Orienteering

Swansea and Gower are fantastic areas in which to practice orienteering

Orienteering is a great sport that is suitable for all ages.  It is a good way to keep fit as it involves navigating through varied terrain to control points as fast as possible.  It is also a great way of seeing parts of the countryside that many people don't get to see 

There are permanent courses laid out in parks and wooded areas including Morriston Park and Leadfield, Parc Llewellyn, Kilvey Community Woodland, Bishop's Wood, Mumbles Hill and Dunvant Brickworks.  These offer beginners a great opportunity to learn how to read maps, use compasses and have fun orienteering.

Swansea Bay Orienteering Club uses the permanent courses to hold introduction evenings as well as taking part in competitions.

Organisers of groups wishing to obtain the letters corresponding to the numbers of the controls at each site can do so by emailing map@sboc.org.uk

Download Course Maps

In a move to make orienteering more accessible and encourage more people to take up the sport the course maps are now available to download . These are free to download and can be printed off for anyone to use and enjoy.  Either click the links or download the PDFs below:

Mumbles Hill Map  Mumbles Hill [607kb]

Morriston Park Map  Morriston Park [648kb]

Parc Llewellyn Map  Parc Llewelyn [652kb]

Kilvey Community Woodland Map  Kilvey Community Woodland [804kb]

Dunvant Brickworks Map  Dunvant Brickworks [612kb]

Bishops Wood Map  Bishops Wood [585kb]

Following on from the introduction and popularity of the existing permanent courses in Swansea, 6 more permanent orienteering courses are to follow later this year. These will be in parks across Swansea including Brynmill Park, Coedbach Park, Coed Gwilym Park, Heol Las Park, Cwmdonkin Park and Castle Woods.

Introductory events in the areas are planned on Wednesday evenings 7, 14, 21, 28 April and 5 May 2010.  Further details will be made available nearer the time on the club's website www.sboc.org.uk

Get involved

Swansea Bay Orienteering Club are always looking to attract new members to the club and would urge anyone interested to get in touch.

Contact the club by e-mailing Contact@sboc.org.uk or visit www.sboc.org.uk to find out more.