Ballater is a typical grid pattern Highland village founded in the late 18th Century. It has since expanded into a more complex urban system including in-fill housing on former railway land freed-up in 1966 by the demise of the Deeside Railway.
The mapped area comprises the expanded village with parks, playing fields and a path network in the woods of the lowermost slopes of Craigendarroch.
Two sprint events have been held previously in the area, the first on the rest day of Royal Deeside 2017 and the second as a warm-up to the the 2023 Scottish Night Championships at nearby Balmoral.
We will be offering only a limited entry event which does not count towards the main competition.
Preliminary Details
Important Information
- Organising clubs
- Edinburgh University Orienteering Club (EUOC)
- Organisers
- Emma Crawford (EUOC) & Issy Sunley (EUOC)
- Planners
- Ewan Bennett (EUOC)
- Controllers
- Roger Scrutton (ESOC)
- Directions
- Parking will be adjacent to Monaltrie Park. Follow signs from the A93 in Ballater.
- If coming from the west turn left into Provost Craig Road approximately 700m after entering the village. If coming from the east or south turn right into Provost Craig Road just beyond the old railway bridge (200m north of the church). Follow Provost Craig Road for approximately 250m to the entrance to parking.
- In the event of bad weather parking will be on the streets and instructions will be posted on the website and social media.
- Parking
- GR: NO 371 961
W3W: sprinkler.tubes.mixed
Post Code: AB35 5RG - Arena
- Adjacent to parking
- Starts
- TBC
- Maps
- Original map by Graham Gristwood 2017 using LiDAR from Open Government Licence. Revised for Royal Deeside 2025 by Jon Hollingdale 2025. © MAROC.
- View old map on Routegadget
- Terrain
- Steep pathed woodland, open parkland, areas of housing of varying complexity and the historic town centre.
- BOF Registration No.: 84585
Estimated Course Lengths
| Course | Class | Length (km) | Map Scale |
| 1 | MO | 3.8 | 1:4000 |
| 2 | MV WO | 3.1 | 1:4000 |
| 3 | MSV WV | 2.8 | 1:4000 |
| 4 | MUV WSV | 2.4 | 1:4000 |
| 5 | MHV WUV WHV | 2.1 | 1:4000 |
| 6 | MJ WJ | 2.7 | 1:4000 |
| 7 | MYJ WYJ | 1.7 | 1:4000 |
