Saturday 10th May 2025. Entries open January 2025, entries close Sunday 20th April 2025.
Grizedale Forest is near Newby Bridge, south Lake District, Cumbria, in the North West of England.
Parking in fields adjacent to Assembly area.
This is an IOF World Ranking Event for M/W21E. Bulletin 1 is now available.
Access by trains links with Kendal, Grange-Over-Sands and Windemere.
Buses link as far as Newby Bridge & Haverthwaite (6 & X6) in the south and Hawkshead (505) to NE.
There is no public transport which traverses the Grizedale valley.
As you would expect there is a wealth of contour detail with many rock features.
There is a path & ride network which will offer route options.
See previous maps from LOC CSC heat Blind Lane 2020, elite training Blind Lane 2020, Lakes 5 days Raven Crag 2022, Masterplan Adventure Grizedale Tarn 2022, Masterplan Adventure Blind Lane 2023.
The area is embargoed to all competitors - see embargoed areas.
All the standard courses for the British Orienteering Long Distance, from M/W10 through to M/W90, including elite classes for 18/20/21.
Elite classes will have maps at 1:15000 scale.
Adult classes at 1:10000 and older & junior classes at 1:7500.
There are 2 starts.
The Elite start is 1.5km and 100m of climb along footpaths.
The Main start is 2.5km and 135m of climb through fields & along footpaths.
Almost all of the walk to the Main start is uphill. One section of 100m or so is very rutted with tree roots.
The walk to the Main start has been timed at 40 minutes for a fit 66 year old.
You may find sections of Out Of Bounds on your map, as specified by Forestry England.
These are normally not marked on the ground. Courses have been planned to avoid them.
They are OOB for a mixture of reasons –
To preserve special flora – To provide deer quiet areas – To protect Pine Martin introduction program.
TBD
