Go Orienteering

All the orienteering opportunities in the area, including competitive Events and Virtual and courses that are available anytime.

HAVOC events

Date Event name (select to view) Near Level/Type
Wed 10 Jan HAVOC-SOS Winter Series 2023/24 No.6 - Pilgrim’s Hatch Pilgrim's Hatch Local, Night
Sun 21 Jan HAVOC Regional and SWELL - Langdon Hills Langdon Hills Regional
Wed 7 Feb HAVOC-SOS Winter Series 2023/24 No.8 - Hornchurch East Hornchurch Local, Night
Wed 6 Mar HAVOC-SOS Winter Series 2023/24 No.10 - TBC TBC Local, Night
Sun 2 Jun HAVOC Regional and SWELL - Hornchurch Country Park Hornchurch Regional
Sun 14 Jul HAVOC GLOSS - Bedford’s Park Romford Local
Sun 8 Sep HAVOC Regional and SWELL - Dagnam Park Harold Wood Regional
Sun 27 Oct HAVOC EAL, Regional and SWELL - Weald Park Brentwood Regional
Explanation of Event levels

Major events are Major Events such as a British Championships, National events are high quality competitions that will attract people from far away, Regional events attract participants from around the local Region, Local are usually low key events in a 'localised' area. Local events are ideal for newcomers to try the sport and Activities are non competitive events used for training and coaching. Aimed at members of the host club, but they can attract people from neighbouring clubs. Often ideal for newcomers to try the sport.

Club & Regional league info

For the latest country-wide fixtures list see the British Orienteering website

Forthcoming fixtures can also be viewed via Ollie O'Brien's UK Orienteering Fixtures Map (here centred on CM14, Brentwood).

Virtual Orienteering

Use the GPS in your smartphone (or watch) to take part in “Virtual” orienteering at a time convenient for yourself. With the MapRun app you can run a course using either the map on your phone screen or a paper version, and your phone will beep when you reach the correct location of each... 

Read more about MapRun Courses…

Neighbouring clubs events

Chigwell & Epping Forest Orienteering Club (CHIG) website

Dartford Orienteering Klubb (DFOK) website

Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society (SOS) website

Links below will open the event details on the British Orienteering website in a new tab or window. The data is a live feed from that website.

Date Event name (select to view) Near Club Type
Sun 3 Dec CHIG Level B -SEL and SWELL event - Epping NW Loughton CHIG National
Sat 9 Dec DFOK KOL 4 - Beacon Wood Dartford DFOK Local
Wed 13 Dec SOS-HAVOC Midweek Winter 5 - Christmas Special - South Woodham Ferrers South Woodham Ferrers SOS Local
Thu 14 Dec DFOK Kent Night Cup - Grove Green & Bearstead tbc DFOK Local
Mon 1 Jan SOS New Year Novelty - Hilly Fields Colchester SOS Local
Sun 14 Jan DFOK SE League event - Westerham Sevenoaks DFOK National
Wed 24 Jan SOS-HAVOC Midweek Winter 7 - Colchester SOS Local
Sun 28 Jan SOS Highwoods - Highwoods Country Park Colchester SOS Regional
Sat 3 Feb DFOK KOL 6 - Buckmore Park Chatham DFOK Local
Wed 21 Feb SOS-HAVOC Midweek Winter 9 - Hatfield Peverel SOS Local
Sun 17 Mar SOS Hockley Woods - Hockley Woods Hockley SOS Regional
Sun 24 Mar CHIG Regional and SWELL event - Hainault forest. Hainault. CHIG Regional
Sat 20 Apr DFOK KOL 8 - Cobham Great Wood Gravesend DFOK Local
Sat 18 May DFOK KOL 10 - Jeskyns Community Woodland Gravesend DFOK Local
Sun 19 May Chelmsford City Urban - Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford SOS Regional
Sun 15 Sep SOS Hatfield Forest - Takeley SOS Regional
Sat 26 Oct DFOK Urban (UK Urban League) - Thamesmead Abbey Wood DFOK Regional
Sun 3 Nov SOS The Broaks - Gosfield SOS Regional
Sun 17 Nov British Schools Orienteering Championships - Shorne Woods Country Park Strood DFOK National