Orienteering, map reading & navigation courses
Plas y Brenin
based: Conwy, Wales, UK
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The National Mountain Sports Centre at Plas y Brenin offer a number of orienteering courses for coaches and teachers as well as offering bespoke orienteering as one to one coaching or as a group course.
| navigation/orienteering | Wales |
Wild Running
based: Devon, UK
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Wild Running are specialists in trail running and swim/run events in the UK and Europe, offering adventurous, off piste camps and events in beautiful locations and navigation training courses and NNAS qualifications for runners wishing to improve their self-reliance for mountain and wild trail running.
| navigation/orienteering | running/athletics | UK | Europe |
Breathing Space Outdoors
based: Scotland, UK
Nordic walking breaks in Scotland; also map reading courses for women.
| power/nordic walking | women | navigation/orienteering | Scotland |
Dragon Mountain Skills
based: Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Friendly, professional instruction in mountaineering, climbing and adventure activities in North Wales.
| climbing/scrambling | winter skills | navigation/orienteering | Wales |
Peak Navigation Courses
based: Peak District, UK
Wide range courses including specialist map reading courses for mature walkers, moorland and night navigation and making the most of a GPS.
| navigation/orienteering | England |
Her on a Hill
based: South Yorkshire, UK
Women's walking company aiming is to get more women outdoors to enjoy the countryside, providing relaxed, enjoyable walking holidays, navigation courses and outdoor creative workshops.
| walk/trek/hike | navigation/orienteering | women | UK | Worldwide |
The Map Reading Co
based: Lancashire, UK
Map reading and navigation courses across England; 2-day/weekend map reading courses offering an enjoyable, informative time in the countryside, an ideal introduction to navigation. No experience required, those with some experience will also benefit.
| navigation/orienteering | England |
The definitions ...
This Travel-Quest section concentrates on holidays, courses and short breaks offering instruction in the skills of map-reading, navigation and orienteering. Courses that deal with the use of maps, compass work and the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices.
The section is within our walking, hiking and trekking category, so 'navigation' is restricted to land based, and in particular, mountain navigation. It also covers winter navigation so will include courses that deal with map-reading in the ice and snow conditions encountered by ski mountaineers, winter climbers and winter walkers. For water-based, river, lake and ocean navigation courses see our water activity sections, here.
Courses will often set users up to create from scratch their own walking holidays or mountain trekking trips, wherever they might want to go in the world. However there are also many, many pre-prepared self-guided walking and hiking trips on offer, these will generally provide maps and routes, but good map-reading and navigation skills are generally also required – we have a great selection of this sort of trip here.
Orienteering holidays
This section also covers orienteering holidays and courses. Orienteering is a specialist map-reading and navigation sport or activity, where the aim is for participants to navigate between several control points marked on a dedicated orienteering map. It can be enjoyed as a fun recreational activity for all ages, or as a competitive sport. Orienteering can take place anywhere, be it remote moorland and forest, a city park or even urban streets. Many places have permanent orienteering courses set up to be used at any time.
CATEGORY DEFINITION FOR TOUR OPERATORS WISHING TO BE LISTED:
The travel-quest map reading and navigation category is for listing vacations, holidays and courses that involve navigation. Please read the definition in the article further up the page for more information.
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