Nowton and Hardwick Regional Orienteering event
Sunday 16th November
Entries close 23:59 on 14th Nov
Entries close 23:59 on 14th Nov
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Regional orienteering event.
Our final event of 2025 is close to Bury St Edmunds. This is a colour coded event with a range of courses to suite all abilities.
The woodland areas of both Nowton Park and Hardwick Heath are very runnable at this time of year.
Short Green, Green, Blue and Brown courses involve crossing the urban housing estate in order to make use of both Nowton Park and Hardwick Heath. Under 16s are not permiitted to enter these courses.
Light Green, Orange, Yellow and White courses will be entirely within Nowton Park.
Contact: entries@suffoc.co.uk
White
1.5 - 2.0 km
Very easy. Suitable for junior beginners.
Within Nowton Park.
Yellow
1.5 - 2.5 km
Easy. Suitable for beginners with little map-reading experience.
Within Nowton Park.
Orange
2.5 - 3.5 km
Moderate, suitable for adult beginners.
Within Nowton Park.
Light Green
3.0 - 4.0 km
Harder. Suitable for adult beginners will some mapreading experience.
Within Nowton Park.
Short Green
3.0 - 3.5 km
Difficult. Over 16s only, as the course will use Nowton Park and Hardwick Heath and the housing estate between the two parks.
Suitable for experienced orienteers
Green
5.0 - 6.5 km
Difficult. Over 16s only, as the course will use Nowton Park and Hardwick Heath and the housing estate between the two parks.
Suitable for experienced orienteers.
Blue
6.0 - 7.5 km
Difficult. Over 16s only, as the course will use Nowton Park and Hardwick Heath and the housing estate between the two parks..
Suitable for experienced orienteers
Brown
7.5 - 10.0 km
Difficult. Over 16s only, as the course will use Nowton Park and Hardwick Heath and the housing estate between the two parks.
Suitable for experienced orienteers
The stated length of the courses are the straight line distances between controls; you can expect to run at least 30% further than the quoted distances.
If you are new to orienteering and are unsure about which course to enter, do read our beginners' guide here. If in doubt please contact the organiser at entries@suffoc.co.uk. There will also be help and guidance available at the event.
Competitors aged under 16 on the day of the event are not allowed to enter Short Green, Green, Blue or Brown courses as they will involve unsupervised road crossings.
Senior member: £10.00
Senior non-member: £12.00
Junior: £3.00
Standard Chip hire: £1.00 (replacement cost of £35 if not returned)
SIAC Chip hire: £3.00 (subject to availability) (replacement cost of £65 if not returned)
From 9th November Late entry and EOD (subject to map availability)
Senior member: £12.00
Senior non-member: £14.00
Junior: £4.00
Standard Chip hire: £1.00 (replacement cost of £35 if not returned)
SIAC Chip hire: £3.00 (subject to availability) (replacement cost of £65 if not returned)
If you are running as a group of up to 4 people including at least one adult you will be charged the senior entry fee.
Juniors running as a pair will be charged the junior entry fee.
Under 16s are only permitted to enter Light Green, Orange, Yellow and White courses.
You can opt to purchase an extra map for £1.00
The controls will be set up for contactless punching. . A limited number of SIAC chips are available for hire.
Directions
Nowton Park is located on A134 south of Bury St Edmunds. IP29 5LU
Parking charges apply: Up to 2 hours £2.00, Over 2 hours £3.00.
Click here for more information.
Map/Terrain details
Nowton Park is a large park with grassland, interesting patches of woodland and ponds. Hardwick Heath is a smaller park predominently grassland with scattered trees. The map combines Nowton Park with Hardwick Heath and includes part of a housing estate to provide some urban elements for the longer courses. The woodland in both parks is very runnable at this time of year.
Details of Nowton Park are here and details of Hardwick Heath are here
Previous map from the 2024 event here
Entry on Day
There will be limited entry on day subject to map availability.
Seniors non-members £14.00
Members £12:00
Juniors £4.00
Chip hire £1.00
Start
The start will be open from 10:30 until 12:15. Start times will not be allocated and you may have to wait for a slot before you are able to get going.
Courses will close at 14:00. Please ensure that you start at an appropriate time to ensure that you can complete your course by the published course closing time.
Facilities
Nowton Park has toilets and a cafe.
Click here for more information.
Officials
Organiser: Andrew Elliott treasurer@suffoc.co.uk
Planner: David Hodkinson
Controller: Colin West (SOS)