London Orienteering Klubb

London Orienteering Klubb

About us

What do we do ? - as the name suggests, we are London's orienteering club - we go orienteering, host orienteering events, have social meetings, and between 6 and 20 of us meet every Thursday for a run on and around Hampstead Heath.

We have members of all ages and standards from complete beginners and those who take part only once or twice a year, up to international standard runners. New members and visitors are very welcome, so if you've just moved to London, are visiting, or just fancy trying running or orienteering, come and run with us. [And by the way, in case you're wondering about the spelling - there was already a club called LOC (Lakeland Orienteering Club) when LOK was founded, and so we use the Swedish spelling!]

News Section

Last Update on 29 July 2010

London Park Race Series	The new summer series of 9 park races on Tuesday and Thursday evenings between 20th May and 20th July - is now over - if you took part, we hope you enjoyed it - come back for more orienteering soon. Click here for the Park Race Series website. For information about upcoming orienteering, the best place to go is the British Orienteering website
Frolics 2010	The annual summer Sunday orienteering series in and around London is finished for 2010 and congratulations go to SLOW for a great win. Full details of the series including links to all individual results and series statistics can be found here
New Map	A new Permanent Orienteering Course is now available in Golders Hill Park (N.London) click here for the POC map (PDF)
Lokation	April 2010 edition of Lokation now available - click here to download (PDF)
Get Involved	If you are interested in becoming a bit more involved in Orienteering, we can help. We can arrange help and advice at events if you are a newcomer. Or perhaps you have done a few events and would like to try your hand at planning or organising ? [The planner plans the courses whereas the Organiser makes the whole event happen]. Or perhaps you are handy with IT and fancy having a go at the Sportident side of events? If you are interested or if you would just like to know a bit more about what is involved, please email Neil Brooks
In the Press	Guardian article about Orienteering - click here
Thursday Training	Thursday Training takes place starting at 6.45 (see below for more details) - "training" sounds a bit serious - mostly we just do a group run, sometimes we put on mini O events.
Join Online	Why not join LOK? - now you can do it online (links to the British Orienteering membership site - just choose LOK in the club list). Or click here for the form to join manually.
Email List	We run an email list to which we email 2-3 times per month with info about Klubb events and other orienteering matters. You can sign up for the emails even if you are not a member and unsubscribe at any time. We do not give this list to anyone else or use it for any commercial purpose. To join, please click here

Future LOK Events

Forthcoming Events
Sun 19 Sep 2010	Hampstead Heath (Local Orienteering Event) - click for flyer (PDF)

Fixtures Information

Full fixtures information can be found on the British Orienteering Federation Fixtures List here.

There is also an email service for SE events - register here: http://mailer.seoa.org.uk/

To find O events near to your postcode - try this site

Klubb orienteering events

The Klubb puts on about 6-8 events a year, on terrain ranging from London parks to the North Downs. We run an annual competition each summer known as FROLICS, which allows orienteers of all abilities to run against each other on a handicap basis. At the other end of the scale we stage Regional Events on some of the best orienteering areas in the South East, at Leith Hill and Holmbury Hill, and recently we helped at the JK 2008 on Leith Hill.

Permanent Orienteering Courses

Fancy trying orienteering by yourself? or perhaps turn a stroll with the kids into something more interesting? We have Permanent Orienteering Courses set up on Hampstead Heath Golders Hill Park and Trent Park. Just print the PDF's below (Printing Tip - ensure that your printer prints the map at 100% to ensure the scale is correct, because some printers automatically scale down to allow a margin)

Hampstead Heath & Control Descriptions

Trent Park

Golders Hill Park

COPYRIGHT NOTICE - LOK owns the copyright in these maps and grants you a licence for single use of this map for personal purposes only. If you want to use the map for a school or club event we are happy to supply maps (with pre-printed controls on waterproof paper) for a small charge. Please email mapping@londonorienteering.co.uk

Klubb training

A group of us run every Thursday evening in Hampstead. We meet at the Royal Free Hospital Recreation Club (which includes changing and shower facilities) in Fleet Road (near corner of Pond Street, London NW3 2QG) at 6.30 p.m. for a 6.45 start. [ Click here to see a map of where we meet for training ] We run for about an hour and then repair to the Stag Pub afterwards for a drink (or 3). The Stag is on Fleet Road (200m from the Recreation Club). Summer is fabulous - running on Hampstead Heath. Winter we have to stick to roads a bit more, but we still run through parts of the Heath to breathe some (moderately) fresh air!. New members are always welcome, as are visitors, so if you're visiting London, or just fancy trying running or orienteering, come and run with us...

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Klubb meetings

Klubb committee meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month (except December), at the Royal Free Hospital Recreation Club in Hampstead, Fleet Road (near corner of Pond Street, London NW3 2QG) at 8.00 p.m. [ Click for map ]. ALL MEMBERS WELCOME

Klubb Socials

A Klubb newsletter, Lokation, is published 4 times a year - link to the latest version at top of the page. Older versions available from here

Past LOK Events

(Links are given where results are available.)

