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 24 Sep HAVOC Twilight Series 2025 No.2 - South Woodham Ferrers South Woodham Ferrers Local, Night, Score
Sun 28 Sep HAVOC Regional, SWELL and EAL - Epping Forest South West Chingford Regional
Wed 8 Oct HAVOC Twilight Series 2025 No.3 - Brentwood Brentwood Local, Night, Score
Sun 2 Nov HAVOC Regional and SWELL - Dagnam Park Harold Wood Regional
Wed 5 Nov Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26 No.2 - TBA Local, Night, Score
Wed 3 Dec Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26 No.4 - Billericay Billericay Local, Night, Score
Wed 7 Jan Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26 No.6 - Pitsea Pitsea Local, Night, Score
Wed 4 Feb Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26 No.8 - Basildon Basildon Local, Night, Score
Wed 4 Mar Essex Winter Midweek Series 2025/26 No.10 - Upminster Upminster Local, Night, Score
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
Fri 19 Sep CoL W/E event - Greenwich Park Greenwich DFOK Regional
Sun 12 Oct SOS Colour Coded - Colchester SOS Regional
Sun 19 Oct Local and SWELL event - Harlow Town Park Harlow CHIG Local
Sat 1 Nov DFOK KOL - Shoreham Woods Sevenoaks DFOK Local
Sat 13 Dec DFOK KOL - Beacon Wood Dartford DFOK Local
Thu 1 Jan SOS New Year Novel;ty - Colchester SOS Local
Sun 4 Jan CHIG SE League event and SWELL - Epping N Theydon Bois CHIG Regional
Sun 18 Jan DFOK SE League event - South Ashdown Forest Row DFOK National
Sat 31 Jan DFOK KOL - Joydens Wood Bexley DFOK Regional
Sun 1 Mar SOS Colour Coded - Colchester SOS Regional
Sat 21 Mar DFOK KOL - Cobham Great Wood Gravesend DFOK Local
Sat 28 Mar CHIG Urban event - Beckton Beckton CHIG Local
Sun 29 Mar DFOK Urban - Canning Town London DFOK Regional
Sun 12 Apr (Cancelled) Regional and SWELL event - Warlies Park Waltham Abbey CHIG Local
Sun 10 May SOS Urban EA League - Colchester SOS Regional
Sat 16 May DFOK KOL - Shooters Hill Woods Eltham DFOK Local
Sun 24 May CRET weekend and SE Sprints - Canterbury area Canterbury DFOK Regional
Sun 14 Jun SOS Colour Coded - Chelmsford SOS Regional