Shorne Woods Country ParkAnytime Orienteering

Location Info

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Near: Gravesend
Lat,Lng: 51.40381,0.41912
OS Grid Ref: TQ683699
Postcode: DA12 3HX
What3Words: ///worth.soon.actors

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Directions / Parking

Leave A2 at Shorne/Cobham junction and follow signs to country park. Enter park off minor Rd.

Start and finish by the cafe.

Overview

With its eco-friendly visitor centre and restaurant, fishing lakes, trim trail and picnic and play areas – not to mention 292 acres of beautiful woodlands, wetlands and meadows to explore – Shorne Woods Country Park has everything you need to spend a day enjoying the best of Kent's countryside.

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Maps

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MapRun directory path

UK > Kent > DFOK courses with marker posts see DFOK website > Shorne Woods Country Park POC

Courses available

Shorne Woods Country Park POC Long

Line course, 4.4km,15 controls

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Shorne Woods Country Park POC Medium

Line course, 2.9km,10 controls

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Shorne Woods Country Park POC Short

Line course, 1.9km,9 controls

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Shorne Woods Country Park POC Score

Score course, 90mins,23 controls

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Nearest A&E Hospital

Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford DA2 8DS
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Facilities

Toilets, cafe, and other activities available.

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.