Swift Valley and Eden Park Informal MapRun

Informal MapRun courses using both Swift Valley Nature Reserve and Eden Park - a new-build residential area and associated open parkland.

The nature reserve is mainly grassland with a pronounced ancient ridge and furrow character and is relatively flat. A disused arm of the Oxford Canal separate the nature reserve from Eden Park which is built on a 35m slope. Between Eden Park and the footbridge into Swift Valley Nature Reserve there is an area of runnable woodland. Note that the Long course visits a small part of Brownsover estate with a timed out road crossing back to Eden Park..

Courses details: To make best use of the area the Medium and Short courses have a remote start (650m with 30m climb).
Long          6.4km / 120m / 40 controls
Medium    4.8km /  80m / 34 controls    Remote start
Short         3.6km /  35m / 25 controls     Remote start
VShort       2.3km /  20m / 16 controls (within Swift Valley only so OK for U16's)

Start times: 10:30 - 11:00

Waterproof A3 map. New LiDAR based ISSprOM map at 1:4000 with 2.5m contours. Map by Mike Hampton with significant revisions by Bruce Bryant (2021-22).

Parking: Swift Valley Nature Reserve Car park off Brownsover Lane,  CV21 1HU
OS Map Reference: SP 505 775

(Note there is no vehicle access from Brownsover Road - you must use Brownsover Lane from the A426)