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Posted On 29 Feb 2016
By Dave McCann
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Course Status
Last checked October 2018. Everything OK.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:6000. Last updated 2015.

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
Waterproof print£1.50
Quantity:
PDF file£1.50
Quantity:
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 Picnic areas

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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. At end of bend, turn R on to Bruntwood Lane (narrow) and follow to car park.
A560 is accessible from M60 (J3 clockwise), M60 (J4 anti-clockwise) and M56 (J1 eastbound)
OS Grid Reference: SJ 860 870 Nearest Post Code: SK8 1HX

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

Course Maintenance
Maintained by Stockport MBC.

Stockport

Page last updated by Dave McCann on Sunday, January 13, 2019 pm31 12:19 PM

Leisure Orienteering at Bruntwood.

Bruntwood Park is a medium size area of rough fields, woods, streams and park facilities, suitable for beginner orienteering. Review comments: December 2016 Bruntwood Park, alongside its permanent orienteering course, is well used by children and their families, due to the very wide range of activities on site. The Conservatory Cafe is a favourite with many, serving hot food, sandwiches 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 run by the park. Bruntwood Hall is currently being redeveloped as Oddfellows Cheadle (opening in Summer 2017 as a boutique hotel, restaurant and spa).

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 October 2018. Everything OK.

Orienteering map details
A4 Landscape, Scale 1:6000. Last updated 2015.

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
Waterproof print£1.50
Quantity:
PDF file£1.50
Quantity:
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 Picnic areas

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. At end of bend, turn R on to Bruntwood Lane (narrow) and follow to car park. A560 is accessible from M60 (J3 clockwise), M60 (J4 anti-clockwise) and M56 (J1 eastbound)
OS Grid Reference: SJ 860 870 Nearest Post Code: SK8 1HX

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

Course Maintenance
Maintained by Stockport MBC.

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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