Beacon WoodAnytime Orienteering

Location Info

Location map

Near: Dartford
Lat,Lng: 51.42186,0.28900
OS Grid Ref: TQ592716
Postcode: DA2 8AR
What3Words: ///lights.risen.early

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Directions / Parking

Main car park in Country Park (Donation)

Overview

Having opened in 1991, Beacon Wood is a relatively new country park, but it has rapidly become a firm favourite with locals due to its rolling, varied woodland and interesting history.

In 1935, the excavation of clay for cement manufacture began, resulting in the pitted landscape we see now. Today, the park features a shady picnic area, and a variety of trails running around old clay pits which have almost completely reverted back to a natural state, with a wide mix of flora and fauna.

Maps

Download PDF of all course maps and instructions

MapRun directory path

UK > Kent > DFOK courses with marker posts see DFOK website > Beacon Wood POC

Courses available

Beacon Wood POC Long

Line course, 4.2km,15 controls

Beacon Wood POC Medium

Line course, 3.3km,12 controls

Beacon Wood POC Short

Line course, 3.1km,11 controls

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Beacon Wood POC All controls Score

Score course, 90mins,15 controls

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Nearest A&E Hospital

Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford DA2 8DS
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Facilities

No facilities except parking & picnic site.

Visit the Beacon Wood Country Park website

Virtual Orienteering Courses

MapRun is an app which allows you to use your smartphone to enjoy orienteering without needing to set up physical control points on the ground. There are now MapRun courses set up all across the UK which you can go and run right now, with more new ones being added all the time.

Using MapRun, you can run an orienteering course using either the map on your phone screen or a paper version; the only difference from a "traditional" course is that there are no physical markers on the ground. Instead, the phone tracks your location as you run and vibrates or buzzes to confirm when you've reached each control point on the course.

Permanent Orienteering Courses

These courses have fixed marker posts in place. Your challenge is to discover checkpoints in the form of posts or plaques, in forests, heathlands, parks and green spaces.