Mole Valley manages a network of permanent orienteering courses in parks and country parks in Surrey and South London, where you’ll find permanent wooden orienteering posts around the site. You can orienteer the course at any time during the site’s opening hours. This is a great option for trying orienteering, doing a training run, exploring a place in a new way, or for groups like schools, Scouts, Guides and so on. You can walk, jog or run. Permanent orienteering courses are ideal as an introduction to orienteering, or for training.
If you are new to permanent course orienteering, you may like to watch this YouTube video which explains it.
Maps
All our maps are available online without charge. The maps generally have a suggested course that you follow, but you can also decide which controls you visit, and do as many or as few as you like.
Our available permanent courses
| Nork Park Banstead location map |
Mixed open and woodland. 10 posts, all on or near paths. Course length 2km. Map available here, leaflet/notes here and codes sheet here. Please note the Start post is currently missing. |
| Nonsuch Park Sutton location map |
Parkland, flat open terrain with some rough open areas, ponds and old meadow. 15 posts, varying navigation. Maximum course length 5k. Map available here, leaflet/course notes here and codes here. This course is also available on the MapRun app (details here). |
| Morden Hall Park Morden location map |
Open parkland with River Wandle and National Trust facilities. 14 posts. Easy navigation. Maximum course length 1.8k. Map available here, leaflet here and codes here. |
| Beddington Park Near Wallington location map |
Historic park, mainly flat, open terrain with mature trees, formal gardens and the River Wandle. 15 posts, easy navigation. Course length 4km. Start near cafe. Resurveyed and refurbished with support from the National Lottery. Map available online here. Leaflet available here and codes here. This course is also available on the MapRun app (details here). Please note post 5 is currently missing. |
| Redhill Common Redhill location map |
Small, hilly, wooded area, enclosed by roads/fences. 16 posts, varying technical difficulty. Maximum course length 2km. Map available online here, course notes/leaflet here and codes here. Please note Post 5 is currently missing. |
| Horton Country Park Epsom location map |
New course installed 2023. Flat parkland, consisting of fields and woodland. 22 posts, all on or near paths. Four course options on individual maps, plus one map with all controls. Beginner, short intermediate, long intermediate and long course options (from 2.7km to 6.4km). Courses also available on MapRun – see here for details. Map and leaflet available online here and codes here. Please note Posts 7 and 15 are currently is missing. |
| Norbury Park Leatherhead location map |
A map of parkland and woods. 15 posts, all on or near paths. Start easily accessible from Young Street Car Park and Bocketts Farm. Map available online here, course notes/leaflet here and codes here. Please note Post 6 is currently missing. |
| Leechpool & Owlbeech Woods Horsham location map |
Course currently closed. |
| Buchan Country Park Crawley location map |
Mixed woodland and open areas. 12 posts, all on or near paths. Maximum course length 3.5km. Map available online here, course notes/leaflet here and codes here. |
| Oaks Park Sutton location map |
Town park, flat open terrain with some trees and old hedges.19 posts, easy navigation. Maximum course length 1.8km. Course updated in 2024 and map available here, course notes/leaflet here and codes here. Please note Post 16 is currently missing. |
| Ranmore Common Dorking location map |
Course currently closed. |
Questions or problems?
If you have any queries about Permanent Orienteering Courses including if you do a course and find any problems, please send an email to the Club’s Coordinator using the address pocsATmvoc.org (replace the word ‘AT’ with the symbol ‘@’).
An example of a control (by a bench, beside a fenced field) from Horton Country Park’s permanent orienteering course.