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West Anglian Orienteering Club

Park-OWandlebury Country ParkSat 11 January, 2025

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Near: Cambridge
Level of event: Local
Type of event: Race

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We hope you enjoyed yourself in the very cold, but dry, weather today. We saw lots of smiling faces and were even shown some photos and videos. Hopefully we will see many of you next month at Milton Country Park.

Remember that on the Odds/Evens Score course, once you have switched from odd to even (or vice versa), you cannot switch back. Some results have been adjusted because of this, so you may have a lower score than on your printout.

Pre Event Info

Location Info

* Postcodes are not very precise in some areas, so don't rely on them for an exact location.

Park-O Series Info

Our Park-O events are an easy way for juniors and adults to try orienteering. Based in parks around Cambridge, Park-O takes place on a Saturday afternoon 1pm-3pm. We schedule our Park-Os in the gaps between our full scale Sunday orienteering events and we hope that once you have tried Park-O you will come along to all our events.

What happens at Park-O? Click here to find out...

Park-O How-to Guide

Read more about this series

Directions / Parking

Wandlebury Country Park is located on the Gog Magog Hills just south of Cambridge. The park is 2 miles south of Addenbrooke’s Hospital roundabout on A1307 between Cambridge and Haverhill.

Postcode for satnav: CB22 3AE. It is signposted off the A1307

Entry to the park is free, but car parking charges apply (£3 for any length of visit; members of CPPF and disabled drivers park free). The car parking machine only accepts coins.

There is a cycle path from Cambridge alongside the A1307 to the park. Cycling is not allowed in the park (except young children) but cycle parking is available at the car park.

Wandlebury is also well-served by Stagecoach Citiplus X13 and X13a bus service between Cambridge and Haverhill. There are stops close to the park entrance.

Course Information

Courses available

  • Short  ~ 2km Easy     (Comparable to a "Yellow" course at a regular Orienteering event)
  • Long  ~ 3km Medium difficulty (Comparable to an "Orange" course at a regular O event)    
  • Odds/Evens score course, intended for more experienced orienteers: visit as many  controls as you can within a fixed time limit.

Entry Details

For entry fees, See Park-O page.

In order to ensure an entry, you should pre-register to take part in this event, which you can do at WAOC entries at oentry.uk (until end of Thursday 13th January). You will be allocated a hire dibber, if you do not have one. No payment is required until you turn up for the event.

We also accept entries on the day!

If you haven't been before, please read the information on our Park-O page so that you know what to do - we will have officials around to help if needed. Please bring a credit or debit card for cashless payment.

Registration and Start Times

Starts will operate between 1pm and 3pm.

Please note that courses close at 3:30pm. If you wish to do the long course, you need to start by 2:30pm, unless you have sufficient experience that you will be able to finish before 3:30pm.

Toilets are available under the arch of the main building. You must pay the normal car parking charge if using the car park.

Guidance for beginners available from Registration. First Aid will be located at Download.