Inch Park
Inch Park is SE of the centre of Edinburgh. Managed by the City of Edinburgh Council, it has a children’s play area, extensive grassed areas with woodland borders and small copses, and is mostly fairly flat. The Braid Burn runs across the northern part – “inch” is the old word for low-lying land near a river. In the middle of the park is Inch House, now a community centre, which dates from the 17th Century.
More information can be found here https://www.edinburghoutdoors.org.uk/featureDetails.php?id=347 and here https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory-record/1208282/inch-park
Terrain: Parkland
Parking Large car park at the adjacent Cameron Toll shopping centre. Park on the north-western side nearest the park Grid Ref: NT275711, What3words: slice.maker.doctor
This is not a POC (Permanent Orienteering Course) area, but the following VOCs are available as Maprun courses on a mobile phone, the control sites are “virtual” ie there are no markers or ”posts on the ground”. Other VOCs may be added in the future.
Full instructions for accessing/using the MAPrun software can be found here www.scottish-orienteering.org/get-involved/pocs/
There is a 2-step process
1. On MaprunF or Maprun6 click on Select Event then navigate to UK->Scotland->Edinburgh-> Inch Park and then select the Course you want (See table below). Click on Go to Start to see map on your phone
2. Download map as a PDF from the Scottish Orienteering website, link for each course in the table below. Print this off to carry with you.
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Maprun course names |
Length |
Download Map Link |
Description |
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Inch Park Long Orange
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3.7km
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Pleasant easy courses through the park |
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Inch Park Short Orange
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2.3km
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Inch Park Yellow
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1.5km |
To find out more about the colour-coded course names see this A-Z Jargon buster