Looking for a local club? No need with Checkpoint Challenges! This innovative new take on orienteering uses your smartphone as both map and compass and allows you to enjoy any of our courses at your own convenience.

Checkpoint Challenges

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About Checkpoint Challenges

Do you enjoy hiking or long walks in the park but also want to keep your mind stimulated?

Checkpoint Challenges will take you off the beaten path for an outdoor adventure like no other. Choose your own route between the marked points while perfecting your map reading skills.

A new version of Orienteering......

Like traditional orienteering, each course consists of a sequence of points marked on a map that must be visited in sequence. Participants choose their own route between the checkpoints, eventually returning back to the Start location. However, instead of a full-size paper map, your smartphone will only show you the current map segment with an intergated compass along with details on your progess and hints to prevent you getting lost.

Select your own time and pace...

No need to wait for club meetings as our courses are available whenever you're ready. Engage in competitive action with rankings for each leg or enjoy as a recreational activity. This enriching outdoor pursuit is perfect for any active person or adventurous group.

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Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.

James

Great idea! Can't wait to see more locations added.

James

I can't believe this isn't more popular! Such a rewarding experience.

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Checkpoints
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GPS
Running
Outdoors
Competition
Contest
Individuals or groups
Race
Anytime
Enriching
Active
Physical
Team building
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Scientists find unusual outdoor activity can help stave off dementia. Researchers studied orienteering, an outdoor sport that exercises mind and body and can also train the brain, helping fight cognitive decline. Now scientists say that the sport - which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory - could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia.

The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dementia-orienteering-outdoor-activity-b2266250.html

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Royal Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Garden East Gate, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Navigation Sport

Tollcross Navigation Sport Broughton Navigation Sport Newhaven Navigation Sport Cramond Navigation Sport Greenside Navigation Sport Drylaw Navigation Sport Roseburn Navigation Sport Morningside Navigation Sport Colinton Mains Navigation Sport Grange Park Navigation Sport Wardie Navigation Sport Inverleith Navigation Sport Cramond Bridge Navigation Sport Merchiston Navigation Sport Hamilton Wynd Navigation Sport North Leith Navigation Sport Marchmont Navigation Sport Seafield Navigation Sport Calton Navigation Sport Trinity Navigation Sport Nether Liberton Navigation Sport Silverknowes Navigation Sport Duddingston Navigation Sport Stenhouse Navigation Sport Lochend Navigation Sport Prestonfield Navigation Sport Warriston Navigation Sport Bruntsfield Navigation Sport Bughtlin Navigation Sport Saughton Navigation Sport Slateford Navigation Sport Canongate Navigation Sport Restalrig Navigation Sport Parkhead Navigation Sport Pilrig Navigation Sport Churchhill Navigation Sport Barnton Navigation Sport Comely Bank Navigation Sport South Side Navigation Sport Oxgangs Navigation Sport Grassmarket Navigation Sport Old Town Navigation Sport Greenbank Navigation Sport Newington Navigation Sport Dean Navigation Sport Willowbrae Navigation Sport The Gyle Navigation Sport Dumbiedykes Navigation Sport Northfield Navigation Sport Abbeyhill Navigation Sport Craigleith Navigation Sport Davidsons Mains Navigation Sport Longstone Navigation Sport Meadowbank Navigation Sport Blackhall Navigation Sport Bonnington Navigation Sport Queen Street Navigation Sport York Place Navigation Sport Edinburgh Navigation Sport East Pilton Navigation Sport Coates Navigation Sport Corstorphine Navigation Sport Thornville Terrace Navigation Sport Blackford Navigation Sport Saughtonhall Navigation Sport Stockbridge Navigation Sport Muirhouse Navigation Sport Broomhouse Navigation Sport Sunnybank Navigation Sport Leith Navigation Sport St Leonard's Navigation Sport Fountainbridge Navigation Sport West Mains Navigation Sport Portobello Navigation Sport Hillside Navigation Sport Niddrie Navigation Sport Orchard Brae Navigation Sport Roxburgh's Court Navigation Sport Granton Navigation Sport Clermiston Navigation Sport The Inch Navigation Sport West Pilton Navigation Sport South Leith Navigation Sport Carrick Knowe Navigation Sport Drumbrae Navigation Sport Canonmills Navigation Sport Craiglockhart Navigation Sport Gorgie Navigation Sport The Grange Navigation Sport Piershill Navigation Sport Craigentinny Navigation Sport Craigmillar Navigation Sport Murrayfield Navigation Sport Sciennes Navigation Sport The Braids Navigation Sport Liberton Navigation Sport Ravelston Navigation Sport Dalry Navigation Sport West End Navigation Sport New Town Navigation Sport

