SOG A5 Slindon Wood Sat 21 November, 2026

Directions / Parking

Nearest train stations are Arundel or Barnham, both 4 miles away.

Nearest bus stop Fontwell Village, Compass Bus Number 84 and 85 running between Worthing and Chichester, then a 20 min walk via the A27 underpass

Public Transport

To all competitors – you MUST approach the event via the A27 Eastbound.  Turn off between the Fontwell and Slindon roundabouts onto Dukes Road. Turn right after 400m onto Slindon Bottom Road.  The parking is approximately 700m along on the left.  Please park as directed.  When leaving the event, you MUST turn left out of the parking area onto Slindon Bottom Road and travel up to Top Road where you must again turn left as Top Road towards Slindon Village is closed.  Please drive slowly as you leave as you will pass through the road crossing for competitors walking to and from the start and finish.

Please note – Slindon Bottom Road is a single file road.  This event will be attended by local Cub and Scout groups and many of them will be dropped off within the parking area.  Please approach slowly and be directed by the parking officials

Course Information

Yellow – 1.8km (Climb 25m)

Orange – 2.6km (Climb 30m)

Short Green – 3.1km (Climb 45m)

Green – 4.1km (Climb 65m)

Blue – 5.8km (Climb 75m)

Entry Details

Pre-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.

BOF member fees: Seniors £6.50, Juniors £3.25, SO Juniors free (use code SOjuniors).
Non member fees: Seniors £7.50, Juniors £3.25.

If shadowing a junior or going as a family group with one map and one dibber, just enter one junior.

'Dibber' hire:
Electronic punching (SI) chips are available to hire. SIAC (contactless): £2 (juniors £1), non-SIAC (not contactless) £1 (juniors £0.5)

Registration open

9:45 to 10:45

Start Times

10:00 to 11:00. Courses close at 12:30.

Map Details

Printed on A4 waterproof paper. The Blue course will use a double-sided map. Scale is 1:7500, 5m contours

Terrain Description

Part of the 3,500-acre Slindon Estate owned by the National Trust. In the Middle Ages, Slindon Woods belonged to the Archbishops of Canterbury and was a favoured Deer Park. During the 19th-Century the area become renowned for its magnificent, dense beech woods. However, during the World Wars, the forest was heavily farmed for war efforts and it suffered catastrophic devastation during the Great Storm of 1987 which toppled virtually all the ancient, shallow-rooted beech trees overnight.
Today, you will enjoy running through the fast open beech woods and along the well establish path network. It is fairly flat with just one slope passing through the middle of the woods. There are some areas of undergrowth but these have been largely avoided. There are lots of interesting earth features

Dog restrictions

Dogs allowed.

Facilities

There will be a food stall run by the local Cub and Scout groups for their fundraising.

Contacts / Officials

Planner: Jennie and Christopher Warner

Organiser:

Controller / Event Adviser:

Important Event Information

Safety and Risk: A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. Information about how to keep yourself and your children safe at an event can be found here.

Whistles:Carrying a whistle is strongly recommended at all our events and may be made compulsory by the organiser depending on identified risks and conditions.

SIACs: Note that in contactless mode no record of a SIAC "punch" is held in the control box. By using contactless punching, competitors are accepting the resulting risk that we may take longer to find them if they are lost or injured.

Covid Prevention: Please adhere to the British Orienteering Code of Conduct and take care to allow others to maintain social distance if they wish.

Ticks: Please be aware that ticks are common across many of the areas we run in and can carry infections such as Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Encephalitis. This is why the rules of orienteering say that you MUST wear full leg and abdomen cover in the forest. Full arm cover is also recommended. Please check for ticks after running and seek medical advice if you develop flu like symptoms or a spreading circular rash after being bitten. There is an excellent government leaflet here.

Insurance: All of our events are registered with British Orienteering and are covered by their public liability insurance; individuals are advised to consider their own private accident insurance.

Participants who are not members of British Orienteering are not covered by British Orienteering’s public liability insurance. By entering this event, you acknowledge that you are taking part at your own risk. For example, if you were to accidentally injure a member of the public or damage property during the event, you would not be covered. Look into joining here.

Please note that the insurance only covers those registered as being part of the event so if you are taking part as a group, or are accompanying / shadowing a child please make sure you register the names of everyone taking part as you sign up.

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