mike Kite 2020-22.

Terrain
Part of Hardy's Egdon Heath, a mixed woodland of conifers and broadleaf trees with a good track network. Swallet holes pepper the area and it is crossed by the Roman Road that ran from Dorchester to Badbury Rings. Main forest not used for orienteering this century!

Courses
60 min Score with controls totalling 600 points, plus a novel photo control worth an extra 60 points!

Facilities
Toilets at Visitor Centre. Refreshments at café.

Mass Start
12:00. All meet at Visitor Centre by 11:45 to walk to start.

Officials
Planner: Harry Stuart
Organiser: Mike Kite 07815 743798
SI: Dick Keighley

We are grateful to Claire Platten (Dorset Council Ranger), Mike Radice (Forestry England) and Mike Jones (Hampton Business Park) for their help and co-operation.

Orienteering is an adventure sport. All competitors take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety.
In the event of hot weather, please ensure that you start the event fully hydrated and bring fluids for after the event.
If the event is cancelled, the organisers reserve the right to retain all or part of the entry fee.