Orienteering Event

St Leonard's Orienteering Event Bughtlin Orienteering Event Nether Liberton Orienteering Event Greenside Orienteering Event West End Orienteering Event Canonmills Orienteering Event Wardie Orienteering Event Hamilton Wynd Orienteering Event Drylaw Orienteering Event York Place Orienteering Event New Town Orienteering Event Hillside Orienteering Event Blackford Orienteering Event Bonnington Orienteering Event Queen Street Orienteering Event Prestonfield Orienteering Event Liberton Orienteering Event Barnton Orienteering Event Parkhead Orienteering Event Ravelston Orienteering Event Calton Orienteering Event Seafield Orienteering Event Corstorphine Orienteering Event Oxgangs Orienteering Event Portobello Orienteering Event Gorgie Orienteering Event Lochend Orienteering Event Edinburgh Orienteering Event Broughton Orienteering Event East Pilton Orienteering Event Meadowbank Orienteering Event Broomhouse Orienteering Event Saughton Orienteering Event Cramond Bridge Orienteering Event Churchhill Orienteering Event Greenbank Orienteering Event Granton Orienteering Event West Mains Orienteering Event Bruntsfield Orienteering Event Restalrig Orienteering Event The Braids Orienteering Event Newington Orienteering Event Leith Orienteering Event South Leith Orienteering Event The Grange Orienteering Event Colinton Mains Orienteering Event Coates Orienteering Event Duddingston Orienteering Event Grange Park Orienteering Event Old Town Orienteering Event Saughtonhall Orienteering Event Fountainbridge Orienteering Event Dean Orienteering Event Willowbrae Orienteering Event Carrick Knowe Orienteering Event Drumbrae Orienteering Event Cramond Orienteering Event Inverleith Orienteering Event Abbeyhill Orienteering Event Comely Bank Orienteering Event Craigleith Orienteering Event Sunnybank Orienteering Event Northfield Orienteering Event Clermiston Orienteering Event Stenhouse Orienteering Event Roseburn Orienteering Event Sciennes Orienteering Event Merchiston Orienteering Event Blackhall Orienteering Event The Gyle Orienteering Event Trinity Orienteering Event Craigentinny Orienteering Event Niddrie Orienteering Event Dalry Orienteering Event Grassmarket Orienteering Event Silverknowes Orienteering Event Orchard Brae Orienteering Event Craigmillar Orienteering Event The Inch Orienteering Event Marchmont Orienteering Event Tollcross Orienteering Event Longstone Orienteering Event Piershill Orienteering Event West Pilton Orienteering Event Muirhouse Orienteering Event Stockbridge Orienteering Event Newhaven Orienteering Event South Side Orienteering Event Pilrig Orienteering Event Craiglockhart Orienteering Event Roxburgh's Court Orienteering Event Davidsons Mains Orienteering Event Dumbiedykes Orienteering Event Thornville Terrace Orienteering Event Canongate Orienteering Event North Leith Orienteering Event Slateford Orienteering Event Warriston Orienteering Event Murrayfield Orienteering Event Morningside Orienteering Event

