Park Race, Ravenscourt Park, Tuesday 10 June
The 4th race of the London 2025 Park Series will take place in Ravenscourt Park in West London on Tuesday 10 June. Join us for an evening of fast & furious orienteering around this bijou park followed by a drink or bite to eat with other runners.
Entries
Entries will open a few weeks before the event. The entry fee will be £6 for British Orienteering members, students and juniors; £8 for others. The races use both SIAC contactless and SI electronic punching; SIAC cards are available to hire for those who do not have their own for £2.
Entries, including on the day, are online only. Entries will stay open until 19:25 on the day of the event subject to map availability.
Results will be available on the SLOW website shortly after the event.
Race Centre & Getting There
This race centre is The Duchess pub, at 320 Goldhawk Rd, London W6 0XF. about 500m north of Stamford Brook (not Ravenscourt Park) station on the District Line. There’s the usual opportunity to meet and chat with other runners about orienteering. Bags can be left while you run (at your own risk).
| Location | Ravenscourt Park |
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| Address | The Duchess, W6 0XF |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.4986, -0.2439 |
| OS grid reference | TQ219792 |
| Maps | Google Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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Race Details
Courses will be in Ravenscourt Park and possibly a couple of the surrounding streets. As the park is on the smaller side for a park race, expect lots of controls, lots of direction changes and a double-sided map for the Long course. What it lacks in size, the park makes up in diversity, with playing fields, playgrounds, small gardens and a number of gates to negotiate.
Start Times: 18:15 – 19:30
Courses close 20:30 – you must return to the pub by this time, even if you have not completed the course.
Two courses are offered:
- Long: approximately 4km (straight line)
- Short: approximately 2.5km (straight line)
The start and finish are just over a 5 minute walk from the pub. Take care crossing roads en route.
Notes
This is just a park race, a chance to run with a map in a beautiful place and meet other orienteers before and after. Please make your safety and being considerate to others your priority. Take special care in the urban areas. And please do not cross “uncrossable” map features or areas, such as walls, fences, gates that are mapped as closed, flower beds and out-of-bounds..
On most evenings the parks are enjoyed by many people, so expect cyclists, other runners, dog walkers, picnicers and pedestrians. Please give way to them or run around!
All competitors take part at their own risk.
Helping on the night & contact
This event can’t happen without volunteer effort on the night. If you can lend a hand on the start, or with collecting controls, it is greatly appreciated – please get in touch with the organiser on 
Organiser/Planner: Jonathan Ka Wang So