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Daisy Nook Country Park

Posted On 4 Feb 2016
By John Britton
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Course Status
Last checked March 2019. Everything OK.
nb. J is a plaque on the fence next to the path junction.
Late 2017 … new plaques installed at S1 and S2.

Orienteering map details
A4 landscape, Scale 1:6000. Last updated 2019.

Start/Finish
The Start is at the North end of the car parks.
Map detail showing way in, car park, cafe and Start

Start/finish point is now on the leg of the noticeboard just leaving the carpark.

How to get a map

From some Oldham Countryside Centres Site Visitor Centre – Tel: 0161 308 3909
Brownhill Countryside Centre – Tel: 0145 787 2598
Saddleworth Museum Shop – Tel: 0145 787 0336
or from the Cafe/Visitor Centre
Or buy any map from Get a Map
Or order any map by post by downloading the Map order form

Park Facilities
K Car Park d Toilets Cafe

Directions
From Ashton-u-Lyne bypass (A635) take A627 north towards Oldham for approx 1 mile to Newmarket Road (traffic lights). Turn L (west) and follow Newmarket Road for 3/4 mile to junction at sharp L bend. Turn R at bend. Entrance to car park and visitor centre is on R after 50 metres.
OS Grid Reference: SD 920 005. Postcode: M35 9WJ

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Beech roots on the steep hillside

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On the way to the Crime Lake

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Swans, early Spring

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

Oldham

Page last updated by John Britton on Saturday, July 20, 2019 15:48 PM

Daisy Nook aqueduct: tranquil in summer.

Daisy Nook is an area of meadows and woods including a river, canal and disused railway, suitable for beginner orienteering. Review comments January 2017: Enjoy using this POC, one of the more varied and interesting parks/areas in Greater Manchester. There is further information about the industrial heritage of the area (canals and mining) at the Park Bridge Visitor Centre, just a short walk along the valley (now managed by Tameside Countryside Service). Maps are available from the cafe and from the newly refurbished Tourist Information Centre in Uppermill. And for all those bird lovers, step quietly when visiting control post D- there is sometimes a tawny owl in residence in the owl box above your head!

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.

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.

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.

The Start is adjacent to the car park.

Courses available are Path/Wheelchair (1.8km, 6 controls), Yellow1 (1.5km, 8 controls), Yellow2 (2km, 7 controls), and Orange (4km, 17 controls.

The Path/Wheelchair course begins from a car park at the NW corner of the map, runs alongside the canal, and ends at a road in the NE corner, so you'll need to double the distance to make a round trip and possibly add another 1.5km if you want to visit the Cafe as well.

Yellow1 covers the West of the map, Yellow2 covers the East, and Orange covers all of it.

Course Status
Last checked March 2019. Everything OK.
nb. J is a plaque on the fence next to the path junction.
Late 2017 ... new plaques installed at S1 and S2.

Orienteering map details
A4 landscape, Scale 1:6000. Last updated 2019.

Start/Finish
The Start is at the North end of the car parks.
Map detail showing way in, car park, cafe and Start

Start/finish point is now on the leg of the noticeboard just leaving the carpark.

How to get a map
From some Oldham Countryside Centres Site Visitor Centre – Tel: 0161 308 3909 Brownhill Countryside Centre – Tel: 0145 787 2598 Saddleworth Museum Shop – Tel: 0145 787 0336 or from the Cafe/Visitor Centre
Or buy any map from Get a Map
Or order any map by post by downloading the Map order form

Park Facilities
K Car Park d Toilets Cafe

Directions
From Ashton-u-Lyne bypass (A635) take A627 north towards Oldham for approx 1 mile to Newmarket Road (traffic lights). Turn L (west) and follow Newmarket Road for 3/4 mile to junction at sharp L bend. Turn R at bend. Entrance to car park and visitor centre is on R after 50 metres.
OS Grid Reference: SD 920 005. Postcode: M35 9WJ

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Beech roots on the steep hillside

dn-bb

On the way to the Crime Lake

more-swans-dn

Swans, early Spring

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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