British Night Champs, Crich Chase
Rough and rocky slope with a steep, craggy edge. Lots of scattered trees and vague contour shapes with patches of mining detail. Parts of it could be very rough with heather and bracken, but there are quite a few paths, which will almost always be a good option. Very hard for night orienteering. A lot like Canklow. read news

JOK Chasing Sprint, Sherwood Pines
Flat, fast and brambly. Typical Sherwood Forest plantation with lots of point features that can be hard to find without really positive attack points. Some areas of earthworks with gullys and earthwalls. Brambly and heavily worked forest. Lots and lots of track running! read news

Alternative British Champs, Simonside(by Ed Nash)
A bit of each of the classic Northumberland terrain types; knee deep heather and impenetrable forest! Area roughly splits into 70% open, on two sides of a road, and 30% coniferous forest. The higher part of the open area has some steeper slopes, rocky outcrops and boulders, a bit of contour detail and deeper heather, with some marshes (nice). The lower side is a bit easier running, less heather (some grass), and less rock but maybe a bit more contour detail due to old hill forts. Probably the less said about the forest the better - suffice to say that round may be sound, although rumour has it that it may not be too bad. Overall probably not too dissimilar to somewhere like Burbage.

JK, Graythwaite
Some of the best terrain in GB which was used for World Cups back in 1998. Lots of variety from ultra fast rounded contour shapes to really steep, rocky and intricate slopes. There is a big 'mountain' covered in dark green in the middle of the map which is great for epic route choice legs. There are ways through over the top but it will be worth running a long way to avoid it. The area will extend into the North of High Dam. All the best bits of Bigland, Great Tower and Simpson Ground rolled into one. read news

0007 Middle, Forest of Dean, Parkend
A very old version of the map, courtesy of Chris Pool. Don't be surprised if it doesn't tell you too much! Apparently there is much more detail (and much more white!) on the new map of this gently sloping area. Expect typical Forest of Dean terrain - fast slope orienteering with plenty of platforms, pits and vegetation details.

British Sprint Champs, Ulpha Forest
Exclusive!! Not confirmed yet!! I've never run there - but it has been used for LOC training under the alias of Rivendel and Mirkwood...Two very detailed hills, mostly forested with a large, flat and mostly featureless area to the east (although this is soon to be felled so may not be used). It will be very tricky orienteering especially at high speed! read news

National Event, Holme Fell
Strange choice for a selection race for Denmark, but it is a good area. Mostly intricately contoured moorland (map section is contour only) there is also a small, technical area of woodland (Colwith) which hopefully will be used and a few parts with scattered trees. Several big hills make it easier to pick out the contour shapes.read news

BEOC short, Culbin
Ultra-fast terrain which hasn't been used for a race for ages. Similar to Roseisle but with pockets of more detailed contours. It is carpeted with lichen so can be slippy! You can run straight almost all the time. The contour shapes can be flat and subtle. There are a few large felled areas which are much tougher running.

BEOC long, Lossie
Everyone knows what Lossie is like. It's a game of two halves - lighning fast running over flat ridges of contour detail contrasted with walk/jog sections of control picking in the detail. The map is hard to read in the detailed areas so it's important to stay on a bearing and pick out anything that looks slightly bigger! read news