Verulamium
Welcome to one of our Saturday series events which is also part of the club Youth League. Beginners are very welcome and there are courses for all standards.
| TERRAIN | Open parkland with some woodland and contour detail. Much of the area is the ancient monument covering the Roman town of Verulamium, although all you can see is a few fragments of walls that were left after the townsfolk had raided the site for building materials.
The paved area around the lake can be flooded if there is heavy rain the day before so clothes should be appropriate. Full leg cover is mandatory. |
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| PARKING | Westminster Lodge Pay & Display – free for 2 hours, then chargeable. The closest car parks are the western ones. If all car parks are full, use street parking opposite the entrance to the park, or shop in Sainsbury’s or one of the other stores there. Please note: Westminster Lodge is very well signed, so there won’t be any O signage on the main roads. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PUBLIC TRANSPORT | St Albans City rail station is just over a mile away. St Albans Abbey station is adjacent to the park entrance. Buses from City station and Heathrow via Watford stop nearby. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COURSES | Courses for everybody from beginners of any age to experienced orienteers.
*These are the recommended courses for people in these school years who enter the Youth League, however some will be invited to ‘run up’. You may enter any course and will automatically be entered in the club’s Saturday League unless you ask not to. |
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| BEGINNERS | First timers are very welcome. Look for our greeters in hi-vis jackets who will give you socially-distanced help. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| STARTS | You can choose a 15 minute start block between 10:00 and 11:30. Start and finish are within 200m of the event centre and car parking. Courses close 12:45 |
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| ENTRY & FEES | Entry is now open via SI Entries and will remain open until 11:15 on the day of the event, so long as maps and start slots are available.
A guide to navigating our entries system is here.
Dibber hire £1. Charge for lost dibbers £30. |
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| PUNCHING | Sportident punching will be used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS | Control descriptions will be on the map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAP | 1:7500 pre-marked maps for all courses. For map of a previous event see here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FACILITIES | Public toilets at the running track 150m from event centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOGS | Please keep dogs under control and clear up behind you | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SAFETY | Orienteering is an adventure sport. You take part at your own risk and are responsible for your own safety.
A full risk assessment will have been carried out. |
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| RESULTS | Interim results will be published direct to the club website every few minutes during the event. There will be no printed results (apart from your own splits) or WiFi available, so there is no need to hang around.
Full results will be published to the same location and to Routegadget; we aim to do so on the day of the event. |
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The small print
This event is registered with British Orienteering, number 83380.
Orienteering is a great sport for youngsters. If you bring children, please help us to keep to our safeguarding policy and British Orienteering’s photography policy.
Your personal data is used for results and insurance, see our privacy policy.
If you have to cancel for a COVID-related reason, write to entries@herts-orienteering.club and we will give a full refund. If we have to cancel the event we will offer a choice of a full refund or a voucher for use at a future HH event. That choice will be sent to the email address used for the original entry. If you do not reply by the deadline, the default is a voucher.
