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Bruntwood Park

Posted On 29 Feb 2016
By Dave McCann
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Course Status
Last checked August 2023. Everything OK.
NB. there are several areas of new tree planting which are now mapped.
NB. post T has been replaced a few metres from its old site, at the nearby path junction.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:6000. Last updated December 2022.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish post is inside a fence bend at the West end of the central car park.

Map detail showing the Start/Finish and the central parking areas

Start/Finish post

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

Park Facilities
K Car Park d Toilets Cafe X Picnic areas zPlayground
The Park carpark is Pay and Display

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Toadstools, marching into woodland

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Catch a dragonfly!

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Spring magnolias

Directions
Follow A560 to junction with A5149 (Wilmslow Road) at Cheadle. Follow A5149 S for 3/4 mile to long LH bend. On the bend turn right onto Schools Hill. Park entrance is on the left at traffic lights.
Or access Schools Hill from the A34 (Kingsway) Cheadle Royal roundabout.
OS Grid Reference: SJ 860 870 Nearest Post Code: SK8 1HX
Public transport options

Other useful information
Solutions SK: 07800 617666
Stockport Council web site for Bruntwood Park
Cheadle Civic Society
DayOutWithTheKids
NetMums

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

Stockport

Page last updated by John Britton on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 pm30 15:18 PM

Leisure Orienteering at Bruntwood.

Bruntwood Park is a medium size area of rough fields, woods, streams and park facilities, suitable for beginner orienteering.

The Park is well used by children and their families, due to the very wide range of activities on site. The Cafe is a favourite with many, serving hot food, snacks and ice cream. The park itself has woodland, open grassland and two streams to explore, plus extensive playgrounds. There is also the Bruntwood BMX club on site, the Bruntwood Archers, and pitch and putt in the summer.

Courses available (see Course Colours)
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.

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 not enough paths to support the requirements for White courses, so courses start at Yellow.

The Yellow1 course (1.5km, 7 controls) goes clockwise round the NW of the map; the Yellow2 course (1.5km, 6 controls) goes clockwise round the SW of the map; the Yellow3 course (2.2km, 9 controls) goes anti-clockwise round the whole of the West.

The Orange1 course (2.7km, 11 controls) goes clockwise round the East side and then up the West side; the Orange2 (2.5km, 11 controls) starts going anti-clockwise round the East, then criss-crosses the NW of the map.

Course Status
Last checked August 2023. Everything OK.
NB. there are several areas of new tree planting which are now mapped.
NB. post T has been replaced a few metres from its old site, at the nearby path junction.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:6000. Last updated December 2022.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish post is inside a fence bend at the West end of the central car park.
Map detail showing the Start/Finish and the central parking areas

Start/Finish post

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

Park Facilities
K Car Park d Toilets Cafe X Picnic areas zPlayground
The Park carpark is Pay and Display

toadstools-br

Toadstools, marching into woodland

catch-a-dragonfly-w

Catch a dragonfly!

magnolias-br-w

Spring magnolias

Directions
Follow A560 to junction with A5149 (Wilmslow Road) at Cheadle. Follow A5149 S for 3/4 mile to long LH bend. On the bend turn right onto Schools Hill. Park entrance is on the left at traffic lights.
Or access Schools Hill from the A34 (Kingsway) Cheadle Royal roundabout.
OS Grid Reference: SJ 860 870 Nearest Post Code: SK8 1HX
Public transport options

Other useful information
Solutions SK: 07800 617666
Stockport Council web site for Bruntwood Park
Cheadle Civic Society
DayOutWithTheKids
NetMums

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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