Orienteering Meet

Abbeyhill Orienteering Meet The Braids Orienteering Meet Canonmills Orienteering Meet Pilrig Orienteering Meet Granton Orienteering Meet Nether Liberton Orienteering Meet Newhaven Orienteering Meet Restalrig Orienteering Meet Davidsons Mains Orienteering Meet Oxgangs Orienteering Meet Gorgie Orienteering Meet The Inch Orienteering Meet Blackhall Orienteering Meet Grange Park Orienteering Meet Dumbiedykes Orienteering Meet Clermiston Orienteering Meet Murrayfield Orienteering Meet Greenside Orienteering Meet Bughtlin Orienteering Meet Trinity Orienteering Meet Old Town Orienteering Meet Saughtonhall Orienteering Meet South Leith Orienteering Meet Barnton Orienteering Meet Newington Orienteering Meet Comely Bank Orienteering Meet Thornville Terrace Orienteering Meet Cramond Orienteering Meet Ravelston Orienteering Meet Blackford Orienteering Meet Longstone Orienteering Meet Roseburn Orienteering Meet Lochend Orienteering Meet Bonnington Orienteering Meet South Side Orienteering Meet Morningside Orienteering Meet Hillside Orienteering Meet Drylaw Orienteering Meet Roxburgh's Court Orienteering Meet The Grange Orienteering Meet Duddingston Orienteering Meet Queen Street Orienteering Meet Dalry Orienteering Meet Fountainbridge Orienteering Meet Seafield Orienteering Meet Grassmarket Orienteering Meet Parkhead Orienteering Meet Cramond Bridge Orienteering Meet Carrick Knowe Orienteering Meet The Gyle Orienteering Meet Liberton Orienteering Meet Muirhouse Orienteering Meet Tollcross Orienteering Meet Stockbridge Orienteering Meet Calton Orienteering Meet Prestonfield Orienteering Meet Silverknowes Orienteering Meet Drumbrae Orienteering Meet Meadowbank Orienteering Meet Marchmont Orienteering Meet West Mains Orienteering Meet Portobello Orienteering Meet Warriston Orienteering Meet Craigmillar Orienteering Meet Wardie Orienteering Meet West End Orienteering Meet Churchhill Orienteering Meet Dean Orienteering Meet Broughton Orienteering Meet Craigentinny Orienteering Meet Bruntsfield Orienteering Meet Canongate Orienteering Meet Northfield Orienteering Meet Leith Orienteering Meet Coates Orienteering Meet Craigleith Orienteering Meet West Pilton Orienteering Meet Hamilton Wynd Orienteering Meet East Pilton Orienteering Meet Saughton Orienteering Meet York Place Orienteering Meet Piershill Orienteering Meet Willowbrae Orienteering Meet Orchard Brae Orienteering Meet St Leonard's Orienteering Meet Greenbank Orienteering Meet Sciennes Orienteering Meet Craiglockhart Orienteering Meet North Leith Orienteering Meet New Town Orienteering Meet Slateford Orienteering Meet Colinton Mains Orienteering Meet Edinburgh Orienteering Meet Niddrie Orienteering Meet Inverleith Orienteering Meet Broomhouse Orienteering Meet Stenhouse Orienteering Meet Merchiston Orienteering Meet Corstorphine Orienteering Meet Sunnybank Orienteering Meet

Map And Compass Reading

Sunnybank Map And Compass Reading South Leith Map And Compass Reading Cramond Map And Compass Reading Hillside Map And Compass Reading Canongate Map And Compass Reading Bughtlin Map And Compass Reading Barnton Map And Compass Reading Bruntsfield Map And Compass Reading The Braids Map And Compass Reading Calton Map And Compass Reading Roxburgh's Court Map And Compass Reading Murrayfield Map And Compass Reading Seafield Map And Compass Reading Hamilton Wynd Map And Compass Reading Drumbrae Map And Compass Reading South Side Map And Compass Reading New Town Map And Compass Reading Gorgie Map And Compass Reading Merchiston Map And Compass Reading Liberton Map And Compass Reading Northfield Map And Compass Reading The Grange Map And Compass Reading West Pilton Map And Compass Reading Saughtonhall Map And Compass Reading Silverknowes Map And Compass Reading Newhaven Map And Compass Reading Drylaw Map And Compass Reading Niddrie Map And Compass Reading Morningside Map And Compass Reading Saughton Map And Compass Reading Oxgangs Map And Compass Reading Grange Park Map And Compass Reading Leith Map And Compass Reading Stockbridge Map And Compass Reading Greenbank Map And Compass Reading West Mains Map And Compass Reading Blackford Map And Compass Reading Duddingston Map And Compass Reading Piershill Map And Compass Reading Grassmarket Map And Compass Reading Craigleith Map And Compass Reading Tollcross Map And Compass Reading The Inch Map And Compass Reading Slateford Map And Compass Reading Queen Street Map And Compass Reading Ravelston Map And Compass Reading East Pilton Map And Compass Reading Churchhill Map And Compass Reading Trinity Map And Compass Reading Dumbiedykes Map And Compass Reading Old Town Map And Compass Reading Clermiston Map And Compass Reading Muirhouse Map And Compass Reading Thornville Terrace Map And Compass Reading Dalry Map And Compass Reading Restalrig Map And Compass Reading Craigmillar Map And Compass Reading Carrick Knowe Map And Compass Reading Parkhead Map And Compass Reading Warriston Map And Compass Reading Broomhouse Map And Compass Reading Roseburn Map And Compass Reading Orchard Brae Map And Compass Reading Nether Liberton Map And Compass Reading Wardie Map And Compass Reading Willowbrae Map And Compass Reading Prestonfield Map And Compass Reading Granton Map And Compass Reading Broughton Map And Compass Reading Stenhouse Map And Compass Reading Craiglockhart Map And Compass Reading Abbeyhill Map And Compass Reading St Leonard's Map And Compass Reading Edinburgh Map And Compass Reading Blackhall Map And Compass Reading Meadowbank Map And Compass Reading Greenside Map And Compass Reading The Gyle Map And Compass Reading Marchmont Map And Compass Reading Davidsons Mains Map And Compass Reading Comely Bank Map And Compass Reading Coates Map And Compass Reading Fountainbridge Map And Compass Reading Craigentinny Map And Compass Reading Bonnington Map And Compass Reading York Place Map And Compass Reading Longstone Map And Compass Reading Lochend Map And Compass Reading Dean Map And Compass Reading Inverleith Map And Compass Reading Pilrig Map And Compass Reading Colinton Mains Map And Compass Reading Cramond Bridge Map And Compass Reading Canonmills Map And Compass Reading Newington Map And Compass Reading North Leith Map And Compass Reading West End Map And Compass Reading Sciennes Map And Compass Reading Portobello Map And Compass Reading Corstorphine Map And Compass Reading

