Directions / Parking

Parking is in a spacious field accessed via a track off the A4010 at SU822973. The entrance to the track leading to the car park/assembly field is approximately 2 miles north of the roundabout at West Wycombe, and 400m north of the Red Lion pub at Bradenham. Do not take the turn to Bradenham village.
There is no charge for parking.

Terrain Description

Typical Chiltern woodland, steep in places, with generally runnable terrain and good path network. The area contains some ponds and the usual selection of depressions both large and small.

Coppice Wood has a number of interesting ‘puddingstone’ boulders.

The Map

1:7,500, with 5m contours. Size A3.

Map updated Autumn / Winter 2020 to ISOM 2017-2. (Park Wood by Mark Thompson, Coppice Wood by Bob and Pattie Beresford).

Yellow to Green courses remain within Park Wood.
Blue and Brown courses cross over Bradenham Wood Lane into Coppice Wood.

Start Times

PRE ENTRY ONLY. BRITISH ORIENTEERING MEMBERS ONLY.

Pre-entry through Fabian4 - pre-entry is now open and the event is filling up fast. There will be no entry on the day.

Start times are from 10:30 to 13:00. Note that courses close at 14:45, by which time you must have downloaded. When selecting your start time, please ensure you allow yourself adequate time to complete your course.

The start and finish are close to the car park, maybe 5 minutes walk.

Courses

Yellow 2.3 km 50m 9 controls
Orange 2.8 km 60m 10 controls
Light Green 3.4km 90m 18 controls
Short Green 3.0 km 90m 17 controls
Green 4.4km 100m 21 controls
Blue 6.2km 160 m 25 controls
Brown 7.5 210m 32 controls

How To Enter

PRE ENTRY ONLY. BRITISH ORIENTEERING MEMBERS ONLY.

Entry is via Fabian4 - use the link at the top of this page. When you enter, you will be asked to select a start time from the list of available start times remaining for your course.

Family or other groups are very welcome, but please enter only the Yellow or Orange courses. Enter as a senior. Change the name if you wish, for example to Jones Family. Add a note in the special request box (step 3 of Fabian4 entry process) to say you are entering as a group, and we will arrange a second map at no extra charge, so you can all enjoy the navigational experience.

THERE WILL BE NO ENTRY ON THE DAY.

Entry Cost

Pre-entries up to Sunday 11th April - Seniors £12, Juniors & Students £4.
Later entries (assuming start slots are still available) - Seniors £14, Juniors & Students £5.
Adults and family groups on Yellow and Orange £8.
SIAC hire £2. Lost SIACs charged at £65. If you have a non-SIAC SI card, we do recommend hiring a SIAC, to minimise the risk of infection from touching a control unit in the forest.

Facilities

Tom & Julie's burger wagon
First Aid
Portable toilets

Further Information

Cancellation Click here to read our policy on refunds if you or we have to cancel for any reason – for example because you are required to isolate for COVID reasons

Dogs Well-behaved dogs allowed on their leads in the car park. Please clean up after your dog.
TVOC’s policy is no dogs to accompany competitors on their runs.

Officials

Organiser: Alun Jones, TVOC    email organiser      07967 605307
Planner: Peter Riches, TVOC
Controller: Nevillle Baker, TVOC