New to Orienteering?

Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
The aim is to navigate between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, and you can run, walk or jog round the course and progress at your own pace.

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Go Orienteering Anytime

We have a selection of locations where you can go orienteering at any time that suits you.
Permanent courses have marker posts, whilst Virtual courses have nothing visible but your phone beeps when you are in the right spot.

Most of our Permanent courses can be used with the MapRun app as well.

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DFOK Events

Sat 15 Feb: KOL5 + Regional Shooters Hill Kent Orienteering League, near Welling

Sat 1 Mar: KOL7 Shorne Woods Country Park Kent Orienteering League, near Gravesend

Thu 13 Mar: Gillingham and Great Lines Kent Night Cup, near Gillingham

Tue 8 Apr: Greenwich and Isle of Dogs Street O Series, near Greenwich

Sat 12 Apr: KOL8 Angley Woods Kent Orienteering League, near Cranbrook

News

Our next large event
On Sat 15 Feb KOL5 + Regional Shooters Hill
Kent Orienteering League

A Regional Event with ranking points and a range of courses also incorporating Event 5 of the 2024/25 Kent Orienteering League series. Do come along for a very different Shooters Hill experience using Don McKerrow's new uncluttered map from which many incomprehensible ditches have miraculously disappeared!

We hope to provide live results here.

Final Details

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South East Long Championships 2025

Congratulations to all the medal winners below at the recent South East Long Championships at Blackheath and Farley Heath.

GoldLuke BennettM18
Jake BennettM14
SilverAndrew Pitcher
M35
Andrew Evans
M70
Ella Pyman
W55
BronzeMauricio Mendes
M45
Keith Parkes
M80

The full results may be found here.

Mon 10 Feb

South East League 2024/25

With 5 out of 9 events completed we are currently 3rd= in Division One.

The next event of the 2024/25 season takes place at Blackheath and Farley Heath near Guildford on 2nd Feb.

See here for more information and statistics about the South East League.

Mon 27 Jan

Kent Schools Orienteering Newsletter January 2025

The latest edition of the Kent Schools Orienteering Newsletter is available now. It contains details of upcoming events, orienteering teaching activities, and a report of the November 2024 British Schools Orienteering Championships.

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South East Individual League for 2024

Congratulations to the following certificate winners from the SE League events in 2024

1stIsla FindlayW10

Luke BennettM16
Madeleine PitcherW18
Mindaugas LekaveckasM35
Antoine PesentiM50
2ndMenna DoubleW10
Jake BennettM14
3rdOsian DoubleM10
Julie LobleyW55

Certificates are awarded to the first 3 in each age category providing 3 events have been successfully completed. They are to be presented at the CHIG Mitre event on 12th January.

Here is a link to the full results

Thu 2 Jan

Christmas Challenge 2024

JB Rae-Smith is organising this years Christmas Challenge again in Greenwich Park from 14th December to 12th January. The final details complete with rules and scoresheet have been posted here. A definitive list of Christmas No 1's has been added to the page.

This event will now remain open until Friday the 14th February with a prize-giving following the KOL at Shooters Hill on the 15th at a suitable venue.

Sat 7 Dec

Club Champions 2024

Well done to everyone that competed at the Club Championships at Dagnam Park and I hope you all enjoyed your runs in what I thought was a great new area!

The results have been confirmed and we have the following Champions to declare –

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