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Posted On 29 Feb 2016
By Dave McCann
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Course Status
Last checked April 2019. Everything OK. But …
in summer … the undergrowth is can cause problems, with Posts L, Q and LT disappearing into the vegetation, and access to M, and to a lesser extent F, being hampered by the vegetation.
Controls T, HL, TT, VN may also be overgrown later in the Summer.

Orienteering map details
Full orienteering map: A4 Landscape, Scale 1:5000. Last updated 2018.
Starter map (black and white): A4 Portrait, Scale 1:2500. Last updated 2010. Obtainable on request.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is a path end, at the North end of the car park.
Map detail showing the car park, visitor centre and Start/Finish

Reddish Vale Start/Finish plaque

How to get a map

From the cafe, when it is open – Sat 12-4, other days 10-4.
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 M60(J27) follow A626 N (Manchester) to roundabout at top of hill. Follow B6167 (Halfords on L) for 1 mile to traffic lights. Turn R on to Reddish Vale Road (200m S of Reddish South Station). Follow for 1/2 mile to park (road becomes very narrow).
OS Grid Reference: SJ 904 934 Postcode: SK5 7HE

Gallery

Autumn colours at Reddish Vale orienteering course

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

Stockport

Page last updated by John Britton on Saturday, July 20, 2019 pm31 17:06 PM

Reddish Vale viaduct & mill pond by Mr Stephen Permission=CC_BY_SA_2.5

Reddish Vale is a medium size area, suitable for beginner orienteering, comprising rough meadows around a couple of lakes and a very twisty river, plus some wooded valley slopes. Reviewer comments: November 2016 - Take the time to visit the lakes to see the bird life and make use of the cafe/visitor centre - the variety of birds on the lakes is impressive, all sorts of ducks and geese, swans and a quite tame heron were spotted while passing through.

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.

R
Red, or Long Orange, is the same intermediate standard as Orange, but is longer - typically 3.5-6km.

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 is no White course. However, in 2010, a simplified, black-and-white map was created to offer a short loop (0.9km, 5 controls) SouthWest of the Visitor Centre, which could be used as a Starter experience.

The Short Yellow course (1.1km, 8 controls) goes round one of the lakes and a nearby field.

The Yellow2 course (2.5km, 11 controls) goes NorthEast for a loop round the meadows North of the river.

The Yellow1 course (2.1km, 10 controls) goes SouthEast, climbs the slope and returns through the woods; the Orange course (3.4km, 13 controls) covers more of the SouthEast of the map; the Red course (4.2km, 15 controls) begins with a few controls to the SouthWest, then heads out SouthEast.

Course Status
Last checked April 2019. Everything OK. But ...
in summer ... the undergrowth is can cause problems, with Posts L, Q and LT disappearing into the vegetation, and access to M, and to a lesser extent F, being hampered by the vegetation.
Controls T, HL, TT, VN may also be overgrown later in the Summer.

Orienteering map details
Full orienteering map: A4 Landscape, Scale 1:5000. Last updated 2018.
Starter map (black and white): A4 Portrait, Scale 1:2500. Last updated 2010. Obtainable on request.

Start/Finish
The Start/Finish is a path end, at the North end of the car park.
Map detail showing the car park, visitor centre and Start/Finish

Reddish Vale Start/Finish plaque

How to get a map
From the cafe, when it is open - Sat 12-4, other days 10-4.
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 M60(J27) follow A626 N (Manchester) to roundabout at top of hill. Follow B6167 (Halfords on L) for 1 mile to traffic lights. Turn R on to Reddish Vale Road (200m S of Reddish South Station). Follow for 1/2 mile to park (road becomes very narrow).
OS Grid Reference: SJ 904 934 Postcode: SK5 7HE

Gallery

Autumn colours at Reddish Vale orienteering course

Course Maintenance
Maintained by Stockport MBC.
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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