Event Details

Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Club Night Maprun at Earl Shilton
Postcode LE9 7NL
Car Park of Wood Street Community Park Kings Walk off Wood Street, Earl Shilton view in Google Maps
Grid Reference SP463978
Beginners welcome, help and advice available.
If you are new to orienteering please see our Introduction to Orienteering page.
  • Event Type - Urban

  • Start Times
  • 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
  • Course Closing Time
  • 8pm
Fees
Senior £3, Junior (20 & under) £1.50, Family £6, Unattached £5
Insurance: From 1st Jan 2026, if you’re not currently a member of British Orienteering, you won’t be covered by the organisation’s public liability insurance . You’re very welcome to take part, but please be aware that you do so at your own risk.
Electronic Punching
Si Dibbers N/A
Notes

MapRun: The control sites have no visible controls. Instead the Start, Finish and all control sites are identified by a GPS signal on your phone. The signal can be received within a few metres of the feature marked on your map. Advice and assistance will be available for anyone new to MapRun.

App: All participants need a smart phone or watch with the MapRun or MapRunG App. Download App.

Register: via the form at the bottom of this page to ensure a map. Pay at the event.

Meet: Car Park of Wood Street Community Park.
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Car Parking is Free. Open 24 hours but there is a height restriction of 2.1m.

Terrain Safety:Typical urban mainly residential but with some grassy areas. Please be aware pavements could be slippery and uneven. There are narrow alley ways so please give way to other people. Watch out for youngsters on scooters. In the grassy areas there are likely to be wet and muddy parts. All courses cross the Main Road through Shilton so please be careful when crossing roads, going round corners and give priority to pedestrians cyclists, those on scooters and dog walkers.

MapRun Planned by: Peter Chick

Start: Will be close to registration. Do not tap Go to Start until you are ready to go.

Courses Close: 8.00pm Sunset is 19-01pm. There is street lighting but you will need a torch.

MapRun folder: UK/Leicestershire /Earl shilton

Courses: Long and Medium are of similar, but not overly difficult, navigation.
Map: A4; Scale 1:7500.

Course Optimum
Length Km
Climb m Controls
Long 6.2 60 19 For fast experienced orienteers
Medium 4.45515 For slower experienced orienteers
Short 2.2 15 10 For beginners

Safety: A risk assessment has been carried out by the Organiser and all reasonable care has been taken to ensure the safety of competitors. However, participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event.

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Next MapRun: Tues 30th September in Thurnby.

Organiser - Roger Edwards
Page Updated 23-09-2025
  • Large Groups (Youth group, Scouts, Running club etc) should let the Organiser know a week in advance.

Maprun Earl Shilton

Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Maprun Earl Shilton is now closed for entries

Enter Maprun Earl Shilton

Long 6.2km Medium 4.2km Short 2.2km

Number of entries (10)
NameClubAge ClassSi Number
Long (2)
Alastair PatersonLEIM551
David CladingboelLEIM558
Medium (7)
Ursula and ChrisLEIM75007008
Roger EdwardsLEIM75007
Chris BosleyLEIM75999
David JenkinsonLEIM602061452
Kevin GallagherLEIM75000
Jeff EdwardsLEIM75333863
Zeph GrantLEIM551
Short (1)
Susan GrantLEIW552

Maprun Earl Shilton

Long 6.2km Medium 4.2km Short 2.2km

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