Start location for BKO NewburySE ▼

Start location for BKO NewburySE

The start and finish are the path junction on the northern side of Greenham park.
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Nearest postcode: RG14 7HS
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BKO NewburySE

Berkshire Orienteering (BKO) welcomes you to our BKO NewburySE MapRun event. There are 2 courses available.

Details

Safety: The area is bisected north-south by the A339 dual carriageway. The road should only be crossed by underpasses or light controlled crossings. These are marked as crossings on the map. There are other major roads including A343 Andover Road and these should be crossed with caution.

Parking

Car – Parking 2h for free in Sainsburys or Halfords car park. These may be ANPR controlled with penalties for overstaying.
Catherine street has a mix of metered spaces and free spaces for 2h. (Check carefully).

Cycle – Secure Bike racks on the north side of the station.
Rail – Newbury station is less than 5 minutes walk from the start

Course: BKO NewburySE

75 minute score

This is a Score course which means you should get as many controls as you can within 75 minutes.

There are 30 controls in total. You do not need to get them all and you can visit them in any order.

Controls score different numbers of points:
  • Controls numbered 10 to 19 score 10 points
  • Controls numbered 20 to 29 score 20 points
  • Controls numbered 30 to 39 score 30 points
For each minute or part-minute you are late back, you will lose 20 points. The highest number of points wins. The time you take is used as tie-break.

Course no longer available

MapRunLink: BKO NewburySE PXAS Long ScoreW75
UK > Berkshire > Maprun series 2022

Course: BKO NewburySE

45 minute score

This is a Score course which means you should get as many controls as you can within 45 minutes.

There are 21 controls in total. You do not need to get them all and you can visit them in any order.

Controls score different numbers of points:
  • Controls numbered 10 to 19 score 10 points
  • Controls numbered 20 to 29 score 20 points
  • Controls numbered 30 to 36 score 30 points
For each minute or part-minute you are late back, you will lose 20 points. The highest number of points wins. The time you take is used as tie-break.

Course no longer available

MapRunLink: BKO NewburySE PXAS Medium ScoreW45
UK > Berkshire > Maprun series 2022