Keephill & Deangarden Woods Orienteering Races
Schedule
Sat Nov 29 2025 at 10:15 am to 01:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Keephill and Deangarden Woods, High Wycombe | High Wycombe, EN
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This is the rearranged event from 4 October, which was postponed due to high winds. We hope everyone can make the new date - existing entries will be transferred to the new date, so no action is needed if you previously entered. If you can't make the new date, we'll offer a refund, and details will be emailed to all entrants. ================
Try a new outdoor adventure sport! Ideal for all ages and abilities, with courses for runners and also families and children. Help is available and no experience is necessary. We give you a map and a timing chip, and you have to race around a series of checkpoints, choosing your own route between each one.
Please note this event is pre-entry only – there will be no entry at the event. Enter here: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=16234
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PARKING:
Parking is in the public car park at Wycombe Rye Lido, off Bassetsbury Lane, HP11 1BJ.
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TERRAIN
Keep Hill and Deangarden Woods are predominantly runnable deciduous forest along a valley with some re-entrant contour detail. All courses will encounter hills! It's a lovely woodland for a run.
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REGISTRATION AND START TIMES
Start a course any time from 10.15am to 11.45am.
Everyone must finish and report back to download by 1pm, even if you haven't finished your course.
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COURSES – arranged below in order of navigational difficulty. Remember - the course lengths are the straight line distances between the control points. You'll go further, depending on your route choices!:
WHITE: 1.4km. Navigational difficulty: 1/5.
Very easy, all controls on paths, no route choices. For young children.
YELLOW: 1.9km. Navigational difficulty: 2/5.
Easy. Short and suitable for juniors or newcomers. Controls on or near paths.
ORANGE: 2.9km. Navigational difficulty: 3/5.
Ideal course for families, adult newcomers, and juniors with some experience. Still reasonably easy, with some navigation required. Probably around 3.5 to 4k actual distance, depending on your route choices!
RED: 4.1km (expect to run 5k). Navigational difficulty: 3/5.
Ideal for runners looking to try orienteering - this course is like an unmarked trail race. A fairly easy, longer course. Some navigation, but not too tricky! (same difficulty as Orange; just longer).
LIGHT GREEN: 4.0km. Navigational difficulty: 4/5.
Ideal for improvers or those who have been to a few events. More detailed navigation required through the woods, off paths. Around 5k actual distance.
GREEN 4.7km Navigational difficulty 5/5.
As challenging as we can make it! More route choice, hills, controls well away from paths - definitely for those with experience.
SCORE:
Ideal for adult beginners. Find as many controls as you can within a time limit - normally 1 hour. Then make it back to the finish, with score penalties for every minute late!
If you're a runner getting into orienteering, the Red and Orange courses are ideal, or the Score course. For families, we recommend Orange, or Yellow if you want something shorter. For juniors, Yellow is a good choice.
We're also putting on two special extra courses, for cubs and scouts:
Cubs course - 3.1km. Starts out like the White course above. But then transitions on to become slightly more challenging, like the Yellow course.
Scouts course - 4.1km. Starts out like the Yellow course above. But then transitions on to become more challenging, like the Orange course.
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HOW TO ENTER
You must pre-enter in advance as there will be no entry at the event, although you can enter online up to 11am on the day itself. Pre-entering reserves you a map. The entries link will be put here nearer the event.
You don't have to be a member of an orienteering club to enter this event. On SI Entries (our entries system), just show your club name as IND (for Independent).
Small family or other groups are welcome, but please enter only the Yellow, Orange or Red courses. Enter as a senior. Change the name if you wish, for example to Jones Family.
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ENTRY COST
Early entries up to and including Sunday 23 November:
– Red and Light Green – BOF members £6, non-members and family groups £8, Juniors & Students £2
– White, Yellow, Orange and Score – BOF members £5, non-members and family groups £7, Juniors & Students £2
Later entries through to 11am on the day of the event (assuming maps are still available) – £1 extra.
Timing chip hire £1 (essential if you do not own one).
Your entry fee includes a special waterproof orienteering map with your course printed on it, to keep as a souvenir, hire of a timing chip (SI) to register at each control point around your course, and a print out of your result and splits at the finish.
Enter here: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=16234
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FACILITIES
Please bring your own drink. Toilet available.
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Where is it happening?
Keephill and Deangarden Woods, High Wycombe, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
