Shrewsbury Urban (WMUL), Sunday 25 August 2024

Shrewsbury is one of England’s finest medieval market towns and has 660 listed buildings. It was the birthplace of Charles Darwin.

Assembly: in the Quarry Swimming and Fitness centre, Priory Road, Shrewsbury. Please do not attempt to park here: see below for parking options

Car Parking: There is only a tiny car park at the swimming pool: please do not park here. Within the river loop there are several public car parks just a few minutes’ walk from the event centre, the nearest being:

• St Austin’s Street (£1.00/hour)
• Bridge Street (£1.00/hour)
• St Julian’s Friars (£0.60/hour)

Free on- or off-road car parking can be found outside the river loop – if approaching from the east or south, Abbey Foregate car park is easily reached and about 15 minutes’ walk from the Quarry; from the west, the Frankwell car park is convenient and about a 10 minute walk. On-street, Woodfield Road for instance has no restrictions on a Sunday – from here head down Pengwern Road and cross the river via Port Hill bridge.

Starts: from 10:30 to 12:00. Courses close at 2pm. If there is a large entry starts will be extended until 12:30 (at present we are not expecting to need to do this; please don’t rely on it in your travel plans!).

Courses: Juniors under 16 can only run courses 6 or 7 unless accompanied by an adult. You can choose to run any course; the below are guidelines – note that you must run the course for your age group if you wish to be competitive in the West Midlands Urban League.

Course	Distance (km)*	Climb (m)	Controls	League age groups
1	7.3	140	27	Men Open 18-35
2	6.0	110	22	Men Vets 40+, Women Open 18-35
3	5.3	100	21	Men Super Vets 55+, Women Vets 40+
4	4.3	40	20	Men Ultra Vets M65+, Women Super Vets 55+
5	3.2	70	15	Men Hyper Vets 75+, Women Ultra Vets 65+  Women Hyper Vets 75+
6	2.6	25	11	Junior Men, Junior Women 16-
7	1.2	10	9	Young Junior Men and Women 12-

Facilities:  the Quarry Swimming and Fitness Centre has a cafe serving hot and cold drinks, pizza, sandwiches, cakes and snacks. 

Toilets: available at the swimming centre and in the park. The 33m pool will be open if anyone wants an after-run swim. 

Punching: Sportident electronic punching will be used. Controls will be SIAC enabled but you will need to punch both the start and the finish controls. Dibbers (non-SIAC) available to hire at £1 for Seniors, free for Juniors. Lost dibbers will be charged at £40.

Safety: competitors take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety. Please take care crossing roads, and take corners wide to avoid collisions, especially when entering and leaving the alleyways.  Please remember to download after your run, or you will be deemed as missing and a search will take place for you.  Shorts are permitted. 

Dogs: are welcome, but no dogs on courses except assistance dogs. Please pick up after your dog. 

Organiser:  Diane Jacks  dijacks68@gmail.com
Planner:  Clive Richardson
Controller:  Kerstin Mitchell 

Event flyer as PDF to view or download

Medical information

If you wish any medical information to be available to a practitioner in the event of an emergency, please fill in the British Orienteering medical information form, place it in a sealed envelope with your name on it, and deposit it at Enquiries. It will not be opened unless we have reason to believe you may have suffered a medical emergency and will be shredded after the event if you don’t collect it.