New to Orienteering?

Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves walking or running whilst navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, as you can run, walk or jog and progress at your own pace.

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Anytime Orienteering

You can visit one of our Permanent Courses, which have marker posts for you to find, or use an app on your smartphone (or watch) to take part in “Virtual Orienteering". Both of these can be done at a time convenient for yourself.

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News

Weald park to host our next CATI Orienteering day on 20th June


Following on from our successful Try Orienteering event at the Thorndon Park North activity day, HAVOC are pleased to announce another opportunity for you to try orienteering, this time at Weald Park, Brentwood, on 20th June 2026. This is currently subject to final land...

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Latest Newsletter,

HAVOC NewsletterJune Issue

Here is the latest issue of the club newsletter - June 2026 with an introduction from club chairman, Graham Batty, a roundup of events and other activities in the last month, and a preview of next month.

Also, the updated version of our Orienteering spreadsheet with...

2nd Jun 26 Read more…

Thorndon Park Activity Day a resounding success

HAVOC took part in the Thorndon Park Activity Day on Sunday 31st May 2026.  

We laid on a series of courses of varying difficulty, and let participants use SI equipment to experience the full orienteering experience.

There was a great turnout, with over 50 children, and...

31st May 26 Read more…

Results published for our Aveley/Belhus event

We had a great hybrid street/park O at Aveley/Belhus Country Park on Wednesday. 

The weather had cooled down significantly since the day before, which made it mostly quite pleasant for running. No chance of rain, and a fair bit of shade with the sun being quite low in the...

29th May 26 Read more…

Champion's Trophy,

HAVOC Club Championships 2026Club Champions for 2026 announced

The HAVOC Club Championships took place at the SAX King's Forest regional event on Sunday April 26th.

It was a lovely sunny morning, and the forest looked absolutely stunning with fields of bluebells carpeting much of the forest floor.  It was generally pretty runnable,...

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