Woodthorpe Grange
Woodthorpe Grange Park is an impressive large green space that sits on the edge of the city.
Please note that this course is no longer maintained by the landowner, posts and controls may be missing. We recommend trying the smartphone option below.
Have you tried smartphone orienteering yet? Courses are available at Woodthorpe Grange Park, see below.
| Woodthorpe Grange Park | FREE |
| Woodthorpe Grange Park | FREE |
The park has a wide variety of facilities including pitch and putt, tropical house, formal gardens, sports pitches, children's play area and café.
Use the MapRun app, details are found on the Virtual Orienteering Page
Start the MapRun app when close to start, tap Events Near Me or Select Event and browse to
UK/Nottinghamshire/Woodthorpe Grange Park. We suggest that you download and print the course map above that shows the virtual control locations, but you can just use the one on your phone.
The following MapRun courses are available:
• Woodthorpe Grange POC Easy – 0.8 km
• Woodthorpe Grange POC Hard – 2.3 km
• Woodthorpe Grange POC Medium – 1.5 km
• Woodthorpe Grange POC Start Anywhere Score - A 120 -minute score course. 20 points per control, 10 points lost for every minute late.
Select the course and the map will appear.
Select Go to Start when ready.
When you are close to the Start (the triangle marked on the map) the phone will beep, the Start triangle changes to green and your time will begin.
There are no control markers on the ground, your phone will Upload your results, your position can be found under Woodthorpe Grange on the Smartphone Orienteering page of the Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club website
Garmin watch owners may wish to use the companion app MapRunG.