Thursday 8 July 2010 – Alexandra Park (London Park Race Series)

Sunday 4 July 2010 – Addington Hills Frolic Frolics Series 2010 Page

Thursday 17 June 2010 – Hampstead Heath (London Park Race Series)

Thursday 3 June 2010 – Grovelands Park (London Park Race Series)

Thursday 20 May 2010 – Hyde Park Score Event (London Park Race Series)

Thursday 15 April 2010 – Hampstead Heath Small O

Thursday 25 Feb 2010 – Hampstead Heath Night O

Sunday 24 Jan 2010 – Leith Hill CSC Event

Boxing Day 2009 - Trent Park Score Event

Thursday 3 Dec 2009 - South Hampstead / Primrose Hill Street O

Sunday 27 Sep 2009 - Hampstead Heath District Event

Sunday 28 June 2009 - Horsenden Hill Frolic Frolic Series - Final Results Frolic Stats LOK scores

Thursday 18 June 2009 - The 3 Parks

Thursday 14 May 2009 - Hampstead Heath Small O

Thursday 23 April 2009 - Hampstead Heath Small O

Thursday 22 Jan 2009 - Hampstead - Historic Hampstead Street O

Thursday 27 Nov 2008, Street O in London's West End

Sunday 12 Oct 2008, LOK District Event Hampstead Heath

Summer 2008 small O series - May 1 June 5

Sunday 13 July 2008, Frolic - Alexandra Park Frolic Series - Final Series Results LOK scores

Thursday 17 April 2008, Score Event in Hyde Park

Sunday 24 Feb 2008, Holmbury Hill Regional Event

Thursday 21 Feb 2008, Hampstead Street O

Boxing Day 2007, Boxing Day Score Event at Trent Park

Thursday 29 Nov 2007, Street Orienteering in London’s West End Results

Sunday 30 Sept 2007, London Park-O - Alexandra Park, Queens Wood & Highgate Wood

Sunday 15 July 2007, Frolics Trent Park Frolic Series - Final Series Results

Summer 2007 small O series May 24 July 19

Sunday 20 May 2007, SE Relays

Sunday 4 Mar 2007, Holmbury Hill Regional

Boxing Day 2006, Boxing Day Score Event at Trent Park

Thursday 30 Nov 2006, Historic Hampstead Street O

Sunday 10 Sep 2006, LOK District Event Hampstead Heath (includes photos)

Sunday 16 Jul, 2006, LOK Frolic Trent Park Frolic Series - Final Series Results

Saturday 25 Feb 2006, SENiLe event at Trent Park

Boxing Day 2005, Boxing Day Score Event at Trent Park

Thursday 3 November 2005, Historic Hampstead Street O

Sunday 23 October 2005, LOK District Event Leith Hill Photos here

Sunday 24 July 2005, LOK Frolic - Hampstead Heath Frolic Series Final Rankings

Saturday 12 Feb 2005, LOK/CROC SENiLe event - Addington

Boxing Day 2004, Boxing Day Score Event at Trent Park

Sunday 12 Sept 2004, Hampstead Heath District Event Summary results Results with splits Winsplits

Sunday 4 July 2004, LOK Frolic at Trent Park Frolics Series Final Rankings

Saturday 8 May 2004, Sothern Express Final - Leith Hill (Results) Splits Winsplits

For older results click here

The LOK Committee

The current LOK committee is comprised of:

Principal Officers
Chairman	Neil Brooks
Secretary	Vacant
Treasurer	Ronan Cleary
Membership Secretary	Julie Cleary
Fixtures Secretary	Camilla Darwin
Mapping Officer	Julie Cleary
Equipment Officer	Catherine Galvin
Klubb Captain	Vacant
Other Officers
LOKATION Editor	Camilla Darwin
SEOA Representative	John Hardy
Frolics Co-ordinator	Glen Jones
Other Roles
Auditor	Sonia Gable
Klubb O Kit	Julie Cleary

Membership Information

The easiest way to join LOK is online via the British Orienteering website. Click this link and then under the clubs list select LOK.

If you prefer to join manually you can do so via our form - download print and post it Click for the 2010 Klubb membership form - (PDF opens in new window)

Further information is available from the Membership Secretary, Julie Cleary.

Klubb areas

LOK has the following mapped areas that we use to stage events (information in brackets is the BOF map registration number):

Addington Hills, Croydon (SE-98-210)

Alexandra Park, Highgate & Queens Woods (SE-07-569) - remapped 2007

Finsbury Park (SE-98-209)

Golders Hill Park (SE-09-679)

Grovelands Park ()

Hampstead Heath (SE-98-205)

Holmbury Hill (SE-05-404)

Horsenden Hill

Hyde Park - remapped 2008

Leith Hill (SE-05-404)

Trent Park, Cockfosters (SE-98-208)

Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets (SE-98-207)

We also have Street O maps of:

Hampstead - (SE-04-378)

London's West End - (SE-07-576) click here to see a sample