Spring Social - Bedworth (MWP)

An opportunity to meet up for an informal run - with a choice of MapRun courses - followed by a location for food, drink and chance for a chat...

Start/Finish/Parking: Miners Welfare Park (North car park), off Rye Piece Ringway, Bedworth CV12 8JT

Car parking is free for up to 3 hours with a ticket from the machine. This car park may get full...

Ample overflow parking is available just off Rye Piece Ringway in Spitalfields (1) car park at £1.50 for up to 3 hours or alternatively behind the Leisure centre off Coventry Road CV12 8NN (free for up to 3 hours with a ticket from the machine).

Courses: Long, Medium, Short and Easy.

Long and Medium courses have a loop of controls in the town centre in addition to those within the Miners Welfare Park. Any under 16 Juniors on the Long or Medium courses will need to be accompanied by an adult. These courses have a high density of controls which will necessitate full concentration if running at speed. The Short course is a "cut-off" of the Medium course that stays within the park.

Long:          6.6km/60m/52 controls. 2-pt. map. (Optimum distance: 7.2km)
Medium:   4.0km/40m/33 controls. (Optimum distance: 4.6km) The Medium course is easily "walkable" in about 1 hour...
Short:        2.0km/25m/21 controls. All within the park and suitable for juniors or anyone wanting a shorter run..
Easy:          1.7km/10m/16 controls. All within the park and suitable for beginners and juniors.

Map: A full ISSprOM sprint orienteering map at 1:4000 with 2m contours, updated May 2023.

Reserve a map: A small supply of waterproof maps are available at a cost of £2. To reserve a map please email brucebryant(at)btinternet.com with your choice of course.

Pdf maps will be sent to all members (via an OD email) for home printing.

Afterwards: At the Mayors Cafe: in the park about 150m from the car park and very close to the start (the photo below is taken from the start triangle). The cafe has both indoor and outdoor seating & offers takeaway if you just want to sit in the park (on a nice day). The Meal of the Day (£6.50 waged, £5.50 un-waged) is usually posted on facebook here: Plenty of other options including a Soup of the Day, Toasties and a good selection of homemade cakes.

Planner - Bruce Bryant