Wessex Orienteering Club
WESSEX O.C. is a friendly and active Dorset orienteering club, with members from Dorset and Wiltshire, with orienteering taking place in the New Forest, Isle of Purbeck, Cranborne Chase, Weymouth/Portland & Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch conurbation. Our members have a range of abilities from local orienteers to national/international orienteers. Find out more about orienteering at NEW TO SPORT, and do join us at: JOIN WESSEX O.C.
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS:
🏃🏻 Dorset Delight: 10th November: Holmsley Inclosure & Bisterne Close (New Forest)
🏃🏻 Wessex Night league events: 23rd November @ Studland Dunes (delayed a week for when ferry is working); 14th December @ “Yule” Poole; 11th January @ Coldharbour (Wareham Forest); 17th February @ Bournemouth Town & Chines (brand new map)
🏃🏻 Local events: 11th January @ Coldharbour (Wareham Forest); 25th January @ Blackwater (New Forest)
🏃🏻 Wessex South West League event: 2nd February @ Affpuddle & Sares Wood (new map, not been used > 15 years)
🏃🏻 3rd Purbeck Weekend: 4-5th October 2025 @ Studland & Swanage/Durlston
🏃🏻 All other orienteering events across the UK can be accessed on this map or on the BOF event list
🏃🏻 View the latest photos of WSX members in our WSX gallery
🏃🏻 Check out the latest videos on the WSX YouTube channel. Watch the latest from Studland:
Access our Safeguarding statement on the tab above
Find out about our next EVENT and our latest WSX CHAT
Try one of our PERMANENT ORIENTEERING COURSES or MAPRUNS
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport suitable for all ages and fitness levels.
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport that exercises mind and body. The aim is to navigate between checkpoints or controls marked on a special orienteering map. You make your own route through the terrain so the skill comes from trying to navigate the best way to go. In competitive orienteering, the challenge is to complete the course in the quickest time. Orienteering takes place on mountains, woodland, heathland, sand dunes and on urban streets. It is the ultimate multi-terrain sport and takes you places off the beaten track, and there are also orienteering courses (and Mapruns) in many urban areas.
