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Philips Park (Manchester)

Posted On 2 Mar 2016
By John Britton
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Course Status
Last checked September 2023. Everything OK.
nb. post J is now a plaque on the fence, post K has moved slightly downhill to stand next to the stump, and post N has moved 40m or so to stand under a sign board, hopefully safe from mowers.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:3000. Last updated February 2022.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is just inside the park – about 50m from the SouthWest park entrance.

Map detail showing parking outside the park, the SouthWest entrance and the Start/Finish post

Philips Park M/cr Start/Finish post (left of road)

How to get a map
Philips Park, Manchester waterproof print£1.75
Philips Park, Manchester waterproof print quantity
Philips Park, Manchester PDF£1.75
Philips Park, Manchester PDF quantity
Or buy any map from Get a Map

Park Facilities
z Playground

Directions
Leave the Alan Turing Way (A6010) at its junction with Gibbon St. At the roundabout after 200m, turn left past the National Cycling Centre. After 200m, turn left into Stuart St, and park at the end outside the park gates.
OS Grid Reference: SJ 870989 Nearest Postcode: M11 4DQ
Public transport options

Other useful information
Manchester City Council web site for Philips Park
Wikipedia entry for Philips Park Clayton
SportCity Venues – Philips Park
Medlock Valley web site
Parks and Gardens web site

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 15:07 PM

Photo: John Britton

Philips Park, Manchester is a small urban park with a lake, gardens and open areas, suitable for beginner orienteers of all ages. A nice feature is the "Peace Garden" with its Nelson Mandela memorial.

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.

Y
Yellow is slightly longer and harder than White. Controls may be further apart, and are placed at junctions or obvious features; distance is typically 1-2.5km; the best route should be relatively obvious, but not necessarily 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.

There are 17 controls on the map, and two suggested courses - Short White (1.1km, 6 controls) which does a loop around the main park facilities (bowling green and lake), and Yellow (2.7km, 11 controls) which does a full tour of the park, both from a start in the SW corner by the main entrance.

Stars and Loops exercises could be based down by the lake - between G and I, say.

Course Status
Last checked September 2023. Everything OK.
nb. post J is now a plaque on the fence, post K has moved slightly downhill to stand next to the stump, and post N has moved 40m or so to stand under a sign board, hopefully safe from mowers.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:3000. Last updated February 2022.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is just inside the park - about 50m from the SouthWest park entrance.
Map detail showing parking outside the park, the SouthWest entrance and the Start/Finish post

Philips Park M/cr Start/Finish post (left of road)

How to get a map
Philips Park, Manchester waterproof print£1.75
Philips Park, Manchester waterproof print quantity
Philips Park, Manchester PDF£1.75
Philips Park, Manchester PDF quantity
Or buy any map from Get a Map

Park Facilities
z Playground

Directions
Leave the Alan Turing Way (A6010) at its junction with Gibbon St. At the roundabout after 200m, turn left past the National Cycling Centre. After 200m, turn left into Stuart St, and park at the end outside the park gates.
OS Grid Reference: SJ 870989 Nearest Postcode: M11 4DQ
Public transport options

Other useful information
Manchester City Council web site for Philips Park
Wikipedia entry for Philips Park Clayton
SportCity Venues - Philips Park
Medlock Valley web site
Parks and Gardens web site

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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