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Posted On 27 Feb 2016
By Dave McCann
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Course Status
Last checked October 2023. Everything OK.
nb. Post T was lost when the tennis court fence was replaced, and has become a plaque 15m to the NE low down at the end of the fence.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:4000. Last updated October 2023.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is a telegraph post by a fence corner. It is a 300m walk in from the car park, and a further 100m to the suggested base for Stars and Loops.

Debdale Park car park, walk in to the Start/Finish, and suggested base for Stars/Loops (SL)

Start/Finish plaque on telegraph pole

How to get a map
Debdale Park waterproof print£1.50
Debdale Park waterproof print quantity
Debdale Park PDF£1.50
Debdale Park PDF quantity
Or buy any map from Get a Map

Park Facilities
K Car Park d Toilets z Playground

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Debdale Reservoir

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Owl and maggot

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Dog Bomb at S!

Directions
Turn North into Wall Way at the junction of Hyde Road (A57) and Reddish Lane (B6167)
OS Grid Reference: SJ 894 959 Postcode: M18 7LJ
Public transport options

Other useful information
Manchester City Council web site for Debdale Park
Manchester City Council web site for Debdale Outdoor Centre
Wikipedia entry for Debdale Park
Friends of Debdale Park
Wheels for All

Course Maintenance
Maintained by GMOA
Postwatchers, please click here to submit your report.

Manchester

Page last updated by John Britton on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 pm30 15:04 PM

Big skies over the park in summer.

Debdale is a small urban park suitable for all ages of beginner orienteering, being mostly grass with groups of trees, gardens and a path network. The park borders the Debdale reservoirs with the Debdale Outdoor Centre on the waterfront.

Reviewer comments: A fun park for walks around the grassy areas and woodland by the lake. The children's playground has been completely upgraded and the nature area adjacent is great to explore.

Courses available (see Course Colours)
W
White is the easiest level of course, suitable for young beginners. Controls are fairly close together, and usually at path junctions, or junctions of paths and streams or walls; distance is typically 1-1.5km; the best route should be obvious, along paths, and require very few decisions.

O
Orange courses are of medium difficulty and distance, suitable for adult beginners - controls may be 50m from paths, and reading map detail such as contours may be necessary; distance is typically 2-3.5km; you may have several choices of route - some of which may be across terrain rather than along paths.

Ch
Wheelchair courses are typically White courses where the path surfaces are suitable for wheelchairs; controls are visible from the paths; lengths are typically 1-1.5km.

SL
Star and Loop courses are where the group leader chooses a central base, and sends the students out to collect a single control, or pair of controls, and then return to base. They are particularly suitable for very young beginners.

S
Score courses are where you visit as many controls as you can, in any order you choose, usually within some kind of time limit - or see who can visit all the controls in the shortest time.

For Stars and Loops exercises, the suggested base is Control Q, which is pretty much the middle of the park.

The Wheelchair/White course (1.3km, 11 controls) does a loop around central paths.

The Orange course (1.4km, 10 controls) goes wider round the perimeter.

Course Status
Last checked October 2023. Everything OK.
nb. Post T was lost when the tennis court fence was replaced, and has become a plaque 15m to the NE low down at the end of the fence.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:4000. Last updated October 2023.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is a telegraph post by a fence corner. It is a 300m walk in from the car park, and a further 100m to the suggested base for Stars and Loops.
Debdale Park car park, walk in to the Start/Finish, and suggested base for Stars/Loops (SL)

Start/Finish plaque on telegraph pole

How to get a map
Debdale Park waterproof print£1.50
Debdale Park waterproof print quantity
Debdale Park PDF£1.50
Debdale Park PDF quantity
Or buy any map from Get a Map

Park Facilities
K Car Park d Toilets z Playground

debdale-resw

Debdale Reservoir

owlmaggotw

Owl and maggot

s-debw

Dog Bomb at S!

Directions
Turn North into Wall Way at the junction of Hyde Road (A57) and Reddish Lane (B6167)
OS Grid Reference: SJ 894 959 Postcode: M18 7LJ
Public transport options

Other useful information
Manchester City Council web site for Debdale Park
Manchester City Council web site for Debdale Outdoor Centre
Wikipedia entry for Debdale Park
Friends of Debdale Park
Wheels for All

Course Maintenance
Maintained by GMOA
Postwatchers, please click here to submit your report.

About us

GMOA is a volunteer organisation which creates and looks after Permanent Orienteering Courses in and around Greater Manchester. Its members come from the two active Orienteering Clubs which cover the area - MDOC (South Manchester) and SELOC (North Manchester).

Address

Email: enquiries@gmoa.org.uk
Phone: 0161 426 0301
Post: GMOA,
28 Turncliff Cres,
Marple,
Stockport,
SK6 6JP

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