Useful links

Governing bodies and Associations

• IOF - International Orienteering Federation
• BO - British Orienteering
• SO - Scottish Orienteering
• OE - Orienteering England
• NEOA - North East Orienteering Association
• BSOA - British Schools Orienteering Association
• BMBO - British Mountain Bike Orienteering

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Local clubs / organisations

• NN blog - Northern Navigators 'blog' page
• BAOC - British Army Orienteering Club
• BL - Border Liners Orienteering Club
• CLOK - Cleveland Orienteering Klub
• NATO - Newcastle & Tyneside Orienteers
• DUOC - Durham University Orienteering Club
• UNOC - University of Newcastle Orienteering Club
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• DFR - Durham Fell Runners
• FOCW - Friends of Chopwell Wood
• NACF - Northumbria Army Cadet Force (2 DIV)
• NNP - Northumberland National Park
• NNPMRT - Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
• TOF - The Orienteering Foundation (Charity - grants and donations)

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Utilities

• OCAD - Map drawing and course planning utility
• OOM - OpenOrienteering-Mapper (similar to OCAD), but freeware
• OOMap - OpenOrienteeringMap, the easy Street-O map creation tool
• Condes - Course planning utility
• Purple Pen - Course setting utility (free)
• Win Splits - Electronic punching results utility
• Route Gadget - Web utility for drawing and comparing orienteering routes

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Orienteering services

• OS - The Ordnance Survey
• Streetmap UK - Detailed street maps of mainland Britain
• Bing maps - Detailed street map and arial views of mainland Britain
• Google maps - Detailed street map and arial views of mainland Britain
• A to B - The AA Route Planner
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• CompassSport - The official magazine of the British Orienteering Federation
• CompassPoint - Orienteering and outdoor equipment
• All4o - Orienteering equipment
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• SI - SportIdent electronic punching and timing system
• EMIT - Electronic punching and timing system
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• Therapy Directory - Benefits of complementary therapy

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Weather

• BBC weather
• The Met Office