No need to wait for an event that fits your schedule! This innovative new take on orienteering uses your smartphone as both map and compass and allows you to enjoy any of our courses whenever you choose.

Checkpoint Challenges

About Checkpoint Challenges

Are you a fan of hiking or taking long walks in the park but like to keep your mind engaged as well?

Embark on a one-of-a-kind outdoor adventure with Checkpoint Challenges where you will forge your own trail between checkpoints while honing your map reading skills!

Contemporary Orienteering...

Just like in classic orienteering, each course comprises a sequence of points on a map that must be visited sequentially. Participants determine their own routes between these checkpoints and eventually return to the Start. However, rather than using a full-size paper map, your smartphone will show only the current map segment with a built-in compass, progress tracking, and hints to help you stay on track.

Enjoy whenever you want at your own pace...

There is no need to wait for a club meet as our courses are available whenever you are. Enjoyed as either a competitive sport, with rankings for each leg of the course, or a recreational activity, this enriching outdoor pursuit is prefect for any active person or group of adventurers.

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What are people saying about Checkpoint Challenges?

Customer Reviews

Why did it take so long for this to be invented. Well done and thank you!

Ava

Went with my teenage kids and they were really intrigued and want to do this again. Novel way to enjoy the fresh air!

Bella

Always looking for something unusual to do with my girlfriend and this way a hit with both of us!

Noah

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Checkpoint Challenges Highlights

No reservations
Competition
Outdoors
Contest
Running
Race
Flat rate price
Active
Enriching
Checkpoints
Challenging
Physical
GPS
Compass Reading
Anytime
Team building
Individuals or groups

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

Orienteering Event

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

Orienteering Club

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

Map And Compass Reading

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

Orienteering Meet

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