War Memorial Park
The War Memorial Park is Coventry's premier park and attracts around 400,000 visitors from all over the city and beyond every year. Many come to enjoy a casual visit, while others come to take part in some of the many special events that take place throughout the year.
Roughly 48.5 hectares in size, the park is made up of two areas, the formal garden with the War Memorial and the sports areas, with playing fields, a golf course, Splash 'n' Play Park and play areas. There is also a 1.6-mile circular footpath around the park.
The War Memorial Park is now listed as a Grade II park by English Heritage and the War Memorial itself is listed as Grade II * by English Heritage. Details of the listing can be found by visiting the English Heritage website.
The permanent orienteering courses are shown on a single two-page map with all the instructions on the second page. There are four courses available - novice, medium, medium/difficult and difficult or you could simply see how many controls you can find in 30 or 45 minutes. The solutions grid is available for free download. These courses are also available using the MapRun App which means that you can do them using a mobile phone with MapRun App installed.
The Memorial Park SS10 map includes a short, medium and long MapRun only courses uploaded as part of the club's social activities on 23/8/23 and will remain available for at least six months. This map will cost £1.50 to download in order to cover the club's MapRun charges
Car park charges apply - free for less than 3 hours at 21/10/2022
| Memorial Park SS10 | £1.50 | |
| WMP POC July 2025 all courses | FREE | |
| WMP Solutions grid | FREE |
| Memorial Park SS10 | £1.50 | |
| WMP POC July 2025 all courses | FREE | |
| WMP Solutions grid | FREE |
Maps are available from the visitor centre when open although you are recommended to download and print your own copy.
There are many facilities in the park including bowls, tennis, footgolf, play areas, dry play pitches and more. There is a cafe located in the centre of the park adjacent to the start of the permanent course. Coventry's Park Run starts from the car park on Saturday mornings.
A full description of park facilities is at www.coventry.gov.uk/warmemorialpark
MapRun virtual orienteering courses are available for the range of POC courses at WMP. Using MapRun, you can run using your phone which will beep when you reach the control site. Simply download the MapRun App from your App store.
You can find a description of how to use MapRun on the Octavian Droobers website at Tips & How It Works - Octavian Droobers - The Orienteering Club for Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull in the West Midlands, UK (octavian-droobers.org)
You will find lots of other information on the site and lists of other MapRun courses available locally
The Memorial Park SS10 map includes a short, medium and long MapRun only courses uploaded as part of the club's social activities on 23/8/23 and will remain available for at least six months. This map will cost £1.50 to download in order to cover the club's MapRun charges