Plumstead CommonAnytime Orienteering

Location Info

Location map

Near: Plumstead
Lat,Lng: 51.47491,0.07581
Postcode: SE18 3EA
What3Words: ///cans.repay.racing

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Directions / Parking

At Shrewsbury Park car park, off Plum Lane SE18, ///mild.cheat.liner. Parking is on hard standing, plentiful and free but the entrance to the car park is narrow and an awkward turn. If too difficult then there are plenty of spaces in Plum Lane to the N of the car park entrance.

Overview

Start and Finish for all courses are in Shrewsbury Park. The junior course is entirely within the park with no roads to cross. The senior courses visit Plumstead Common and other green spaces.

Control descriptions are printed are on each map. On the Long Course map the symbol O is a postbox but other symbols are standard. Other maps use text descriptions.

The junior course may be nearer orange than yellow standard. There are opportunities to take straight line routes on most legs and these could be used for practice on taking bearings.

MapRun directory path

UK > London South East > Greenwich

Courses available

PlumsteadCommon Long

Line course, 6.6km,13 controls

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PlumsteadCommon Short

Line course, 4.2km,8 controls

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ShrewsburyPark Junior

Line course, 1.6km,11 controls

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Nearest A&E Hospital

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Facilities

Shrewsbury Park has no toilets or refreshments. These are available at Oxleas woods.

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.