MapRun Courses Virtual Orienteering

31st Oct 24

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 control.

HAVOC have a series of MapRun courses available for individual training runs.

The latest version of the MapRun application is MapRun6, and this is the version that should be downloaded and used for all courses, even if the instructions refer to MapRunF.

A user guide for MapRun can be found here.

MapRun courses available

The number on the map refers to the reference number for each course in the table below.

	Course	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Results	Expiry Date
1	Shenfield and Hutton 2025 - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/3/27
1	Shenfield and Hutton 2025 - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/3/27
	Chipping Ongar 2025 - Long	Map	All Fire Hydrants	Instructions	Leaderboard	28/2/27
	Chipping Ongar 2025 - Short	Map	All Fire Hydrants	Instructions	Leaderboard	28/2/27
18	Billericay 2025 - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/1/27
18	Billericay 2025 - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/1/27
23	Lee Chapel - Long	Map	All Fire Hydrants	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/12/26
23	Lee Chapel - Short	Map	All Fire Hydrants	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/12/26
	South Woodham Ferrers - Long	Map	On Map	Insructions	Leaderboard	30/11/26
	South Woodham Ferrers - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/11/26
19	Wickford North Score	Map	In Instructions	Instructions	Leaderboard - Short Leaderboard - Long	31/10/26
7	Brentwood South Score	Map	In Instructions	Instructions	Leaderboard - Short Leaderboard - Long	30/9/26
	South Ockendon - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/7/26
	South Ockendon - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/7/26
	Rainham - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/26
	Rainham - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/26
	Harold Hill - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/26
	Harold Hill - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/26
20	Gloucester Park - Long	Map	All Fire Hydrant Signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/26
20	Gloucester Park - Short	Map	All Fire Hydrant Signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/26
12	Laindon West - Long	Map	All Fire Hydrant Signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/3/26
12	Laindon West - Short	Map	All Fire Hydrant Signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/3/26
25	Hornchurch East - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	28/2/26
25	Hornchurch East - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	28/2/26
10	Pilgrim's Hatch 24 - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	9/1/26
24	Corringham - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/11/25
24	Corringham - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/11/25
23	Noak Bridge - Long	Map	All Fire Hydrants	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/10/25
23	Noak Bridge - Short	Map	All Fire Hydrants	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/10/25
17	Chafford Hundred - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/7/25
17	Chafford Hundred - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/7/25
13	Leigh 23 - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/25
13	Leigh 23 - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/25
22	Doddinghurst - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25
22	Doddinghurst - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25
20	Whitmore Park - Long	Map	In Instructions	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/4/25
20	Whitmore Park - Short	Map	In Instructions	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/4/25
20	Basildon - Northlands Park - Long	Map	All Fire Hydrant Signs	Instructions	Leaderboard Leaderboard (on night) PIN:6104	31/12/25
20	Basildon - Northlands Park - Short	Map	All Fire Hydrant Signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/12/25
19	Wickford South - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/10/25
19	Wickford South - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/10/25
1	Hutton - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/8/25
1	Hutton - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/8/25
18	Billericay North - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/7/25
18	Billericay North - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/7/25
12	Langdon Hills and the Plotlands - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/25
12	Langdon Hills and the Plotlands - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/6/25
15	Bentley Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25
15	Bentley Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25
14	Kelvedon Hatch	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/8/25
13	Leigh-on-Sea Long	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25
13	Leigh-on-Sea Short	Map	On Map	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25
9	Rochford Score	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/11/25
8	Canvey Island Long	Map	all fire hydrant signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/11/25
8	Canvey Island Short	Map	all fire hydrant signs	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/11/25
7	Merrymeade Park Long	Map	on map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/9/25
7	Merrymeade Park Short	Map	on map	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/9/25
6	Hanningfield Long	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/8/25
6	Hanningfield Short	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/8/25
4	Shenfield South	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Leaderboard	30/4/25
1	Shenfield & Hutton	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions	Leaderboard	31/5/25

MapRun courses can be downloaded from the MapRun app in the UK/Essex folder.

Expired courses

Where the expiry date has passed, the course is no longer available to run on the MapRun app. However, if you wish to run them then send an email to and we will see if we can re-activate it for you (if it is still on the database).

	Course	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions
2	Brentwood South	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions
3	Brentwood North	Map	Control Descriptions	Instructions
10	Pilgrims Hatch Long	Map	On Map	Instructions
10	Pilgrims Hatch Short	Map	On Map	Instructions
11	Thrift Green Long	Map	all fire hydrant signs	Instructions
11	Thrift Green Short	Map	all fire hydrant signs	Instructions
21	Thorndon Park North	Map	In Instructions	Instructions
7	Brentwood South 2023 - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions
7	Brentwood South 2023 - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions
7	Brentwood Central - Long	Map	all fire hydrant signs	Instructions
7	Brentwood Central - Short	Map	all fire hydrant signs	Instructions
1	Shenfield - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions
1	Shenfield - Short	Map	On Map	Instructions
10	Pilgrim's Hatch 24 - Long	Map	On Map	Instructions
5	Westcliff	Map	Control Description	Instructions
12	Laindon Long	Map	On Map	Instructions
12	Laindon Short	Map	On Map	Instructions
16	Rayleigh Long	Map	On Map	Instructions
16	Rayleigh Short	Map	On Map	Instructions

Note: For some of the early score events, scoring on the App is 10 points more per control than that described in the instructions. This has now been corrected for later courses with the update to MapRun6.

More courses will be added over time.