Lakeland Orienteering Club

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About Us

Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) has members living in the area from Barrow and Millom in the West to Kirkby Stephen in the East, and from Shap in the North to Carnforth in the South.

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Go Orienteering

There are many ways to enjoy the sport of orienteering.

  • Competitive events from small local ones to large (2000 people+) national/international ones.
  • Virtual (smartphone/watch) courses, where the controls are virtual.
  • Permanent Orienteering Courses with markers on the ground.

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Anytime Orienteering

New Oct 2024 Permanent Orienteering Courses and Maprun at Fell Foot NT
 

Full details about Fell Foot here

Maprun Challenge 2023
 

Maprun Challenge 2024

The Maprun LOC courses are normal orienteering courses except that there are no physical markings on the ground identifying the location of the control sites. Instead, you use the Maprun app on your phone. It will ‘beep’ at each control site.

Permanent Orienteering courses will also have physical markers on the ground.

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Orienteering Links

The following list of useful links covers clubs, associations and other aspects of orienteering.

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Juniors and Saturday Series page

Saturday Series introduction

Saturday Series information and rules

Junior League Table

Schools League Table

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Coaching

Coaching in orienteering is no different to any other sport, where people are asked to question their technique. Specifically in orienteering to question their ideas about how they navigate.
There is no single correct way to orienteer.

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