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Once a great venue, the area suffered
badly from the great storm, much of the
area left top naturally recover means it is
no longer ideal orienteering terrain,
however through work by the FC the land
improves from month to month
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Top quality terrain, vast areas of open
heath providing a sense of remoteness in
busy surrey. Often used for national
events and regional; represents one of
our best areas
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Located outside the boundary fence of
Ash ranges this area is well visited by the
public for MTB and dog walking. One large
hill dominates in the middle, numerous
paths and some good point and contour
features makes this an ideal club training
facility with something for all standards
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Bagshot ( & Lightwater country
Park)
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Bagshot heath presents an unusual
challenge made up of a combination of
twisting hard standing tracks used to test
off road vehicles mixed again with tracks
caused by the action of MTBs and dog
walkers. Adjunct to Lightwater country
park, used less now with a ban on
running off path in the heather
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Fantastic although underused area, rates
as one of my favourites. Very steep hill
with plateau full of depressions - Excellent
technical terrain - not for the faint hearted -
brilliantly tough at night especially!
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Pleasant small area with good hills, very
runnable, reasonable parking on wide
rides. OK for schools leagues
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RSPB and Forestry
commission
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Congo Stream (Mytchett triangle)
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Small area (part of Mytchett map), half
open (army campground, handy car-park),
half wooded. Due to large numbers of
features (mainly pits) and few paths this
is a technical area. Ideal for short
race/relay. Summer undergrowth limited.
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Currently being re-mapped.
Small, part forested, part open. Very
'pleasant' area, but not technical. Many
paths and dogs.
Ideal for short-race, OK for schools
league. All of area is part of Brentmoor
nature reserve
(Surrey wildlife trust), so permission may
be difficult.
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A grotty area full of long grass, cows, dogs
and fences. The few bits that are forested
you'll need a machete for. Ideal for cows
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Currently being re
-mapped
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Very open park land heavily used by the
public, with numerous football matches
ongoing in the winter. Low technical O
standard - good for a stretch of the legs
as a quick dash in the summer.
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Very runnable area with good contours,
many pits and depressions. Varied
forest/rough open with plenty of hard
standing providing good car-parking. Ideal
for relays. OK for district event. Limited
undergrowth in summer
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MOD, Frimley fuel
allotments and private
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Combines Frith (as above) giving a
contrasting area that is very hilly, with
numerous pits. Mainly forested and
runnable except for june-october. Great for
technical medium races.
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Forested area adjacent to Ash ranges, but
outside the range fence. Possible
summer limitations on access. Divided
into 3 areas. To the north runnable
undulating area with few features. To the
south west is woodland with
rhododendrons surrounding Henley lake.
To the South east is slow-run woodland
with ditches and no paths. There is some
dead running between north and south.
OK for schools league
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Brilliant area- very hilly producing good
route choice. Predominantly runnable with
some holly. OK for a regional event, but
car-parking may be a problem
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Merrist Wood & Cobbet Hill
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Merrist is an ancient deciduous wood,
mainly runnable with rhododendrons, and
stinging nettles in summer. Quite small
(short-race size). Good parking in college.
Cobbet is to the west, mainly open,
hard-going heather with few paths and
many large aerials. Permission is difficult
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Merrist wood college /
MOD (training area ?)
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My favourite and possible one of the best
areas in the SE - good enough to host a
World Cup relay race (in combination with
Windmill Hill). Heavily scarred by the
actions of MTBs and the military the land
is blessed with small and large contour
features across a mixture of vegetation
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MOD with some
private areas
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A mixture of buildings and numerous
caravans - ideal for sprint race . Not the
most complex of areas but good fun.
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National Shooting
Association
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Small mainly wooded area, not so good in
summer when the undergrowth is bad.
Many paths, lots of use by the public.
Large enough for short race. Good curry
house on map.
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Large enough for a district event. Mixed
open/woodland. Many paths. Few
features, those that are there are small
(and hard to find in summer when
undergrowth is high). River liable to
flooding in spring.
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Half wooded, half open, with many paths.
All areas are very runnable, and there are
a reasonable
number of features. Ideal for schools
league. If the area to the West of the A3
(mousehill) is used (there is a bridge
under the A3) the area is big enough (and
good enough) for a district event)
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National Trust
(East of A3) and
Surrey County Council
(West of A3)
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Very pleasant area, dissected by the A3
and M25 which limits planning. The area
is very runnable, a bit boggy in the
northwest. The best bit is around the
southwest with vague paths and gullies.
Reasonable parking on the area. Big
enough for a district event
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