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Posted On 26 Feb 2016
By Dave McCann
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Course Status
Last checked August 2023. Everything OK.
nb. January 2022 – the map has had a significant update.
Controls G, N, X, W may become overgrown in Summer.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:2500. Last updated June 2022.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is the SouthEast corner of the area, on the North side of Moor Lane:

Map detail showing Start/Finish and Moor Lane

Kersal Moor Start/Finish post, and Moor Lane

How to get a map
Kersal Moor waterproof print£1.25
Kersal Moor waterproof print quantity
Kersal Moor PDF£1.25
Kersal Moor PDF quantity
Or buy any map from Get a Map

Park Facilities
None

Directions
From M62 Jn 17 go south on A56 for 1.8 miles to traffic lights at cross roads. Turn west onto Moor Lane and park on the road soon after the church. This road is the south boundary of the map.
OS Grid Reference: SD 820 021 Postcode: M7 3PZ
Public transport options

Other useful information
Contact: email rangers@salford.gov.uk or tel. 0161 793 4219
Salford City Council web site for Kersal Moor
Wikipedia entry for Kersal Moor

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

Salford

Page last updated by John Britton on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 pm30 15:14 PM

Photo: John Britton 2016

Kersal Moor is a hidden gem - a small, sloping area of rough grass, heathery heathland and woods, with an extensive path network, suitable for beginner orienteers of all ages.

There is no car park - parking is along Moor Lane, which is the Southern boundary of the map. A plaque says the park used to be the Manchester Racecourse.

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.

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.

The suggested base for Stars and Loops exercises is Control TT - which is a 200m walk from the Start/Finish.

The White (1km, 12 controls), Yellow (1.1km, 8 controls) and Short Orange courses (1.6km, 13 controls) cover increasing amounts of the area.

Course Status
Last checked August 2023. Everything OK.
nb. January 2022 - the map has had a significant update.
Controls G, N, X, W may become overgrown in Summer.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:2500. Last updated June 2022.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is the SouthEast corner of the area, on the North side of Moor Lane:
Map detail showing Start/Finish and Moor Lane

Kersal Moor Start/Finish post, and Moor Lane

How to get a map
Kersal Moor waterproof print£1.25
Kersal Moor waterproof print quantity
Kersal Moor PDF£1.25
Kersal Moor PDF quantity
Or buy any map from Get a Map

Park Facilities
None

Directions
From M62 Jn 17 go south on A56 for 1.8 miles to traffic lights at cross roads. Turn west onto Moor Lane and park on the road soon after the church. This road is the south boundary of the map.
OS Grid Reference: SD 820 021 Postcode: M7 3PZ
Public transport options

Other useful information
Contact: email rangers@salford.gov.uk or tel. 0161 793 4219
Salford City Council web site for Kersal Moor
Wikipedia entry for Kersal Moor

Course Maintenance
Maintained by GMOA, supported by Salford CC.
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).

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