Brooklands Park

Report

Thank you all for coming to sunny Brooklands, which I hope you’ll agree has a lot to offer as a Park-O venue. Even at 1:4000 scale there’s a lot happening on the map, with a plethora of benches, paths, thickets, individual trees, watercourses, and even windmills! Plus some interesting humps and bumps on the southern part from its former incarnation as a golf course. On the Sprint course I aimed to stretch your legs on the first half with some long legs and route choice (I think north or south round the lake were pretty similar time wise), and to stretch your minds on the second half with a series of short legs in and out of the detailed bits. Possibly some minds were stretched to breaking point judging by a few missed controls and mispunches in this section!

I’d like to thank Chris Hooker for course reviewing and map updates, Karen Ashworth for her input from a safety perspective, the amazing SI team (Joe, Les, Jane and Samantha), and the endlessly energetic control collectors (Peter, Euan, Garry and Darren). We were packed up with all controls collected by 12.20, which might be a record (not that I’m competitive or anything!)

If you have a moment, please upload your route to Routegadget – always nice to see the choices people make!

Alan Velecky

RouteGadget

Is a web app for sharing and comparing orienteering routes. You can draw your own route or upload a GPS track from your watch. It also allows you to watch an animated replay with a simulated mass start.

Pre event info

Junior warm up session 10:15 to 10:30

We will be running a junior warm up session from 10:15 to 10:30. Juniors are anyone under 20. Do come and join us. It's a chance to warm up the muscles and have a bit of fun, before your run. Find us by the coaching flag & junior squad banner.

Park O Series Info

Park-Os are friendly club events, usually in parks or school grounds, where children and newcomers are very welcome. These are fun events where you can get a feeling for the sport – you can walk or run, go as a group or on your own or challenge your navigation at high speed against some of our top competitive orienteers. Yellow and Orange courses are suitable for children to walk or run on their own with a bit of practice. Adults are welcome to shadow children until they are confident to go on their own. Sprint courses are run or walked by any age group.

The Park-O series takes place in the early summer and early Autumn and is 8 events this year. Medals are awarded for the best placed in a variety of age categories.

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Location Info

Nearest town: Lancing

Postcode: BN15 8RR *
Lat,Lng: 50.82080,-0.33773
Grid Ref:
Google Map
Streetmap (OS 50k)
Bing Map (OS 50k)
OpenStreetMap

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

Directions / Parking

Free parking 100m away in Commerce Way BN15 8TA and adjoining roads (Marlborough Road, Peter Road), or in the park itself (pay and display - see below and photos for further details).

Prices:
Up to 30 minutes - £0.90
Up to 1 hour - £1.40
Up to 2 hours - £2.00
Up to 3 hours - £2.70
All day £3.30 (8am to 6pm)

MiPermit cashless parking code: 702217

Public Transport

Worthing or Lancing Railway stations are both an easy 25-minute walk away. Check Google Maps for buses. These are frequent, especially along the seafront

Course Information

Sprint: 2.8k, 19 controls (double-sided map)
Orange: 1.6k, 15 controls
Yellow: 1.1k, 15 controls

Entry Details

Entry via Racesignup.co.uk. Newcomers are welcome and eligible for a free trial session - if you'd like to reserve a map or discuss the event please email our membership secretary.

Entry fees: Sprint £5.00, Orange £2.50, Yellow £2.50 (SO Juniors free - use code SOjuniors)

SI card hire: Seniors £1 (£2 for SIAC), Juniors 50p (£1 for SIAC)

Registration open

From 9:45 to 10:45

Start Times

From 10:00 to 11:00 Courses close at 12:00

Map Details

Scale 1:4,000, 2.5m contours, updated to June 2025

Terrain Description

Intricate and varied mix of ornamental gardens, open, rough open and copse, including a rewilded golf course. Many small paths and some intricate contour detail. The area presents a significant navigational challenge for runners to stay in touch with the map at speed.

There are water features in the area including a large lake and a marshy stream which are uncrossable and unsafe to enter.

The Sprint and Orange courses cross a minor road twice (immediately after the start on the Orange and on 3-4, and on 6-7 and 8-9 on the Sprint). It’s not busy but may have some slow moving cars. Please ensure juniors on these courses are aware of this fact and of the need to take care.

The main parking area is marked out of bounds on the map, but Sprint competitors will pass close by (exactly where will depend on the route chosen). Please be aware of moving cars as you pass by the parking area, particularly if you choose to cross the entrance to the park from the main road.

Dog restrictions

Well behaved dogs allowed on courses, please keep under control, and pick up after them

Facilities

Excellent new cafe, toilets, play park, picnic tables, ice creams.
Assembly is adjacent to the car park, start is 100m north of assembly, route will be taped.

Contacts / Officials

Planner: Alan Velecky

Organiser:

Controller / Event Adviser:

Parko 3 Brooklands Park Sat 14 June, 2025

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