Map and terrain
Street-O competition is on local streets, main roads, parks, ginnels, semi-rural areas and footpaths. You can choose either a 60 minutes score or a 75 minutes score aimed at faster runners. There are two league tables.
MAP SCALE: The competition map for this event is 1:10000, in simplified format.
Cobbled alleys, pavements, stairways and paths, some steep, may be slippery when wet. There will be plenty of route choice options along roads, alleys, tracks and trails. Wear suitable studded footwear. WARNING: There are many country paths in and around Barnoldswick. It has been very wet lately and many of these paths a muddy and slippery. O-shoes with good cleats are recommended and running in flat soled trainers is to be discouraged, especially if they are pretty colours! Faster runners, going further will encounter more of these muddy paths.
Course information
Collect your clue/answer sheet from Download. Start: 50m from Download. Finish & Download: 75m from Download.
Each individual or team will be issued with one Dibber (if hired), one clue/answer sheet (both issued pre-Start) and one course map (issued at the Start). Example maps and clue sheets of previous events will be available to view.
Scoring: Controls are numbered 10 to 64. The first digit multiplied by 10 is the score value. Thus there are 10 x 10 points controls, 10 x 20, 10 x 30, 10 x 40, 10 x 50 and 5 x 60. The higher the score value, the greater the distance and/or difficulty. Penalties: Your course time limit is either 75 minutes or 60 minutes depending on which course you entered. Thereafter, 1 penalty point will be deducted for each 3 seconds you are late, equivalent to 20 points deducted per minute late.
Pre-existing medical conditions: What you should do.
Insurance: From 1st January 2026, participants who are not members of British Orienteering will no longer be covered by British Orienteering's public liability insurance. By entering any event from 1st January 2026, 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. British Orienteering's public liability insurance used to cover non-members at events before this date.