Six Fields – which was previously called Hartburn Beck – is located in East Hartburn on the south side of Stockton on Tees and is easily accessible from the A66.

Parking will be in the Stockton West End Bowls Club car park.  Please be courteous to the bowls players, who will be sharing the car park and clubhouse facilities with us.  If the car park is full, please park considerately at the side of Darlington Road.

The grid reference of the entrance to the car park is NZ 431179, the postcode is TS18 5BG and the What3words reference is ///proof.spins.milk.

Click on the link to see a map.  You can zoom in (and, optionally, switch to Satellite mode) to see the details of the final approach to the event.  You can also get directions if you specify your starting point.

Please note that there will be no orienteering signs to this event.

Enquiries and Download will be in the Bowls Club car park.

Hartburn Beck and the Six Fields Nature Reserve are mainly gently undulating former grass farmland, with hedgerows and ponds.  There is a small complex area on the site of a former brickworks, centered around Harburn Brick Pond.  To the south-west, there is an area of largely runnable woodland.  The Long and Medium courses will make a brief visit to some quiet residential streets in Hartburn Village.

Full leg cover is mandatory, due to nettles and brambles.

As the ground is very hard at present, studded shoes are not needed and are discouraged.

As always, please be considerate to other users of the area.

The course details are subject to final controlling.

The Long and Medium courses are TD4 (i.e. Light Green standard).  The Short course is TD2 (i.e. Yellow standard).

Under-16s can run any course unaccompanied.  They – and everyone else – should take particular care on the streets in the urban area.

Scale 1:5,000   2.5m contours   A4 size

Control descriptions will be printed on the map and loose copies will be available at the Start.

This event will use SPORTident electronic punching.

The control boxes will be activated to enable SIAC cards to operate in touch-free mode ..... but please note that you will need to punch the conventional way at the Start and Finish.

If you need to hire an SI-card, please order it via the Racesignup online entry system and collect it from Download before your run.  There will be a £1 hire charge.  Remember to return your hired SI-card as you download after your run, and take care of it, as there will be a £20 charge if you lose it.

A limited number of SI-cards will be available for hire on the day, but please pre-order via the online entry system if at all possible.

If you wish to participate in this event, please pre-enter via the Racesignup online entry system.

The entry deadline is midnight on Friday 6‑Jun‑2025.

There will be very limited entry on the day subject to the availability of maps ..... but please make every effort to pre-enter if you can.

There are toilets in the bowls clubhouse.  Please do not take muddy shoes into the clubhouse.

First aid at Download.

The Bowling Club bar will be open, serving hot and cold drinks and bar snacks.  Please consider using it as a 'thank you' for our use of the Bowling Club facilities (car park and toilets).

Please make sure that you download even if you do not complete your course.

A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organising team, but please remember that competitors take part at their own risk.  Orienteering is an adventure sport – your safety while orienteering is your own responsibility.

CLOK recommends that you carry a whistle at this (and every) orienteering event.

If you have a relevant medical condition, please add this to your competitor details in Racesignup.  Any information provided will be treated in strict confidence and will only be used if you need medical treatment and are unable to communicate at the time.