Event Areas
The main areas mapped for our events are listed below
The club has also produced a number of maps for public and private organisations which you can find out more about here
| Area | Notes | |
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| Christchurch Park |
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Christchurch Park is a large municipal park in the centre of Ipswich and contains a mixture of parkland with mature trees, formal gardens and an arboretum containing trees planted by each mayor of the town, a tradition dating from Victorian times. The mixture of features, plus its accessibility from the centre of Ipswich, makes it ideal for smaller fixtures such as our Simon Peck Summer Series and our Sport England-sponsored Ipswich-O events. Location: TM 165449 |
| Clare |
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Clare is a small market town in the Upper Stour Valley and lies between Haverhill and Sudbury. The town provides an interesting setting for small-scale urban events: Junior courses can be set entirely within Clare Castle Country Park and the grounds of the adjacent Augustinian Priory, while Senior courses can also explore the mediaeval town centre and the earthworks on the ancient common together with the network of modern estates.
The Clare Castle Country Park has the distinction of containing the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle - with a now-disused railway station built into the bailey! The original booking hall has been converted into the popular Platform 1 Café Location: TL 770451 |
| Culford School |
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Culford School is set in 480 acres of beautiful Suffolk parkland with an 18th century mansion at its centre. In addition to the extensive parkland, the grounds contain woodland, shrubberies, a lake and complex areas of school buildings and sports facilities.
The mapped area offers good opportunities for sprint-style courses. Location: TL 837703 |
| Eye |
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This is an urban map of a small market town, but also includes a couple of patches of well-featured woodland and a steep climb up the old castle motte.
Suitable for smaller events.
Further information about the town itself can be found here. Location: TM 145739 |
| Finborough |
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This map is in two sections, the private grounds of a school and a small patch of very "runnable" woodland, connected via paths across a golf course.
Suitable for smaller events. Location: TM 015581 |
| Foxhall Woods and Rushmere Heath |
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These are private birch and holly woodlands at the head of the Mill river, and surrounding the speedway stadium, to the east of Ipswich. There is a very intricate path network and plenty of point features. The map has been extended through part of the Bixley Farm housing estate to take in the eastern fringes of Rushmere Heath. This area mixes oak woodland with gorse/grass heathland and also includes a couple of golf fairways.
Suitable for smaller events. Location: TM 218446 |
| Gunton Denes & Dip Farm |
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The area is a stretch of beach, cliff and warren off Corton Road on the northern outskirts of Lowestoft. There are low sand dunes and cliff faces covered with scrub, bracken and gorse, together with a multitude of small paths on the clifftop, and more open areas beyond. The presence of contours plus several interesting features provides good exercise for a small event. TM 547957 |
| Hardwick and Southgate |
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This is a modest-sized park (with attached Scout campground) adjacent to the West Suffolk Hospital to the SE of Bury St Edmunds. The park contains several differing areas of grassland - parkland with specimen trees, playing fields & wildflower meadows - plus small sections of deciduous woodland. There is a small fishing lake and other easily-recognised features.The map has also been extended to include the complex urban geography of the Nowton estate & this section may also be used for suitable events.
The area is suitable for smaller introductory & training events, or, as the overall "Nowton and Hardwick" area, for events up to Regional level. Location: TL847635 |
| Haughley Park |
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An area of mixed woodland and open parkland on a private estate between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. It has a wealth of detail (including water features) and an excellent path network.
Suitable for smaller events.
Location: TL 992618 |
| Haverhill |
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The section currently in use is to the N & NW of Haverhill. It contains the usual suburban mix of quiet roads, paths, cycle tracks, sports facilities and small open spaces. The map has been derived from Open Orienteering Map. Suitable for smaller events. Location: TL 686 448 |