Orienteering Club

Roseburn Orienteering Club Grange Park Orienteering Club Broomhouse Orienteering Club Drumbrae Orienteering Club The Inch Orienteering Club West Mains Orienteering Club Old Town Orienteering Club York Place Orienteering Club Seafield Orienteering Club Liberton Orienteering Club Piershill Orienteering Club Morningside Orienteering Club South Side Orienteering Club Thornville Terrace Orienteering Club Warriston Orienteering Club Calton Orienteering Club Parkhead Orienteering Club Marchmont Orienteering Club Coates Orienteering Club Clermiston Orienteering Club Craigmillar Orienteering Club Churchhill Orienteering Club Oxgangs Orienteering Club Ravelston Orienteering Club Meadowbank Orienteering Club The Braids Orienteering Club Slateford Orienteering Club Wardie Orienteering Club Tollcross Orienteering Club Orchard Brae Orienteering Club Queen Street Orienteering Club South Leith Orienteering Club Inverleith Orienteering Club Broughton Orienteering Club St Leonard's Orienteering Club Sunnybank Orienteering Club West Pilton Orienteering Club West End Orienteering Club Craigentinny Orienteering Club Saughtonhall Orienteering Club Muirhouse Orienteering Club Greenside Orienteering Club Newhaven Orienteering Club Nether Liberton Orienteering Club Roxburgh's Court Orienteering Club Gorgie Orienteering Club East Pilton Orienteering Club Granton Orienteering Club Barnton Orienteering Club Willowbrae Orienteering Club Abbeyhill Orienteering Club Davidsons Mains Orienteering Club Saughton Orienteering Club Sciennes Orienteering Club Niddrie Orienteering Club Carrick Knowe Orienteering Club The Gyle Orienteering Club Bruntsfield Orienteering Club Portobello Orienteering Club Craiglockhart Orienteering Club Canonmills Orienteering Club Cramond Bridge Orienteering Club Duddingston Orienteering Club Corstorphine Orienteering Club Comely Bank Orienteering Club Silverknowes Orienteering Club Longstone Orienteering Club Cramond Orienteering Club Drylaw Orienteering Club Greenbank Orienteering Club Pilrig Orienteering Club Craigleith Orienteering Club Edinburgh Orienteering Club New Town Orienteering Club Lochend Orienteering Club North Leith Orienteering Club Merchiston Orienteering Club Grassmarket Orienteering Club Northfield Orienteering Club Canongate Orienteering Club Blackhall Orienteering Club Colinton Mains Orienteering Club Trinity Orienteering Club Bonnington Orienteering Club Blackford Orienteering Club Leith Orienteering Club Hillside Orienteering Club Murrayfield Orienteering Club Stenhouse Orienteering Club Dumbiedykes Orienteering Club Dean Orienteering Club Dalry Orienteering Club Stockbridge Orienteering Club The Grange Orienteering Club Prestonfield Orienteering Club Hamilton Wynd Orienteering Club Newington Orienteering Club Restalrig Orienteering Club Bughtlin Orienteering Club Fountainbridge Orienteering Club