Bawsey Country Park - Middle Distance

This event is the NOR Senior and Junior Club Championships see course details below

As a former sand quarry Bawsey CP offers an orienteering challenge rarely seen across East Anglia; short and severe hills, steep gullies, cliffs, deciduous woodland, and open swathes of soft sand. Although small in size the park has a wide variety of terrain and an intricate network of paths which should encourage fast running between controls with key decisions to be made between taking direct but often steep routes, or more circuitous yet faster running paths.

Full leg cover will be required.

Map: Scale 1:5000.  Contour interval 5m. Printed on waterproof paper.  Control descriptions will be text for White and Yellow courses; Orange will have text and pictorial symbols descriptions while all other courses use standard IOF pictorial descriptions which will be on the map.

These will be available at the start loose and are printed on maps.

Courses

This is a Middle Distance event which means that the courses are shorter than for a regular Long Distance event but with an emphasis on detailed navigation.

Young juniors on white/yellow/orange may be shadowed by parents, but please let us know at download if they receive help on the way round. (Prizes will go to those who complete the course quickest without help

Straight line lengths, subject to final adjustments.

Before attending please read the event details here - especially the safety information. https://www.norfolkoc.co.uk/wp-content/event/2026/bawsey/bawsey-details.pdf

Punching Start & Finish.  Other controls are enabled for contactless SIAC use.  Should the control not respond to a contactless ‘punch’ it is the competitor’s responsibility to undertake a manual ‘punch’.  

Car Parking, Registration, Start/Finish

Carparking - Map Ref TF676198; Post Code PE352 1EP Car Park open 09:30 to 15:30

There is a cost for parking, but the country park has offered a discount of 50% so the first 30 mins are free then it is £1.25 an hour thereafter. You will be given a code (on the bottom of your result printout)                                              Please follow the link below for more details. https://www.bawseycountrypark.co.uk/parking

Timings

Enquires/Registration*: 1000 to 1200 (*plus entry on day registration if applicable)

Starts: 1015 to 1215 (no allocated start times)

Courses Close: 1400

Facilities: Toilets and cafe located in the carpark.  The café serves hot food and drinks, follow link to menu   bawseycountrypark.co.uk/_files/ugd/a87dea_697725ae2c514c1e88ce959a6f28674b.pdf

Please be respectful of the rights of other users of the forest and give way if necessary.

Dogs: please note that Dogs must be on a lead as there may be livestock on the pasture fields.

Event Officials

Planner: John Ward (NOR)

Controller: Ben Bethell

Organiser: Karen Goldsworthy  [email protected]